Second, it connects the exit from the attic to two of the elevator penthouses. The elevator mechanics need to have access to those penthouses. Senator BARTLETT. Without a walkway of any kind, how would the people make their way? Mr. BERRY. There would be no way to do it. Because of the copper roof there has to be something on which they can walk. FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS Senator BARTLETT. Turning to another subject, you are requesting $382,000 for furniture and furnishings for the Library, a net increase of $32,000. I ask that pages 161-168 inclusive be placed in the record. (The Justification follows:) 1968 appropriation in annual act_ DEDUCTIONS Typewriters: a nonrecurring item of $21,000 allowed in 1968 for expanding operations in the Legislative Reference Service and Copyright Office, dropped for 1969_. Card catalog cases, Copyright Office and Science and Technology Division: for growth of Copyright Catalog files and replacement of obsolete equipment, and for storage of microfiche and microcards, Science and Technology Division--- Card catalog cases for Processing and Reference Departments: 319 Adding and calculating machines for Office of Fiscal Services, De- Duplicating machines: 2 spirit process machines to replace obsolete Motion picture machine, Copyright Office: Replacement of obsolete Reference book stands, General Reference and Bibliography Division: three stands allowed to accommodate large reference volumes used by reference assistants and readers.. Tub record desks, Copyright Office: for more efficient filing of cards used in the periodical cataloging operations__ $350,000 21, 000 13, 300 65, 800 7,800 3,000 1, 600 10, 000 46, 100 4, 200 1,000 8,800 1, 200 3,000 1,800 1, 100 Book trucks: 16 book trucks, 6 for the Stack and Reader Division (4 replacements and 2 additional) and 10 for the Copyright Office to replace wornout equipment--- Clothing lockers, Buildings and Grounds Division: Replacements of wornout lockers, plus a small reserve supply for new personnel and emergency needs. Duplicator, offset, Office of the Secretary: Replacement of 10-yearold Model 1250__ 5,700 5, 000 Total Base for 1969_. ADDITIONS 5, 600 -206, 000 144, 000 Repairs to office machines and equipment: increased from $30,000 to $45,000 This increase is needed to provide sufficient funds for adequate maintenance and repair of typewriters, office machines and related equipment. The growth in personnel has resulted in an increased inventory of typewriters and office machines, and the machines themselves are becoming increasingly complicated. Annual office furniture, equipment and office machines: increased from $65,000 to $85,000-‒‒‒ The increase requested is needed to help meet the requirements for the replacement of obsolete furniture and equipment, offset price increases, and provide furniture for new personnel. The principal items purchased under this heading consist of standard furniture and equipment needed for day-to-day operations, but it is necessary to leave unfilled many justifiable requests from the various departments because of lack of funds. The last increase in this allotment was in fiscal year 1966. Typewriters: regular annual allotment increased from $34,000 to $45,000 The total allowed for 1968 was $55,000, but $21,000 of this was a nonrecurring item, which has been dropped for 1969, to provide for special needs in the Legislative Reference Service and Copyright Office. The balance-$34,000-was allowed for annual replacements of worn-out machines and for machines for new personnel in other departments, and was the same as allowed for this particular purpose in 1967. An increase in the regular annual allotment is requested for 1969 to bring it up to $45,000. It is anticipated that 77 additional machines will be required and 93 machines for replacements in 1969, the total of which is estimated at $45,000. Card catalog cases, Copyright Office.. 40, 15-drawer, 3'x5'', and 36, 8-drawer, 4''x6', card catalog sections are needed to accommodate the normal growth in the Copyright Card Catalog. Card catalog cases, wood, 3''x5'', Processing and Reference Departments Catalog Maintenance and Catalog Publication Division (all 15-drawer sections): (a) 50 sections for the official catalog to meet the needs for expansion and relieve crowding; (b) 10 sections for the expansion of the phonorecord and classed catalogs in the Music Division; (c) 20 sections to replace worn-out equipment in the Catalog Publications Section. Descriptive Cataloging Division: 15, 15-drawer sections are needed to accommodate growth in South Asian Language index cards, and 10, 60drawer cabinets are required, 6 for expansion of the shelflist in the Music Section and 4 for expansion of the index in the Manuscript Section. Subject Cataloging Division: 2, 60-drawer cabinets needed for the growth of the shelflist catalog. Reference Department (all 15-drawer sections): A total of 39 sections are needed, 3 for the African reading room catalog, 2 for control of the Main Reading Room reference collection, 14 for growth in the Hebraic, Chinese, and Japanese Union catalogs kept by the Orientalia Division, and 20 for replacements of worn-out equipment in various other divisions of the Reference Department. 