FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1951. MISCELLANEOUS SALARY EXPENSES-DOMESTIC WITNESS EDWARD B. WILBER, BUDGET OFFICER Mr. ROONEY. We shall now take up the next item, "Miscellaneous Salary Expenses, Domestic," appearing on page 220 of the justifications, which page we shall insert in the record at this point. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Mr. ROONEY. Page 220 shows a request in the amount of $429,155, the same amount as appropriated for this purpose in this current fiscal year. Incidentally, the item "Miscellaneous salary expenses" is only for the domestic side of the Department of State. How did you calculate the $32,107, for "When actually employed employment"? Mr. WILBER. That is additional consultants required in the Office of the Secretary and Under Secretary, Mr. Chairman. It provides for such persons as Mr. Dulles and Mr. Cooper. Mr. ROONEY. Where is that set forth? Mr. WILBER. The detail on that is on page 221. It is a very general statement. UNESCO RELATIONS STAFF Mr. ROONEY. I notice that you estimate $16,548 for the Public Affairs area where an increased demand is anticipated by UNESCO Relations Staff for the service of specialists who will furnish technical advice to the panels and committees of the United States National Commission for UNESCO in such fields as films, education, radio, copyrights, education reconstruction, and adult education, in order to effectuate the carrying out of this program in the United States. Mr. WILBER. May I insert a statement in the record regarding that? Mr. ROONEY. Be sure that it contains a separate item, the $16,548 for the Public Affairs area. 81707-51-—27 INCREASE IN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT Mr. ROONEY. What is the reason for this requested increase of $4,885 in temporary employment? Mr. WILBER. That is attributable to our recruitment difficulties; in other words, as we go into a tighter labor market, and we have important jobs to perform, if we can get personnel on a temporary basis to handle it, we do so. I also have a detail breakdown of that item by office. Mr. ROONEY. Insert that at this point in the record. (The requested information is as follows:) Mr. ROONEY. Please also insert at this point in the record a breakdown by office of the $133,000 for overtime and holiday pay. Mr. WILBER. I will be glad to do that. EDWARD B. WILBER, BUDGET OFFICER Mr. ROONEY. We shall now turn to page 223-A of the justifications, which page we shall insert in the record at this time. (The page referred to is as follows:) Nonsalary obligations, domestic Mr. ROONEY. This page contains a requested increase of $153,983 for nonsalary obligations, domestic. The increase in travel amounts to $94,069, and the increase in printing and reproduction is $59,914. INCREASE IN TRAVEL We will refer to the item of travel, first. Will you advise us of the alleged necessity of this very substantial amount? Mr. WILBER. There is a detail of the items on page 224. Mr. ROONEY. We shall insert page 224 in the record at this point. (The page referred to is as follows:) Mr. WILBER. The increase of $94,069 is made up of four items. The first one is $22,695, which is for the UNESCO committee meetings and conferences. This office, by law, has a national conference every 2 years. This is the off-year, and the next will be held in September of 1951. Mr. ROONEY. What was the amount allowed in 1949 for this purpose? Mr. WILBER. I am quite sure it was the same, or roughly the same. Mr. ROONEY. That is what I was afraid of. What is the explanation of the increase of $24,328, for "Consultative meetings for advice on foreign policy?" Mr. WILBER. Mr. Chairman, that is to continue in 1952 the practice of holding small group meetings of certain consultants and civic leaders who are interested in foreign relations and are invited in by the Department to discuss current policy matters. In 1949 two such meetings were held. There were more than two actually, but two of those covered respectively the problems of the United States China policy and the strengthening of international organizations. Mr. ROONEY. How is it that you did not have any appropriations for this purpose in the fiscal year 1951? Mr. WILBER. Mr. Chairman, we have not had any in 1951, and the public-affairs area feels very strongly Mr. ROONEY. Is this the public-affairs area? Mr. WILBER. Yes, and it was planned to hold, I believe, eight conferences of this type in 1952 with $24,328. Mr. ROONEY. Please explain item No. 10, an increase of $17,701 for "Supervision of field offices, travel to gather economic and intel ligence data, official travel of Secretary and other officials attendance at meetings of commissions, and so forth?" Mr. WILBER. Mr. Chairman, that is generally to strengthen the administration of the Department in providing for more adequate travel funds. It is spread throughout the Department, except for the regional bureaus which are shown on line 11. Mr. ROONEY. Did you use any travel funds allowed the Foreign Service for the purpose of adding people to the payroll during the past year? Mr. WILBER. I would have to check that. I would say that we did not, but I would want to be sure of that and confirm it. PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENTS Mr. ROONEY. Can you tell us at this point whence you drew the money to add people to the payroll in different areas? Mr. WILBER. I would say, with the scant specific information that I now have and, as you know, it is being developed in complete detail at this time-that it was personal service money that was provided either in the domestic or Foreign Service. There may have been some adjustments in other objects-I am not sure about that. I would think from my cursory review of the additional jobs in the Department, and the unfilled positions in the Foreign Service, that that probably was the case. I do want you to have the complete story on that, however. (Complete detail appears at pp. 264 et seq.) ADDITIONAL FUNDS, FOREIGN TRAVEL Mr. ROONEY. Why do you need this additional $29,345 requested for "Foreign travel, departmental officers"? Mr. WILBER. $9,345 of that, Mr. Chairman, represents the EastWest trade item which you recall the Bureau of Economic Affairs indicated was paid for by ECA this year, and which is to be financed directly by us next year. The balance of the item is for strengthening or providing more funds for the geographic bureaus, to get our top officials and other desk people out into the field, to be sure we know what is going on in the respective areas. PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION-FOREIGN RELATIONS VOLUMES Mr. ROONEY. The request for an increase of $59,914 under "Printng and reproduction" is shown at page 228 of the justifications as being specifically requested for documentation. What is your justification of that? Mr. WILBER. Mr. Thompson chief, Printing Division, is here to testify on this item, Mr. Chairman. Mr. THOMPSON. That money is to put our Foreign Relations volumes and our German war documents Mr. ROONEY. That is what I suspected. Mr. THOMPSON. On a pay-as-you-go basis. In the past we have allotted money as these volumes are sent to the Government Printing Office, insofar as funds were available to start the machinery going on those, and then used the money in succeeding years to finish the payments. In that way we have been able to keep abreast of the |