Personal services: Annual salary rates.. Net obligations (man- Regular pay in excess of 52-week base.. 14, 323 $50, 892, 613 13, 894 $50, 943, 748 14, 191 $52, 211, 413 +297 +$1,267, 665 66 211, 154 14, 154 49, 624, 276 13, 723 49, 991, 792 13, 954 51,048, 303 +231 +1,056, 511 190, 164 Within grade salary ad Mr. ROONEY. The request reflects an increase of 24 departmental positions and 273 Foreign Service positions. Now, Mr. Humelsine, you might explain to us the computation on page 7 of the justifications. On the face of it it shows a reduction in your budget. For instance, "International information and educational activities, for administrative support," minus $3,615,000. That does not mean what it appears to say, does it? Mr. HUMELSINE. No. Mr. ROONEY. That shows up some place else? Mr. HUMELSINE. That is right. That is in line with my statement, indicating we are trying to set out the information program to show exactly what the total cost is under its particular appropriation. Mr. ROONEY. So this figure does not represent any saving at all? Mr. HUMELSINE. That is correct. (Discussion off the record.) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WITNESSES WILLIAM J. McWILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT BEN H. BROWN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS CARLISLE H. HUMELSINE, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION EDWARD B. WILBER, BUDGET OFFICER Mr. ROONEY. The next item of the Department of State budget for our consideration, gentlemen, is the request for an appropriation for the Office of the Secretary, which appears on page 15 of the justifications, which page we shall insert at this point in the record. (The page referred to follows:) Mr. ROONEY. It appears from this statement that the amount requested for the Office of the Secretary is $121,925, the same amount that was appropriated for the current fiscal year, and that the 18 employees requested is also the same. I am referring at the moment to the immediate Office of the Secretary, under the general title of Office of the Secretary. Also under this general title are the Office of the Under Secretary, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Policy Planning Staff, Counselor, the Executive Secretariat, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, and Office of the Special Assistant for Press Relations, with a total requested appropriation of $1,581,734, with the same number of employees requested as presently carried in the 1951 appropriation. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS I notice the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations has 27 people. What do they do? Mr. McWILLIAMS. The Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations has the responsibility Mr. ROONEY. Not his responsibility. What does he do? Mr. McWILLIAMS. He handles the legislative program for the Department. He gets together the comments on legislation, from the Bureau of the Budget to the Congress, Mr. ROONEY. Do you have a statement of the workload in that office? Mr. McWILLIAMS. I have Mr. Brown here who is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations. Mr. ROONEY. Why do you have 27 people in this office? Could you not conduct your business with Congress here on the Hill, on the House side, say with six or less people? Who is the Deputy Assistant Secretary? Mr. McWILLIAMS. Mr. Brown is Deputy Assistant Secretary. Mr. ROONEY. I don't recall ever having met Mr. Moreland, who is supposed to be the liaison man with the House. We shall be glad to hear you, Mr. Brown. LIAISON OFFICERS Mr. BROWN. We have two liaison officers in this group-one for the House of Representatives and one for the Senate. Mr. Moreland is the House of Representatives liaison official. Mr. ROONEY. I understand that. I have looked over this list. Tell us what he does, why you need 27 people, and why you cannot get along with 2 people? Mr. BROWN. The function of the office is not merely congressional relations. The responsibility is divided into three sections. The first is the presentation of the Department's legislative program to the Congress, which involves all legislative matters except the budget request for appropriation. That involves Mr. ROONEY. How many of the people listed here in the telephone directory of the Department of State, on page 64, entitled Assistant Secretary, Congressional Relations, are charged with what you are talking about? Mr. BROWN. Mr. McFall Mr. ROONEY. I do not think that is accurate, but go ahead. Mr. BROWN. As the committee knows Mr. ROONEY. What does he do; what do they do? Mr. BROWN. Mr. McFall is the Assistant Secretary, as you know, and he is responsible, is the chief officer in the presentation WORK DONE Mr. ROONEY. I am not interested in what the responsibility is. I want to know what they do. Mr. BROWN. Very well. Before the beginning of each session he compiles the legislative program of the Department; he arranges all the line up of the legislative program, all the requests for legislation of the Department, which the Department plans to support during the current session of Congress. Mr. ROONEY. What does that mean in terms of work during the past calendar year? Mr. BROWN. The legislative program last year consisted of 96 items. Actually during the course of the year 26 of those items were considered and passed by the Congress. Mr. ROONEY. How many of the staff of 27 people were concerned with what you are talking about? Mr. BROWN. Eight officers. Mr. ROONEY. Eight officers? The batting average is not so good, is it? Mr. BROWN. I think it is good. Mr. ROONEY. Very well, tell us about it. Mr. BROWN. When you consider that some of these 96 items were contingent items, which depended upon developments during the course of the year, and actually were never presented, all of them, to the Congress, I think the batting average works out about 75 percent of all the items which actually went through the Bureau of the Budget and were presented to the Congress. Mr. ROONEY. None of this staff of 27 people is concerned with the budget and the fiscal program of the Department of State? Mr. BROWN. NO; that is the responsibility of the Deputy Under Secretary for Administration. They are concerned with the legislative program. Mr. ROONEY. You made mention of the Bureau of the Budget. Mr. BROWN. Every legislative proposal has to have the clearance of the Bureau of the Budget before it comes to the Hill. Mr. ROONEY. Is that very involved? Mr. BROWN. It depends upon the item. In some cases, yes. Mr. ROONEY. Where is the list of the 26 pieces of legislation that resulted from your proposals? Mr. BROWN. I can furnish that to you. Mr. ROONEY. Will you please insert at this point in the record a statement showing the 26 items of legislation which you were successful in carrying through the legislative processes? Mr. BROWN. Yes. (The information requested follows:) (It was later determined that the number of items was 39 instead of 26.) LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON DEPARTMENT OF STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM WHICH WERE ENACTED INTO LAW DURING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS I. ITEMS FOR WHICH DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE A. Legislation 1. Renewal of the military defense assistance program, Public Law 621, signed July 26, 1950. 2. Point IV technical assistance, Public Law 535, signed June 5, 1950. 3. Korean aid, Public Law 447, signed February 14, 1950. 4. Assistance for Palestine refugees, Public Law 535, signed June 5, 1950. 5. Establishment of an International Claims Commission, Public Law 455, signed March 10, 1950. 6. Yogoslav Emergency Relief Assistance Act, Public Law 897, signed December 29, 1950. 7. Customs clearance of VOA records, Public Law 653, signed August 3, 1950. 8. Implementation of International Convention for the Regulation of WhalingPublic Law 676, signed August 9, 1950. 9. Implementation of Tuna Convention with Mexico, Public Law 764, signed September 7, 1950. 81707-51-3 |