Mr. BLAISDELL. It was $21,676. Mr. HAYWARD. I believe that is shown on page 662, the 1949 actual under "08." PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION Mr. ROONEY. I see it. Let us take the item "Printing and reproduction" wherein you have an appropriation in the current year of $84,000 and in 1949 an actual expenditure of $82,453. What was the amount allowed in 1949 fiscal year for printing and reproduction? Mr. HAYWARD. $85,000. Mr. ROONEY. What happened to the difference? Mr. HAYWARD. As far as I know, it was returned to the Treasury. Mr. ROONEY. Is that true, Mr. Cawley? Mr. CAWLEY. I will have to check that. Mr. ROONEY. I want to know exactly what happened to that differ ence. Mr. CAWLEY. May I supply that for the record, sir? Mr. ROONEY. I thought we had this thing tied in: I am looking at the requested increase under "Promotion of industry and trade," wherein you show that $24,485 of it is to cover the cost of within-grade salary raises and that $5,400 is being justified under "Other objects." Where does that $5,400 fit into the "Other objects" picture? Mr. HAYWARD. $5,000 out of the $5,400 is Mr. ROONEY. Printing and reproduction? ACTION ON HOOVER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS Mr. STEFAN. Mr. Hayward, are you taking any of the recommendations of the Hoover Commission in consideration in future activities? Mr. HAYWARD. Yes, sir; we are. We are certainly increasing the number of cooperating chambers of commerce and other trade associations. Mr. STEFAN. And that has jumped up to what now? Mr. HAYWARD. Seventy-four. We had 64 last year, so we have a net increase of 10. We actually took on 13 new ones and dropped three which were inactive. Mr. STEFAN. How about other recommendations of the Hoover Commission? 60785-50-pt. 5- -46 Mr. HAYWARD. Well, the recommendation about the regional offices we have not done anything about because Mr. STEFAN. Well, you explained that. Mr. HAYWARD. Yes, sir. Mr. STEFAN. Any other recommendations of the Hoover Commission being adopted? Mr. HAYWARD. The only other one is on the four offices and we have not adopted that. Mr. STEFAN. For the reason you explained. Mr. HAYWARD. Yes, sir. Those four offices have very few people and the work load in them justified their retention, plus the fact that as you increase the number of cooperative offices you should have a set up so that one field office can serve several cooperatives. FIELD OFFICES Mr. STEFAN. And how many field offices do you have now? Mr. STEFAN. And you had 26 in that item before Mr. ROONEY. While we are on that, I might interpolate. Mr. STEFAN. That is quite an increase. CORRECTION OF COMMITTEE PRINT Mr. ROONEY. On page 86 of the committee print there is the statement, "13 regional and 28 district offices," and that makes 41. Mr. HAYWARD. That is not correct; 14 regional. Mr. ROONEY. The committee print is wrong? Mr. HAYWARD. It is wrong. Mr. STEFAN. And that is the only increase you are asking for? Mr. STEFAN. You are working this next fiscal year with the same personnel? Mr. HAYWARD. That is correct, sir; the same personnel. Mr. STEFAN. And the increase here is merely the increase in pay that you have to make because of a law passed by the Congress, plus the $5,000 item for the rent? Mr. HAYWARD. That is correct; yes, sir. Mr. STEFAN. And you are endeavoring to get your offices into Federal buildings where you would not have to pay rent? Mr. HAYWARD. We certainly are, Mr. Stefan. EQUIPMENT COSTS Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Chairman, just a small item, but I am just wondering about this continuing $15,000 for equipment, whether that is necessary. Mr. HAYWARD. We are trying to replace now some file cabinets which are wood and were made during the war. We had two near accidents last year with them. And we have 31 typewriters which run from 15 to 23 years of age and the cost of repairing those is excessive. We have a program to gradually replace the wooden file cabinets and those typewriters, and probably afterward we will not need so much for that. Mr. CLEVENGER. I did not think so much could be getting obsolescent or being destroyed. ERROR IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION Mr. ROONEY. We find likewise in the budget for fiscal year 1951 at page 576 the statement that 13 regional and 28 district offices of the Department of Commerce under Field Office Service exist. How do you account for that? Is that a mistake, too? Mr. HAYWARD. That must have been an error because we have 42, and 42 are covered in our request to the Bureau of the Budget. I noticed that error, also. Mr. ROONEY. Were you at any time considering or was the Bureau of the Budget considering the closing of one regional office? Mr. HAYWARD. No, sir. EXPORT CONTROL WITNESS FRANK B. GATCHELL, JR., BUDGET OFFICER, BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT Mr. ROONEY. The next item under the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is to be found at page 87 of the committee print, entitled "Export control," and in the justifications beginning with page 665, which page we shall insert in the record at this point. (Page 665 of the justifications is as follows:) DECREASE IN PERSONNEL Mr. ROONEY. It appears that there is a contemplated decrease of 348 positions or a decrease in average employment of 306. Is that correct? Mr. NIELSON. That is correct, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ROONEY. We shall also insert at this point in the record pages 667 and 668 of the justifications. (The pages referred to are as follows:) |