1. Perfection with the other American countries of regional and global arrangements for maintaining international peace. 2. Achievement of political democracy and stability in all the American republics. 3. Attain full acceptance and understanding of the United States policy of nonintervention in the internal or external affairs of any American republic. Bureau of Inter-American Affairs-Foreign Service-Summary by allotment Bureau of Inter-American Affairs-Foreign Service-Salaries and differentials Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Foreign Service-Justification of positions by NOTE. In addition to the positions shown above for the security functions, 83 Marine guard positions were allocated in 1950 and 89 budgeted for 1951 and 1952. Mr. ROONEY. Do you have a prepared general statement, Mr. Mann? Mr. MANN. I have no prepared statement, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ROONEY. Do you have a statement from Mr. Miller? Mr. MANN. No. I am prepared to answer any question the committee might have. Mr. ROONEY. You are in the position of asking for an increase of $100,141 over and above what you have for the current fiscal year. You are not in the position of defending what you now have; you are seeking to get something more. You had better tell us about it. EXPLANATION OF INCREASES Mr. HUGHES. If I might, I would like to speak to that, since it involves a number of rather small items, with no basic increase in personnel. Mr..ROONEY. The $100,141? Mr. HUGHES. Yes. It is made up of some six small items which total the $100,141-$87,814 is made up of the item in salaries and differentials. Mr. ROONEY. What is the breakdown on that figure? Mr. HUGHES. $63,120 is the salary increases, due to within-grade increases for people already on the rolls. Mr. WILBER. That is statutory. Mr. HUGHES. That is a statutory increase: $21,200 is the result of one extra workday in the fiscal year 1952; $1,194 is an increase in the differential payment that we estimated for the fiscal year 1952; $2,300 is a reduction in the lapse rate for people who will be on the roll in 1952. Mr. ROONEY. The total of those figures you have given us is $87,814? Mr. HUGHES. That is correct. Mr. ROONEY. And are all mandatory? Mr. HUGHES. They are mandatory. Mr. ROONEY. Do you propose to use any of these funds for upgrading of personnel if this amount were appropriated? Mr. HUGHES. No, sir, not in that figure. Mr. ROONEY. Or any figure connected with this request? Mr. HUGHES. Nothing connected with this. We do not have any basic promotion program in here, in this figure, that we are talking to now. Mr. ROONEY. What is the $11,104? Mr. HUGHES. The $11,104 is made up of two items of increases in allowances: $10,154 is increase in temporary lodging allowances, and $950 is increase in transfer allowances that we have estimated for 1952. Mr. ROONEY. Why do you request this increase if you are not increasing personnel? Mr. HUGHES. That comes about because of the transfer of people that we estimate in 1952. The temporary lodging increase grows out of the fact that we estimate there will be a longer period of time that people will have to go through in finding suitable quarters, upon first arrival, which is one of the biggest single items we have in 1952. Mr. ROONEY. Did you estimate an amount for this in the current fiscal year? Mr. HUGHES. The figure that you see here, Mr. Chairman, is based upon actual experience of last year and so far this year, as best we can estimate. Mr. ROONEY. How much were you allowed for this purpose last year? Mr. HUGHES. For allowances-I do not seem to have that figure here. The total figure for allowances, Mr. Chairman, is $1,434,533. Mr. ROONEY. For Foreign Service, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs? Mr. HUGHES. Yes. Mr. ROONEY. How much did you spend? Mr. WILBER. The amount in 1950 was $1,409,889. I will give you the figure so far up to date for 1951. Mr. ROONEY. I want the figure, a comparative figure for the first 6 months of the current fiscal year. Mr. WILBER. Yes; we will be glad to get that. (The information requested follows:) The obligations for the first 6 months of the current fiscal year were $759,478. OTHER OBJECTS OF EXPENSE Mr. ROONEY. Do you have anything else to say about this $11,104? Would you explain the requested increase of $8,594 for officebuilding expense? Mr. HUGHES. That comes about, Mr. Chairman, through six different figures which add up to a net increase of $8,594. $6,074 is due to increased rental. Then we have a reduction of $5,943, which comes about because we are occupying certain Government-owned buildings during 1952, notably, in Rio de Janeiro. Then we have an increase item of $464, that we estimate for utility rates, such as water, gas, and light. Then we have an increase of $8,529 which we estimate will be normal wear and tear, repairs to buildings and household equipment, and so on. Then there is a decrease of $30 estimated as fuel savings, and a decrease of $500 in the purchase of household equipment, which gives us altogether a net increase of $8,594 in this item for 1952. HARDSHIP POSTS Mr. ROONEY. Since this is the first item which directly concerns the Foreign Service it might be well at this point in the record to insert a chart, similar to the one you supplied for last year's record, in which you set forth the hardship posts and the differential for each. Mr. WILBER. We will be glad to do that. (The chart requested follows:) |