DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Summary of estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1936, compared with appropriations for the fiscal year 1935 Of the total net increase of $1,668,729 in the Budget estimates of annual appropriations for 1936 over the annual appropriations for 1935, $527,611 represents restoration of the remaining 5-percent legislative reduction in compensation. The principal items of increase and decrease involved in the remainder of the net increase in annual appropriations, namely, $1,141,118, and of the decrease of $4,000 in permanent appropriations, are mentioned below. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY An increase of $172,535 for this unit includes a net increase of $30,906 for the item "Salaries, Office of the Secretary", $43,736 for the Division of Labor Standards, $20,000 for contingent expenses of the Department, $71,000 for printing and binding for the Department, and $6,893 for the Commissioners of Conciliation. The net increase of $30,906 for "Salaries, Office of the Secretary", involves $34,034 for 21 additional employees, $4,872 for reallocation of positions in grade, and a decrease of $8,000 for employees transferred to the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department. The increase of $43,736 for the Division of Labor Standards includes $34,115 for 7 additional departmental and 4 additional field employees, and $9,591 for travel and other expenses, for cooperation with State labor departments in the promotion of desirable State labor legislation. The net increase of $20,000 for contingent expenses involves $3,500 for replacement of an automobile for use of the Secretary, $16,650 for replacement of and additional tabulating and computing machines required in expansion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics contemplated in the Budget, increased commodity prices and replenishment of depleted office supplies, and a decrease of $150 inci dent to the transfer of disbursing activities to the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department. The $71,000 net increase for printing and binding involves $23,000 for increased prices incident to the provisions of section 23 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935, $8,000 for publishing citizenship textbooks for which annual appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury is required by section 4 (8) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, $40,350 for additional printing for the Department, particularly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Children's and Women's Bureaus, and a decrease of $350 incident to the transfer of disbursing activities to the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department. The increase of $6,893 for the commissioners of conciliation is for travel and an additional stenographer. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS An increase of $413,839 includes $319,646 for the item "Salaries and expenses" and $94,193 for "Investigation of the cost of living in the United States." The increase of $319,646 for salaries and expenses includes $229,470 for 119 additional departmental and 20 field employees, $28,044 for reallocation of positions in grade, $62,120 for travel, communication service, and supplies, to meet the increasing need and demand from industry and labor for statistics covering greater geographical and more extensive industrial fields, particularly with regard to employment, wages and hours, wholesale and retail prices, and building. The increase of $94,193 to investigate the cost of living which is a vital factor in the adjustment of wages and settlement of labor disputes is for completion of the investigation in the fiscal year 1936. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE An increase of $271,313 includes $196,313 for the item "Salaries and expenses" and $75,000 for immigrant stations. The increase of $196,313 for salaries and expenses includes $4,396 for additional departmental personnel; $4,037 for reallocation of positions in grade; $24,700 for 10 additional naturalization examiners; $46,170 for 30 additional naturalization clerks in the field; $17,000 for detention of aliens at the expense of steamship companies for which reimbursement from the companies in 1936, under a decision of the Comptroller General, must be covered into the Treasury and credited to miscellaneous receipts; $52,250 for automatic promotion of immigrant inspectors; $44,750 to reduce administrative furloughs in the field; $60,000 for extra overtime compensation of immigration employees paid by commercial carriers, for which section 5 (3) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, authorizes annual appropriation to the extent of the receipts; and a decrease of $56,990 for contemplated reduction of the number of indigent aliens returned and aliens deported. The increase of $75,000 for immigrant stations includes $25,000 for