APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1954 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE WALT HORAN, Washington, Chairman FRED E. BUSBEY, Illinois FRANK T. BOW, Ohio MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio ROBERT M. MOYER, Executive Secretary to Subcommittee 1 Temporarily assigned. 34523 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 Documents Dept. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JOHN TABER, New York, Chairman RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina OTTO KRUEGER, North Dakota SAM COON, Oregon MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk KENNETH SPRANKLE, Assistant Clerk (II) Аб 3d 1,23 DOCUMENTS DEPT. LEGISLATIVE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1954 THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITNESSES LYLE O. SNADER, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES J. C. SHANKS, DISBURSING CLERK INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Mr. HORAN. The committee will please be in order. This is the Subcommittee on Appropriations that considers requests for funds for 2 of the 3 branches of our Government. In the organization of this Government of ours it was decided that we would have a better balance of political powers if we had a separation of those powers. Therefore we have the legislative, the judiciary, and the executive. The Committee on Appropriations is concerned mostly with the executive branch, because they are the ones which spend the major part of our moneys. However, in these hearings, we will be concerned with the proper amounts of funds for those who legislate and those who adadminister justice. Therefore, I hope that as a result of our hearings we can give proper consideration and the right amount of funds so that the legislative and the judiciary may function to the full intent of their powers. The printed designation of committee membership carries the name of our much-beloved friend from Alabama, George Andrews. Since he is on a committee that has very important work before it at this moment, the minority has designated our colleague from Virginia Mr. Vaughan Gary, whom we are very happy to have with us. While we miss the counsel and companionship of George Andrews, we rejoice in the acquisition of such a very able Member of the House as Mr. Gary, of Virginia. We have before us this morning the Clerk of the House, Mr. Snader, and the Disbursing Clerk, Mr. Shanks. You may proceed, Mr. Snader. GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. SNADER. First of all, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I have with me today my right-hand man, Mr. Crawford Shanks, the present Disbursing Officer of the House, with whom I have worked very closely in the preparation of the testimony and the budget which we are here to justify today. Mr. HORAN. I think all of us are familiar with the work of Mr. Shanks. I think the House of Representatives and the Capitol are 997 very fortunate to have a man of his integrity and ability to handle this work. Mr, SNADER. I would like to state at this time, Mr. Chairman, in connection with your opening remarks concerning the importance of the legislative and judiciary appropriation bill that I am concerned, of course, only with the legislative portion of that bill. The Clerk of the House functions, in effect, as the administrative officer of the House. He is charged with the three functions of procurement, budget, and disbursal of funds appropriated and made available to the House of Representatives to fulfill their functions. I would like to say that upon becoming Clerk of the House a few months ago, I took that responsibility very seriously and continue to take it very seriously. However, I have attempted to be guided by the fact that the House of Representatives should have for its proper function all of the equipment and facilities that are necessary for a more efficient operation of what I feel is the greatest body in the world. ITEMIZED ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS With that initial statement, Mr. Chairman, I would like to say that for the information of the committee, we desire to insert in the record a tabulated statement in support of the estimates (both original and revised), as submitted through the Bureau of the Budget for the operation of the House of Representatives, for the fiscal year 1954. Mr. HORAN. Without objection, that will be inserted in the record at this point. (The matter referred to is as follows:) |