APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1942

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Ud Conte HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, 1942

HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. ED-
WARD T. TAYLOR (CHAIRMAN); JED JOHNSON, OKLAHOMA;
JAMES G. SCRUGHAM; JAMES M. FITZPATRICK; CHARLES H.
LEAVY; HARRY R. SHEPPARD; ROBERT F. RICH; ALBERT E.
CARTER; AND ROBERT F. JONES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON AP-
PROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE
OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 1942, ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS, NAMELY:

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941.

OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN

Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. As the members of the committee know, this is the first meeting of the Interior Department Subcommittee on Appropriations during this session to consider estimates for the fiscal year 1942. We regret that Chairman Taylor cannot be with us today, but we are hopeful that he will be back before the hearings are over. This year, as in years past, the chairman has asked me to act as chairman and this year, as we have in the past, we are dividing the work of this committee. I have assigned different agencies to respective members of the subcommittee, and trust that such assignments will be satisfactory.

It will beed that there are one or two new activities included in this bill that we did not have last year, and some of the agencies we had last year will be considered this year by other subcommittees.

We have one new committee member, Mr. Jones, of Ohio. He has been assigned the Fine Arts Commission and the office of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands.

STATEMENTS OF E. K. BURLEW, FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR; MRS. J. ATWOOD MAULDING, DIRECTOR
OF PERSONNEL; AND MICHAEL W. STRAUS, DIRECTOR OF
INFORMATION

ESTIMATES FOR 1942

Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. We have with us this morning Mr. Burlew, First Assistant Secretary, who will explain the items and activities under the Secretary's office. First, I suggest that Mr. Burlew make any general statement he desires.

Mr. BURLEW. I have nothing special to say, in the way of a preliminary statement, except that we have an increase, over all, in the estimates for the Department of 3%1⁄2 percent, or, in other words, a net increase of $5,540,025.11 over the appropriations for 1941. This is made up principally of increases for the Bonneville Power Administration, the National Park Service, and the Geological Survey. We