new boilers and repairs to the ferryboat Ellis Island, $24,400 for miscellaneous repairs at the Ellis Island station, $24,200 for replacement of steam boilers and pipes at the Philadelphia station, and $1,400 for minor repairs at other stations. CHILDREN'S BUREAU An increase of $31,269 includes $2,489 for reallocation of positions in grade and $28,780 for expansion of the work pertaining to child and maternal health, ch and industrial conditions affecting children, and ent, neglected, physically handicapped, and defective children, in cooperation with State & welfare organizations. WOMEN'S BUREAU An increase of $1,026 is for reallocation of po grade. UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE An increase of $251,136 provides the $4,000,00 ized in section 5 (a) of the Act of June 6, 1933 Supp. VII, title 49, sec. 49d), for appropriatio fiscal year 1936. UNITED STATES HOUSING CORPORATION The Budget for 1936 contemplates no change priation for this activity. Reasonable progress made by the corporation. Permanent appropriations: A decrease of $4,000 is due to the eliminati item "Naturalization fees, publishing citizens books," heretofore paid from naturalization rec included in the Budget for 1936 in the item and binding," under the provision of section 4 Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries, Office of Secretary of Labor— Salaries: Secretary of Labor, Assistant Secretary, Second Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, [$210,500] $266,000 [: Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the four Assistant Secretaries of State and the legal adviser of the Department of State, the Assistant to the Attorney General, the Assistant Solicitor General, and six Assistant Attorneys General, the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, the Assistant Secretary and the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated] (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 297, 611-622, 661–673; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 5, sec. 673; Executive Order 6166, sec. 7, June 10, 1933; act Apr. 7, 1934, p. 568). $52,526 25, 684 BY ACTIVITIES OR PROJECTS Office of the Secretary. Office of the Solicitor. Office of the Chief Clerk. 24, 051 Library.... Appointment Division.. Division of Publications and Supplies.. Division of Accounts.. 15, 256 [Bureau of Labor Standards and Service] Division of Labor Standards Promotion of health, safety, employment, etc.: For salaries and expenses in connection with the promotion of health, safety, employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry, [$73,685] $125,000 of which amount not to exceed [$56,825] $70,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 611-622; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 5, sec. 673; act Apr. 7, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 568). Estimate 1936, $125,000 1 $15,000 1 $15,000 1 $15,000 PERSONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENTAL 4 1, 530 4 1,545 3 Junior clerk-typist. Grade 1. Underclerk. Junior typist. Underoperator, office devices. Professional service: Grade 8. Solicitor. Grade 6. Assistant solicitor. Senior attorney. 1,580 tions salary tions salary Grade 3. Associate librarian. Grade 3. Senior stenographer. Grade 2. Junior stenographer. 2 1,620 2 1,620 2 1,440 0.7 1,440 Associate attorney. Grade 2. Assistant librarian. Assistant attorney. Grade 1. Junior librarian.. 1,260 Posi- Av. Posi- Av. Posi- Av. tions salary Contingent Expenses, Department of Labor— Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture, and repairs to the same, carpets, matting, oil-cloths, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, laundry, street-car fares not exceeding $200; lighting and heating;] purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motorcycles and motor trucks; purchase and exchange (not exceeding $3,500, which amount shall be immediately available) maintenance, operation, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; newspaper clippings not to exceed $1,800, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices; purchase of law books, books of reference, newspapers, and periodicals, not exceeding $5,150, contract stenographic services; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing; in all, [$53,000] $73,000 and in addition thereto such sum as may be necessary, not in excess of $25,000, to facilitate the purchase, through the central purchasing office as provided in the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7), of certain supplies for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall be deducted from the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturalization Service", made for the fiscal year [1935] 1936 and added to the appropriation "Contingent expenses, Department of Labor", for that year; and the total sum thereof shall be and constitute the appropriation for contir gent expenses for the Department of Labor [, to be expended through the central purchasing office Division of Publications and Supplies, Department of Labor]: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Department of Labor when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of [$50] $100 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7, act Apr. 7, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 568). Estimate 1936, $73,000 Appropriated 1935, $53,000 13 Total special and miscellaneous.. Equipment: Passenger vehicle. 