B& 1951b COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico E. H. HEDRICK, West Virginia PRINCE H. PRESTON, JR., Georgia OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH, New York SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont ALBERT J. ENGEL, Michigan KARL STEFAN, Nebraska FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York EARL WILSON, Indiana EDWARD H. KRUSE, JR., Indiana GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk (II) HBP 18 Sept. 56 جے THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1951 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONTINGENT EXPENSES, 1950 WITNESS HARRY LIVINGSTON, Disbursing Clerk SELECT AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Mr. McGRATH. We have for consideration at this time the supplemental estimates for fiscal year 1950 as contained in House Document 640. We have with us Mr. Livingston. Have you a statement you would like to make, Mr. Livingston? Mr. LIVINGSTON. We have in this deficiency bill pending a requested additional $50,000 for special and select committees for 1950. For the fiscal year 1950 there was originally appropriated $600,000. Then we had in the first deficiency bill an extra $100,000. As of June 30, 1950, we had spent $685,607 of that money. Of course on these committees it is a hard thing to say what expenses they will or have incurred to be paid after the end of the fiscal year of 1950. We have approximately $15,000 left from the original $700,000. We are doubtful whether that will carry us through. Some of these bills come in as late as 6 or 7 months after the end of the fiscal year. It is a question whether the committees might be able to get by with $30,000 or $35,000. It is just a question. Mr. McGRATH. Do you think you can get along with $35,000 instead of $50,000? Mr. LIVINGSTON. I think possibly $30,000 might be enough. It is a guess. In fact, I think we should recommend that we cut that to $30,000. Mr. MCGRATH. Are there any questions on that item, gentlemen? Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Chairman? Mr. MCGRATH. Mr. Canfield. Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Livingston, for the purposes of the record, do you have a breakdown of the amounts expended? I ask that in the event that someone on the floor asks for the same. Mr. LIVINGSTON. There is our chart. (1) 838 110 Mr. McGRATH. If there is no objection that will be made a part of the record. (The document is as follows:) Investigating and select committees authorized by the 81st Cong. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (general) (Congressman Hart, chairman), H. Res. 215, May 31, 1949; H. Res. 233, June 23, 1949 Agriculture Committee (Congressman Cooley, chairman), H. Res. 112, Mar. 16, 1949; H. Res. 210, June 23, 1949.. Armed Services Committee (Congressman Vinson, chairman), H. Res. 234, June 8, 1949; H. Res. 242, June 15, 1949. Banking and Currency Committee (Congressman Hays, chairman), H. Res. 351, Oct. 31, 1949; H. Res. 332, Oct. 19, 1949. District of Columbia Committee (Congressman McMillan, District of Columbia Committee (crime investigation) (Con- Economic Report, Joint Committee (Senator McMahon, Foreign Affairs Committee (Congressman Kee, chairman), Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee (Congressman Labor Management Relations (Joint Committee) (Senator Lobbying Activities (Select) (Congressman Buchanan, chair- Moral Rearmament at Switzerland (special) (Congressman Ways and Means Committee (Congressman Doughton, chairman), H. Res. 293, Aug. 17, 1949; H. Res. 333, Sept. 28, 1949. 350,000.00 Special footnote: Effective July 1, 1949, by authority of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 1950, a specific appropriation of $150,000 for investigating purposes was given to the Appropriations Committee; said appro priation is available for disbursement on fiscal-year basis and paid out of the appropriation: "Salaries, officers and employees." Amount disbursed to June 30, 1950, $79,293.89. Balance available, July 1, 1950, $70,706.11. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, (CONTINGENT FUND) Mr. McGRATH. Are there any other items you wish to testify on? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, we submitted an extra supplemental estimate to the Bureau of the Budget yesterday for $10,000 for miscellaneous items, 1950, which are a part of the contingent fund. The original appropriation for miscellaneous items in the contingent fund was $227,000. As of June 30, 1950 we had spent $210,023.51, which leaves a balance of $16,976, but we have outstanding bills to be paid, when deliveries are made that are obligated, of $20,257.01 that we know of up to date. There will probably be additional amounts involved of which we presently may not know of. Mr. McGRATH. Are there any questions, gentlemen? Mr. SCRIVNER. In connection with this item I think it might be well, Mr. Livingston, if you would just summarize what these contingencies are. Of course, as members of the committee, we know that this item covers a lot of things like the gratuities that are granted by resolutions when employees of the House pass away, and many of those items. Would you just run over them rapidly to give the members a little better idea of what is involved? