Communist activities are negligible and are confined mainly to individuals.

Then you see these places where stars indicate that the government has outlawed the Communist Party in those particular countries. Then there is a series of arrows which point to particular countries where Communist activities of a sporadic sort of guerrilla activities are encountered.

I think this chart may be of some considerable interest to the committee during the course of the hearings, and we will bring it up each day so it will be here for your perusal.

Also, we have some charts which I have supplied to each member of the committee, a series of small charts, having to do with the budget requests of the Department of State.

The first chart is a comparison of the Department of State budget with the total budget of the United States Government. That shows that the requests that we are making for the State Department, which may seem to be large, represent but a small amount of the total President's budget. In fact, it figures out to three-tenths of 1 percent of the entire United States Government budget for 1952. That is placed before the committee for your use in discussing the items. We realize, and we try, despite the fact that this represents a small portion of the total budget, to operate the Department with every possible economy in line with the job that we have to do.

The second chart shows graphically how we break down the appropriation estimates in the Department. The second-largest figure there is for "Salaries and expenses, Department of State," $75,400,000, or 27.3 percent of the total request.

The largest single request is for "International information and educational activities," with a request of $115,000,000, or 40.6 percent of the total request for the Department.

Other items, although this chart will be here throughout the hearings, are as follows: That for "Contributions to international organizations" is $30,684,476, or 10.8 percent.

For the International Boundary and Water Commission: That figures up to 6.2 percent of the total requirement.

CHARTS OF PERSONAL SERVICES

The third chart is an attempt to set out the number of permanent positions, and that breakdown shows that 64.8 percent of the positions are for the Foreign Service, and of those, 6,705 are Americans, and 11,916 are local employees.

On the domestic side, it shows that 23.8 percent, or 6,842 individuals are in Washington.

In New York there are 2,436, or 8.5 percent of the total. And of those, the greatest majority of that figure has to do directly with the USIE on the Voice of America.

The third figure shows the other cities, 839 individuals, or 2.9 percent.

That might cause the question to be raised "Why does the Department, in dealing with the foreign field, have 839 individuals in these cities in the United States?" I would like to say that most of those are connected with the International Boundary and Water Commis

sion, and for that purpose 726 of those individuals are in El Paso, Tex. In addition, we have passport agents in New Orleans, Chicago, in San Francisco, and Boston, and we have security offices in those same cities as well as Miami.

The fourth chart also shows all personnel under regular Department of State appropriations. It shows the total number of permanent positions under each appropriation.

For salaries and expenses, Department of State, which includes the largest number, nearly half, 49.4 percent.

In International Information and Educational Activities, 47 per

cent.

That covers the presentation of those four charts. There are a series of other charts that I think might be of some assistance to the committee when you hear the other witnesses who appear on individual appropriation requests.

I would like, Mr. Chairman, to mention one other thing, and that has to do with the two most significant changes in the manner of the presentation of the Budget.

The first of those is that we are attempting to present the budget on an area basis this year, that is, for the salaries and expenses appropriation. You will find that the estimates have been combined on a regional basis, for the overseas staff, plus the appropriate departmental backstop. I think that will give the committee a better understanding of what it takes to handle the foreign activities of the Department of State in particular regions.

We have done that for the Bureau of European Affairs, the Near East, Far East, Latin America and Germany, and this, as I understand it, is in accordance with the committee's desire to try to put the budget on a performance type basis. I do want to say that Mr. Peurifoy in carrying out the Reorganization of the State Department, which allows for this regional arrangement, took steps to try to reflect that in the budget. We have not done a 100 percent job yet, but that is our goal.

The other item I would like to mention is that of administrative support for carrying out the USIE information budget. In former years the USIE program presented a budget justification in one appropriation and the justification for the administrative support for that program was carried under salaries and expenses.

This year, for 1952, in keeping with the plan for a performance type of budget, all costs of the information program are carried in the USIE justifications, with provision for transfer of approximately $17,000,000 to salaries and expenses account, for administrative support under the Economy Act.

In this way the information program carries its full share of the total cost. I think this will permit the committee to make a better evaluation of the Department's needs for funds in carrying out this particular program.

That completes my informal remarks, Mr. Chairman, and I shall be glad to proceed as you desire.

Mr. ROONEY. Thank you, Secretary Humelsine. We will insert in the record at this point pages 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the justifications, which contain an analysis of the 1951 appropriation and the 1952 request for salaries and expenses, Department of State.

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Summary of requirements—Salaries and expenses

Appropriation, 1951 regular act.

Supplemental appropriation for 1951 (Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951).

Deduct:

Savings under sec. 1214, Public Law 759

Transferred to "Operating expenses, General Services Administration" pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 20..

Comparative transfers to

$77, 800, 000
800,000

$78, 600,000

-500,000

-52, 400

"Operating expenses, General Services Administration" for rents to be paid
by GSA..

-50, 726

"General supply fund, General Services Administration" in lieu of sur-
charges on procurements effected.

-3, 207

"International information and educational activities" for administrative
support.

-3,615, 000

"Missions to international organizations, Department of State" for Foreign
Service officers assigned to United Nations.

"Expenses, Displaced Persons Commission" (for sec. 12 activities).

Base for 1952.

Net difference between 1951 and 1952:

-28,800
-73.000

-4, 323, 133

74, 276, 867

APPROPRIATION, 1951 AND ESTIMATES, 1952

Mr. ROONEY. It should be noted that the budget estimate for salaries and expenses, Department of State, for the coming fiscal year is in the amount of $77,400,000; the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year was $78,600,000. While there is apparently a reduction in the estimate requested as compared with the current fiscal year, when comparative transfers, for reductions under section 1214 of Public Law 759 and for other purposes, are taken into consideration, the amount requested is $3,123,133 over the 1952 base.

At this point we shall place in the record pages 14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, and 14e, which contain a summary of permanent positions by organization units and a summary of other objects.

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