Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-04
MANY QUIT LIBRARY
. Of CONGRESS, DUE
follow SALARIES
REIMBURSEMENT of Pay Sched-
uIe Urged in Dr.. Putnam's
Annual Report.

\ turn over as high as 100 per
cent in some of the divisions of the
Library of Congress in the course of
the past two and one-half years re-
suited from low statutory salaries. |
according to the annual report of LII |
brarian Herbert Putnam, made public |
today.
"A fundamental readjustment of the ,,
salary schedule to adapt il to the pres |
ent cos: Of living is given by Or. !
Putnam as a primary need for the in |
tcrDa1 administration of the Library |
of Congress.
Service in War Reviewed.
The annual report of the librarian
of Congress opens with Il recital of |
the service rendered by the Library
and its staff in connection with the
library war service, maintained by the
American Library Association, with
the assistance of funds subscribed by
the public and gifts of books. the
funds amounting in the aggregate to
some 100000 and the books given
about 100000. OF which some 60 per
cent proved available.
DIR. Putnam became the honorary
general director and continued SO I'M
til recently relieved. Headquarters
were established at the Library of
Congress, from which the service was
administered. The report describes
the ulllenSiOH anu CHARACTER VI lLtS
service. which included not merely
fully equipped. we'll S.ocked and pro-
fessionally administered librarie les in
all the training camps and hundreds
of posts within the United states. but
also an extensive work abroad-over
! two and a half million books being
| shipped TO Europe for the American
eXpeditionary forces alone. -. g.
! The service of books in connection
| with the educational courses carried
| on in the American eXpeditionary
j forces during the spring of 1919 in
cluded over one-half million of vol
i umss supplied by the association for
! use collaterally to the text books.
! In the meantime the current routine
of the Library of Congress continued.
Their was a gain of some 96, 900 VOL
| umes-books and pamphlets-and the
, collection contained on July l no less
than 2.710.556 books and pamphlets.
! To this must be added the manu-
scripts. maps. music and prints, bring
! ing the total to nearly 100000
! Items. it is stated.
! Notable Accessions.
The list of notable accessions in
, cludes i've collections of books print
I'd before 1900 and numerous Aneri-
cana. Among the gifts was a copy of
the first edition OF the Louvain Latin
! Bible, 1897. The additions to the
orentaIia included considerable
! IA
gathered by DIR. Swingle in China.
| ,nong the manuscripts added were
; Dortant collections, including the
! .Gpers of Theodore Roosevelt and
! those of William Howard Taft.
| A notable addition of original rec
; ,rdS were those of the commissioners
| Of trade and plantations. described as
| a Journal of the council for Planta-
| lions for 1S70-1672 and 1672-1sS4, and
| the Journal OF Trade and Plantations,
! 1S7I-16I9, and the Minutes of the
| Committee of Trade and Plantations
| rom 16s4-16S9. These are funda-
mental records. little used heretofore,
! for the student of our colonial period,
! and fit in with other -''piantation" re-
ports journals, etc, of the seven
| teenth century.
! Special Sections Gain.
The special sections. such as the
! Semitic and Slavic report, increased
I activity in research. Also in aid CT
research there were issued addition
a lists from the bibliograp hic divi-
sion, including one on economic re-
| construction" one on the Monroe
doctrine" and one on the treaty max
ing power"
The report concludes with a sum-
; mary of the activities of the legisia-
! tive reference division. with statis-
: lies and An analysis Of the subjects
) Lreated 1t noted a DEVELOPMENT of
! the service by the, Inauguration of
ti%ests of puE!ic bills reported from
Stnat" committees. This daily serv-
/ re, which bring TO the desk o. every
I uatpr digest Of Ihr Bills as re-
! ported, was irauSurated during the
. t!rsI session OF the present Congress.