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Gentlemen, under the miscellaneous items, of course, our No. 1 item is miscellaneous. We buy most of our machinery and special equipment and so forth for the House from that. Item 2 is newspapers. Item 3 is typewriter machines. We have spent this year $51,551. Mr. SCRIVNER. That was brought about largely by the increase in the number of clerical personnel in Members' offices? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Yes. Mr. CANFIELD. Right there, Mr. Livingston, do you know how many Members of the House are buying electric typewriters? Mr. LIVINGSTON. There is no authorization to buy any electric typewriters through our office. We do not buy them for the Members of the House. Mr. CANFIELD. Of course, there is no legislation bearing thereon at this time? Mr. LIVINGSTON. That is correct. Mr. McGRATH. Some of the Members have purchased them out of their own personal funds? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Any electric typewriters which are bought are from personal funds. In 1950 fiscal year the gratuities for the funerals of the deceased employees were very large, amounting to almost $50,000. Another item is our miscellaneous payroll on House resolutions that are passed from time to time for slary increases, or additional positions which averaged almost $6,000 per month. That is where most of the increase we are asking for will be used. Mr. SCRIVNER. That is all I have, Mr. Chairman. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. McGRATH. Thank you, Mr. Livingston. Mr. LIVINGSTON. Thank you, gentlemen. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, 1950 SUBWAY TRANSPORTATION, CAPITOL AND SENATE OFFICE BUILDING Mr. McGRATH. Gentlemen, we have a statement from Mr. Lynn, the Architect of the Capitol, with regard to a $200 item for 1950 in House Document 640, which, without objection, will be inserted at this point. (The statement is as follows:) Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: Additional amount, fiscal year 1950, to be derived by transfer from appropriation “Capitol Building and Repairs, 1950”. $200 For the fiscal year 1950, an appropriation of $2,000 was allowed for maintenance of the subway transportation system between the Capitol and Senate Office Building. After the usual annual repairs and overhaul had been made to the subway cars and track system at a cost of $1,700, it became necessary to make emergency repairs to one of the subway cars, due to an accident. When the car, carrying 18 passengers, was approaching the Senate Office Building end of the subway and the operator applied the brakes, the car wheels started slipping, due to some grease which had gotten on the rails, apparently from one of the food conveyors which had crossed the subway tracks in delivering food from the Capitol to the Senate Office Building restaurants. The overhead trolley hit the bumper, bending the four cylinders which lead from the car to the overhead rail, and the cylinders have had to be replaced. The trolley wheels and one balance wheel were also damaged and the frame and pins on the overhead trolley were bent, necessitating repairs. The necessary repairs were made by the Naval Gun Factory at a cost of $500. As only a $300 balance is available under the annual appropriation to meet the cost of these repairs, an additional $200 is required. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SALARIES, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PROPER, AND INCREASE OF LIBRARY, GENERAL, 1951 WITNESSES DR. LUTHER H. EVANS, LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS JOHN C. L. ANDREASSEN, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION BURTON W. ADKINSON, DIRECTOR OF REFERENCE STRENGTHENING OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES RELATING TO ASIATIC AREA GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. McGRATH. Dr. Evans, you have two supplemental items here, one of $78,000 and one of $100,000, in House Document 640. Will you please justify those for the committee? Dr. EVANS. Mr. Chairman, we thought we would be negligent if we did not at this time, in terms of the shocking developments in Asia that have caught us all somewhat unawares, bring back to the com |