15,000 20,000 11, 000 7,700 28, 000 File cabinets, Copyright Office and Reference Department-- Copyright: 6 letter-size and 36 legal-size, 5-drawer file cabinets, to replace old worn-out 4-drawer cabinets. Reference: (a) 125 letter-size cabinets, 5-drawer, requested but not allowed for 1968; (b) 17 letter-size cabinets, 5-drawer, to replace worn-out 4drawer cabinets in various other divisions. Adding and calculating machines_____ Information Systems Office: 1 electronic calculator for statistical work and 1 standard adding machine for increased workloads are needed. Reference Department: 1 for the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for an additional position allowed for fiscal year 1968, 1 for the Slavic and Central European Division for statistical work, 1 for the Orientalia Division to replace a worn-out manual machine. Dictating and transcribing machines__ Information Systems Office: 1 dictating and 1 transcribing machine for increased workloads, additional personnel, and lack of shorthand capability. Copyright Office: 3 combination dictating-transcribing units to handle growing volume of correspondence in the Examining Division. Duplicator, offset, Office of the Secretary___ To replace 1 which is about 10 years old and becoming increasingly difficult to maintain in reliable operating condition; the new machine requested will also have greater production capacity. Mailing equipment, Office of the Secretary--. (a) 1 folding, stuffing and sealing machine is requested for the Publications Distribution Unit to replace obsolete machines and provide greater production capacity needed to meet expanding mailing workloads; (b) 1 bundle-tying machine for preparing increasing volumes of incoming and outgoing mail for dispatch. Duplicating machine, offset, Copyright Office__. This duplicator is requested as a replacement for 1 which is 9 years old and becoming increasingly difficult to maintain properly; the new duplicator requested will also have greater production capacity, which is needed to accommodate increasing copyright registrations. Document sorter, Copyright Office__. A new sorter is needed to replace the present one which is about 7 years old, has been heavily used, and is now a constant maintenance problem. This machine is employed for alphabetizing cards used for the preparation of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and maintenance of the copyright card catalog. Check signing and endorsing machine, Disbursing Office_. This machine for the Disbursing Office would replace an existing machine which is hand fed; the new machine would be automatically fed and thus would speed up the signing and endorsing process. In the last 5 years, there has been a 200 percent increase in checks signed and a 26 percent increase in the number endorsed. Microfilm reading machines (and related equipment). The following items are requested: (a) 2 microprint reading machines are needed to replace 2 old ones in the Microfilm Reading Room; the machines to be replaced were originally obtained as excess property and are now worn-out; (b) 1 microfilm splicing machine is required for the Microfilm Reading Room to supplement existing equipment and thus permit better service to readers. Recording equipment__ The Music Division requires various types of recording equipment for the following purposes: for replacements and additions of equipment in the Recording Laboratory to handle more efficiently the reproduction of early and rare sound recordings, to replace worn-out equipment, and to obtain equipment for servicing transistorized components. 10, 600 2, 600 3,000 6,000 13, 000 3, 700 10,000 1, 600 1,400 17, 500 Book trucks- 1,800 The Copyright Office needs 10 standard library book trucks to replace old ones now worn-out. Visible file cabinet, Orientalia Division____ 3, 200 9 cabinets are requested for better maintenance of the records of serials in the Orientalia Division. Filing unit, mechanized, Office of Fiscal Services- 3, 800 Requested for the Payroll Preparation Office, this unit would replace most of the standard 5-drawer filing cabinets, would save space, and would improve efficiency of operations as similar equipment has done elsewhere in the Library. Preservation and restoration equipment, Preservation Office-- In order to meet the needs of an expanding program concerned with the preservation and restoration of the collections, several items of specialized preservation and restoration equipment are required for testing, research, analysis, and other related purposes. Equipment and office machines, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Now located in adequate quarters at 1291 Taylor Street, NW., and given the responsibility for an expanded program for the blind and physically