3013 Floor covering. $42,100 $35,000 1,000 Obligations 100 800 30 02015 Stenographers' notebooks and blank books... 800 500 Estimate, 1936 Estimate, 1935 Actual, 1934 02 Total supplies and materials. 08 Publications and binding.......... 44,000 36.350 Printing and Binding, Department of Labor-Continued. By activities or projects 1. Office of the Secretary.. 2. Bureau of Labor Statistics.. 3. Immigration and Naturalization Service: Bureau.. Field. Binding manifests. Citizenship textbooks.. Total, Immigration and Naturali zation Service.... 4. Children's Bureau. 5. Women's Bureau. Total..... By objects PERSONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENTAL Clerical, administrative, and fiscal service: Grade 14. Senior administrative officer (director)... Grade 11. Principal administrative officer Grade 8. Administrative assistant (executive clerk). Grade 5. Senior clerk.. Grade 4. Clerk-stenographer. Grade 3. Senior stenographer. Total permanent, departmental. Temporary employees, departmental.. All personal services, departmental... PERSONAL SERVICES, FIELD Clerical, administrative, and fiscal service: Grade 11. Commissioner of conciliation.... Grade 10. Commissioner of conciliation.. Grade 8. Commissioner of conciliation.. Grade 5. Commissioner of conciliation.. Grade 4. Commissioner of conciliation.. Total, permanent, field. Deduct lapses.. Net permanent, field.. Total, departmental and field. Deduct legislative reductions.. 01 Personal services (net).... 05 Communication service.. 06 Travel expenses.. Total other obligations.. Net total obligations.. Less pay restoration provided by sec. 21 (e) act Mar. 28. 1934.. Estimated savings and unobligated balance. Total estimate or appropriation... BY ACTIVITIES OR PROJECTS 1. Office administration.. 2. Conciliation... Total.. Salaries and Expenses, Commissioners of Conciliation Commissioners of conciliation: To enable the Secretary of Labor to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creating the Department of Labor (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 611) and to appoint commissioners of conciliation, traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone service, and not to exceed [$14,635] $17,260 for personal services in the District of Columbia, [$185,630] $207,800 (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 611, 619; act Apr. 7, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 568). Estimate 1936, $207,300 Appropriated 1935, $185,630 64660-36-30 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics Salaries and expenses: For personal services, including temporary statistical clerks, stenographers and typewriters in the District of Columbia, and including also experts and temporary assistants for field service outside of the District of Columbia; traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor; purchase of periodicals, documents, envelops, price quotations, and reports and materials for reports and bulletins of said bureau, [$528,000] $910,000 of which amount not to exceed [$385,000] $656,780 may be expended for the salary of the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia (U. S. C., title 29, secs. 1-7; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 29, secs. 2a-4; act Apr. 7, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 569). Estimate 1936, $910,000 Appropriated 1935, $528,000 Net permanent, departmental. Temporary employees, departmental. All personal services, departmental... Estimate, 1936 Estimate, 1935 Actual, 1934 1 1 2 9 6 11 11 1 2188 Estimate, 1936 Estimate, 1935 Actual, 1934 18 Posi- Av. Posi- Av. Posi- Av. tions salary tions salary tions salary 1 8 4 22 2,091 2,600 1,820 Obligations 122 11 49 3,200 2,664 2. 014 2,000 GNNONI 3,800 2,725 2,350 49, 100 108, 000 -108,000 6,500 $8,000 1 3, 264 1 3,200 7 2,700 2,000 3,800 2,811 2,357 2, 173 2,600 20 1,836 21 656, 780 4,000 Obligations 652, 780 4,000 656, 780 $62,000 3, 100 58,900 1 1 9 7 8,002 17,000 +108,000 -125,000 $10, 237 1,239 8,998 $8,000 1 $8,000 6, 500 1 6,500 5,600 1 5,600 4,683 1 5,000 3,890 3, 217 3, 200 2,726 3,867 2.1 2,000 3,800 2,791 2, 369 2,148 2,370 1,851 423,900 3,580 427, 480 6 1 6.8 1 23 6 1,800 1,631 1,691 1, 450 1,654 33.4 5 1,692 59 1,472 2 1, 440 10 1,446 2 1,500 25 1, 640 1,695 45.3 1,482 5 1,500 5 1,550 1,461 13.6 1,482 2 1,440 3 1,440 2 1,320 3 1,300 2 1,410 1,272 13 1,274 4.7 1,270 8 1,223 7 1,226 5 1,272 219 426,900 203.3 397, 451 3,000 17,320 15 338 .2 10.8 7.6 25 380, 131 27, 345 407, 476 |