The PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, The White House. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., March 7, 1944. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your consideration an estimate of appropriation for the Office of Defense Transportation of the Office for Emergency Management, amounting to $18,811,000 for the fiscal year 1945. The estimate of appropriation, the details of which are transmitted herewith, is to provide funds for the continued operation of the domestic war transport program of the Office of Defense Transportation. The agency directs traffic movement to prevent congestion, coordinates the flow of export traffic to the ports with available shipping, and formulates measures to secure maximum conservation and utilization of all transport facilities, including railroads, commercial motor vehicles, local and intercity transit facilities, and shipping on the Great Lakes, inland waterways, and in the coastal trade. The estimate of $18,811,000 provides for a continuation of the agency's present activities and for an expanded program to meet the increasingly critical situation in the field of motor transport. I recommend approval of this estimate. Very respectfully, Enclosure. HAROLD D. SMITH, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION Salaries and Expenses, Office of Defense Transportation— Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Defense Transportation, including traveling expenses (not to exceed [$1,250,000 $1,035,000, including reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for official travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations); printing and binding (not to exceed [$250,000] $130,000, including not to exceed [$10,0001 $5,000 for printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to provisions of law governing printing and binding (44 U. S. C. 111)); [$14,650,000. The appropriation, salaries and expenses, Office of Defense Transportation, contained in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944, shall be available, in addition to the objects specified for said appropriation in said Act, for the] payment, at rates not in excess of those fixed by law for witnesses attending in United States courts (28 U. S. C. 600c), of fees, mileage, and subsistence of witnesses appearing at hearings held by the Office of Defense Transportation in connection with the performance of its functions: Provided, That the payment of subsistence to witnesses shall be subject to certification by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation or his designee, as to the necessity therefor; $18,811,000 (Act of July 12, 1943, Public Law 139; Act of Dec. 23, 1943, Public Law 216). |