handicapped, the Division requires the following special equipment to help it attain its objective: 12 metal book trucks, special construction, to replace present inadequate trucks used for moving Braille and talking books; reading room equipment: 4 tables to accommodate the physically handicapped using wheel chairs; 1 mail-type machine, to tie mail as required by the Post Office; 1 pallet truck, to facilitate unloading trucks and moving materials into narrow aisles. Equipment and office machines, Card Division__. Expenses for the operation of the Card Division are recovered through revenue from the sale to subscribers of catalog cards, book catalogs, and technical publications, and deposited into Treasury miscellaneous receipts. Returns to the Treasury from these sources in fiscal year 1967 amount to $5,741,856, an increase of 14 percent over fiscal year 1966. The following equipment and office machines for the Card Division's operations: 36 card catalog cabinets. 3' x 5', 60-drawer, wood, for expansion of the Dictionary Film Catalog and to house new annotated cards; visible filing equipment, needed for listing of additional subscribers: 14 adding machines to replace old worn-out equipment in the Accounting Section; 2 tables to replace old worn-out tables in the Mail and Shipping Unit; 144 15-drawer wooden card catalog sections for the conversion of the Post-1955 Imprints Control file to allow for expansion and provide more space for other equipment. Total Total Estimate for 1969_____ EQUIPMENT 7,500 8,600 62,000 +238, 000 382, 000 Senator BARTLETT. You are requesting numerous items of equipment amounting to $238.000 which were detailed in the insert I just placed into the record. Since your budget was prepared several months ago, in view of the current situation, would you care to suggest any revisions downward in this appropriation request? Dr. MUMFORD. Mr. Chairman, we were asked this question by the subcommittee of the House, and we did identify some items which we felt could be deferred without serious inconvenience. Senator BARTLETT. Do you care to name those? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes. File cabinets in the Copyright Office and Reference Department, $2,000 reduction; adding and calculating machines, $2,000 reduction; dictating and transcribing machines, $3,000 reduction; recording equipment, $17,500 reduction; visible file cabinets in the Orientalia Division, $3,200 reduction; filing units of mechanized nature in the Office of Fiscal Services, $3,800. This makes a total reduction of $32,100. These things are all needed, and needed badly, but it is not in the nature of an emergency to get them overnight. Senator BARTLETT. And the situation now is as it was when you testified before the House subcommittee? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir; the situation has not changed in respect to the other items. Senator BARTLETT. Thank you. CARRY-OVER ITEMS Mr. HENLOCK. With respect to the structural and mechanical care of the Library Buildings, when we were before the House Appropriations Committee, we brought to their attention two items that were allowed in the 1967 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, which were made available on a 2-year basis to June 30, 1968. We ask that those items be continued available until June 30, 1969. One of the items is $115,000 to complete construction changes in the unfinished cellar space of the Library Annex. That involves general construction work, a ventilating system, and new lighting installations, drawings and specifications, and these are being completed by our staff. The bids are being invited by April 25, 1968. We hope to be able to make the award in the early part of June and to complete the work by January 15, 1969. Since the project will extend into 1969, we ask that that item be continued available to June 30, 1969. And the same is true with an item of $200,000 for the replacement of vertical book conveyors of an obsolete character now installed in the Library Annex, which was allowed in 1967 and will expire for obligation on June 30, 1968. We expect to be well along the way toward obligating that amount by the end of June or early July, 1968, but the work will extend into the fiscal year 1969. NONRECURRING ITEMS Senator BARTLETT. Every consideration will be given your recommendation, and these memoranda to you, Mr. Henlock, from Mr. Rubel will be placed in the record at this point. (The memoranda follow :) CONSTRUCTION CHANGES IN CELLAR SPACE, ANNEX A non-recurring sum of $115,000 was included in the 1967 Legislative Appropriation Act, under the heading "Library Buildings and Grounds," for construction changes to be made in the unfinished cellar of the Library Annex Building. This project involves general construction work, a ventilating system and new lighting installations. The drawings and specifications now are being completed by members of the Architect's staff. Competitive bids will be invited from general construction con 93-511-68- -20 |