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conference hookups that are not now possible. It will provide us with the ability of eventually, if the Congress in its wisdom wishes to do so, to go to a touch tone system.

Senator BARTLETT. What is this?

TELEPHONE USE CONTROL

Mr. DUNPHY. That is a pushbutton telephone. The big thing, though, is, if we were to go to some type of a telephone system that provided all Members with a wider range telephone service in the nature of WATS, it would provide us with a control. That is, we would know how much each telephone is used and if someone were to abuse it, we would be in a position to take the necessary administrative steps to correct it.

WATS SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN ALASKA

Senator BARTLETT. Why can't you have the WATS system installed in Alaska?

Mr. DUNPHY. Well, I will ask the telephone company for you, Senator, but I don't know. As a matter of fact, some of the telephoning that is done up there, as you know, is done over military wires.

FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Senator BARTLETT. I think General Services Administration has some sort of arrangement for Federal departments both in Washington and Alaska

Mr. DUNPHY. They do.

Senator BARTLETT (continuing). And they phone with great abandon and at greatly reduced cost to the Government.

Mr. DUNPHY. Řight.

Senator BARTLETT. It just occurred to me a year or so ago that if we could hook onto that in the three Alaska offices, I imagine the Government would save a very considerable sum of money every year.

Mr. DUNPHY. That service, incidentally, where it exists is provided in the home State offices at a flat rate. It is called FTS, the Federal Telecommunications System, and it is somewhat in the nature of Wats, but is a lease line arrangement that the Government has, and they will provide it if you occupy space on one of their switchboards. They will supply it at a flat rate figure. Going out of Washington they do not, but out in the States they do. Many of our members use it.

Senator BARTLETT. My experience in my office at Juneau is quite otherwise. I had telephones there but no one in the office. Then I learned my bill was $64, so I took the telephones out.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Senator KUCHEL. Thank you, Bob and Chief.

Senator BARTLETT. And thank

you.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. BRENKWORTH, FINANCIAL CLERK, U.S. SENATE

1967 APPROPRIATION AND 1968 BUDGET REQUEST; U.S. SENATE

Senator BARTLETT. The final witness will be Mr. Robert Brenkworth, financial clerk of the U.S. Senate.

Mr. BRENKWORTH. Mr. Chairman, the budget estimates submitted for the U.S. Senate for fiscal year 1968 total $41,009,650. This does not include the estimates submitted for Senate-funded joint committees, which total $948,525, and are included in the legislative bill as it passed the House of Representatives. The Senate estimates exceed the appropriation for fiscal year 1967 by $679,600. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I will use the committee table No. 1 to outline the areas of increase in the estimates.

SENATE DISBURSING OFFICE EMPLOYEES

The first appropriation having an increase was item 6, Office of the Secretary. The increase was $10,785, and it represents the full-year revision of the first supplemental Appropriation Act of 1967 authorization to employ two additional employees in the Senate Disbursing Office which was effective on January 1, 1967; $10,790 was provided in that bill, and the full year cost is $21,575, the remaining $10,785 representing an increase in the fiscal year 1968 estimate.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANCE TO SENATORS

The second area in which we have an increase is for administrative and clerical assistance to Senators. The increase here is $503,030; $498,410 of this increase represents the annual costs of the Pay Act of 1966 in this appropriation which was absorbed for fiscal year 1967 because of less than full use of clerk-hire allowances. A restoration of this cost in the coming year is necessary since we may not anticipate a continuance of the reduced obligation. The remaining $4,620 of this increase represents the full year revision of the first supplemental 1967 authorization to increase the clerk-hire allowances of Senators from the State of North Carolina to the 5 million population category. The appropriation in the first supplemental was $13,860 of the full year cost, $18,480, the estimate revision a $4,620 increase.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

SENATE RESTAURANT OPERATION

The last area of increase is in the appropriation "Miscellaneous items," and this is the multipurpose appropriation; $2,000 of this in

crease is based on the estimate of the Architect of the Capitol for the operation of the Senate restaurant. His estimated request was $365,000. The fiscal year 1967 appropriation was $363,000. The net increase $2,000.

STAFF AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS FOR COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND Public WELFARE

An additional $105,450 is needed to cover the annual cost of the three additional professional staff members and three additional clerical assistants authorized by the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare by Senate Resolution 74, agreed to on February 20, 1967. The fiscal year 1967 obligations for this new authorization were absorbed.

TELEPHONE CHARGES OF SENATORS

An additional $60,000 will be required to cover the full year cost of the new authorization for reimbursement of telephone charges of Senators contained in the second supplemental appropriation bill for 1967. The annual cost of this reimbursement is $120,000. The fiscal 1967 appropriation was $60,000 with the remaining $60,000 as an increase in the estimate.

BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION BILLING REDUCTION

Finally, we have a reduction of $1,665 based on the billing of the Bureau of Employees Compensation which is authorized to be reimbursed by 5 U.S.Č. 785. The appropriation in fiscal year 1967 was on the billing of $8,030, the fiscal year 1968 billing $6,365; with a decrease in that item of $1,665. That brings us to a net increase in miscellaneous items of $165,785, and an overall increase in the estimates of $679,600.

JOINT ITEMS

JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NON ESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES

Under joint items, which, as I mentioned before, are included in the House bill, and this is on table 2, the estimate submitted for the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures was $37,525, and this is in the bill as it passed the House.

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

The Joint Economic Committee estimate was $383,000. The joint committee requested the House to provide an appropriation of $401.620, an increase of $18,620. This was not granted. They did not go over the estimate of $383,000, and that is what was passed on the House side.

The justification by the joint committee for the increased request can be found on page 349 of the House hearings.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY

On the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy the appropriation in the House bill is in the amount of the estimate, $367,000.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

The Joint Committee on Printing estimate was $161,000. The House bill contains an increase of $29,000 to $190,000.

Senator BARTLETT. Why was that?

Mr. BRENKWORTH. The justification on this, Senator, can be found in the House hearings on page 352. I believe it was for additional staff. The remaining items under "Joint items" are disbursed by the House of Representatives. The estimates are submitted by the House of Representatives.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION

On the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, the estimate submitted was $480,000 and this amount was appropriated in the bill and the justifications can be found on page 355 of the House hearings.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY

The Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy estimate was $25,480. This item was deleted by the House on request of the joint committee chairman. The reasons can be found on page 359 of the House hearings.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION

The Joint Committee on Defense Production estimate was $87,435, and this is the amount contained in the bill as passed the House.

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

The Office of the Attending Physician, the estimate submitted $130,000, and the House bill contains that amount. These justifications are on page 341 of the House hearings.

Senator BARTLETT. Stop there. That seems like a terrific increase. Mr. SCOTT. $60,000 of the increase is for X-ray equipment, $10,000 for automatic developing device, $7,000 for associated supplies such as X-ray film developer, and $22,000 additional for medical supplies and drugs.

Senator BARTLETT. I am not going to quarrel with that because I think they have done a lot over there to put themselves in a position to furnish more adequate medical service.

If you will.

CAPITOL POLICE

Mr. BRENKWORTH. The next joint item is Capitol Police, and I believe Mr. Dunphy has covered the Capitol Police Board item, and the general expense item.

EDUCATION OF PAGES

On "Education of pages," $93,726, the estimate and the appropriation. The justification is on page 368 of the House hearings.

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

Official mail costs, $8,534,000, estimate and appropriation. Justification is on page 372 of the House hearings.

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