Evening star., 1925-02-02
LEGISLATIVE FUND
I BILL IS REPORTED
House Gets Measure Provid-
Ing s14,872,875-NeW
Library Stacks 0. KID.

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bill was reported to the House today.
This carries total recommendations
of $14,S72, ,s75.S0 which is S2+0. S8S.Ss
less than the budget estimates. and
S643,S95.S0 more than the appropria-
tions for the fiscal current year.
This bill carries the annual appro-
priations for the Senate. House of
Representatives, the Capitol police
the joint committee on printing, tn,
Office of legislative counsel, the
architect Of the Capitol. the Botanic
Garden. the Library of Congress and
the Government Printing Once. The
estimates presented to the appropris-
tions committee contained numerous
increases in compensation for per-
sonnel in the Botanic Garden, the Lii
hrary of Congress and the office of
the superintendent of documents
The committee has not allowed these
increases, with the exception of an
amount TO make uniform the pay of
skilled laborsrs in the office of the
superintendent of documents.
Stacks Urgently Needed.
The committee has recommended
such sums as were estimated to pro-
vide for reallocations of positions
under the classification act allowed
upon appeal. The new salaries are
in effect for the current fiscal year
for the first time and the committee
has ruled against further increases
requested at this time in view of the
adjustments which have just resulted
from the enactment Of laws provid-
ing new schedules of pay in agencies
of the Government covered by this
appropriation bill. .-
The committee recommends the sum
of s345. 900 for commencement of work
on the new stacks in the northeast
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the limitation that the total cost shall
not exceed s745,00O. The request for
this additional accommodation has
been before the committee for several
years each. and the committee had
decided that it should not be longer
delayed. in view of the fact that the
last stacks erected were put up in
1910. since which time there have
been added 1,5O0,O0 books. There
are now more than 3,25O,000 volumes
in the library, while the accommoda
tions are for only 100000 volumes.
Funds for Botrnic Garden.
For the Botanic Garden, q total of
$116,979 is recommended, which is an
increase of s11.150 over current ap-
propriations and s11,S5S less than the
budget recommendations. The COM
mittee has recommended an increase
of $500 in the amount of salaries
under the Botanic Garden. The de-
crease in the estimates is due to the
elimination OF the request for addi-
tional help.
The appropriations committee rec
ommends the continuance OF existing
expenditures on the same basis as
during the current year with the fol-
lowing exceptions: the amount for re-
pairs and improveme is reduced
from s15,0 900 to $4,000 in accordance
with the estimate; the ar unit OF a
purchase of a nursery stock is in
creased from $1,000 to $500 and a
new item of $4,000 is recomme ended
for the care and maintenance new
land recently acquired for the Botanic
Garden. fs5F @
The new item of $4,000 for survey
is recommended in accordance with
the joint resolution approved January
Z 1925, to enable the joint committee
on the Library to make the survey
and report required in connection with
a new location for the conservatories
of the Botanic Garden.
sI,34I,507 for library.
The total amount recommended for
the Library of Congress is s1,341, ,507,
which is s10s,270 more than for the
current year and s6G,290 less than the
estimates.
The increase provided consists of
s4O,520 due to the reallocation of po-
sitions throughout the Library ap-
proved by the Personnel Reclassifica-
tion Board on appeal. s16,200 for 13
new employments, consisting of six
in the copyright office, four in the
card index service and three addi-
tional guards for the building to pro-
vide for one day off in seven for the
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printing and binding on account of
increased cost due to wage increases
in the Government Printing Office.
and 81 $50 to enable the librarian to
pay to the employees aged in the
operation of the building the same
proportionate additional pay for Sun
day and holiday work as Is granted
to the employees in the library service
proper.
The decrease of s63.o90 is composed
OF the following requests: Fifty-two
thousand. six hundred and seventy
dollars for increases in compensa-
tion over and above those involved in
reallocation; $3.50 for an additional
clerk in the dispensing Office, $4,000
for additional collections.
More Printing Anticipated.
For the Government Printing Office
the appropriations committee recon-
mends an increase In the working
capital from $4,000, 900 to s249O goo
10 cover the printing and binding for
Congress. This increase Is largely
due to the increase of printing re-
sulting from the increased wages
granted to employees OF the Govern
ment Printing Office under the au-
thority contained in the Capital-Kiess
act of last session. The wage in
creases resulting from that act ag-
gregated sS76,000.
The S240 so-called bonus heretofore
granted to employees amounted an
nually to $4,000, which sum had not
heretofore been included in the cost
of printing charged to Congress and
various Government departments
These two sums aggregate s1.773, 900,
which enters into the cost Of print
ing, and accounts for 16 or II per
cent of the increase. The remainder
is due to the increased amount for
printing which is expected to result
from the ensuing long session of Con-
gress, as compared to the present
short session.
1t is estimated that the printing
bill for the Government next year
will amount to S11.s0o,000.
Under the Office Of the superintend-
ent of documents prov. sion is made
for II additional employees with pay
aggregatlnE Sl4,fUO TO care Tor the
increased volume OF work in connec-
tion with the sale and distribution of
Government publications. The sum of
$4,000 additional is granted to permit
the increase from As cents to so cents
an hour in the pay OF skilled labor,
no that they will be on parity with
other laborers in the shop whose pay
Is fixed under the Kiess act.
The estimated sum OF $4,000 for the
increased pay OF the clerical force in
the Office of the superintendent OF