Alien employees on Feb. 15, 1942 A. PERSONS WHO WERE IN THE SERVICE OF THE LIBRARY ON JULY 1, 1941, AND WHO HAD THERETOFORE FILED DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION TO BECOME CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES Reason for employment As an expert in philosophy. Special ability in foreign languages in connection with Special temporary service in connection with problems Ability to search foreign entries in the special catalogs Special work in the index and files of the Foreign Law As an expert in the foreign educational systems and As a stenographer in Portuguese. Special language ability. Ability to assemble and to shelf governmental publi- Feb. 1, 1934 Ability to classify and to index the manuscript collec tion relating to Alaska and Siberia. As an expert in Slavonic history and literature. Mar. 28, 1940 Sladek, Trude W. (temporary indefinite). Czechoslovakia. November 1939. 2,000 Mar. 4, 1941 England. June 1941. 1,620 Feb. 17, 1941 Jan. 15, 1941 Alien employees on Feb. 15, 1942-Continued B. APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE EXEMPTION CONTAINED IN SEC. 6 OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION ACT, 1942 Mr. LEAVY. Can you not get some person of another nationality who can perform the work that this Japanese is doing? Mr. MACLEISH. I am trying to do that. One of the great difficulties we are up against is to find people who really have mastered the Japanese tongue, and whose loyalty is beyond question, among people of our own race. One of the experts in California came in to see us a while ago, and I asked how many people of our race he knew who had really mastered the Japanese language. He thoughtz long time, and said that he knew three. Of course, the demand for information about Japan now is tremendous. Mr. O'NEAL. I think you should only use them when you cannot employ them from among our own people. Mr. MACLEISH. Yes, sir; we are trying to find people familiar with the Japanese language other than Japanese people. Mr. O'NEAL. Do you have any employees, or foreign employees, coming from any of the other Axis Powers? Dr. EVANS. We have some, but I do not think we have employed more than one since July 1. Mr. CLAPP. We have employed Dr. Thomas Mann, who is not yet an American citizen. Mr. O'NEAL. How many others are there? Mr. MACLEISH. There is just one. Mr. STEFAN. How many do you have? Mr. MACLEISH. There is only one in that class. Mr. CLAPP. There is only one, and she was taken into detention on December 7. Mr. O'NEAL. You plan to drop her from the roll? Mr. MACLEISH. Yes, sir. We have not yet had a report from the F. B. I. on that case. There is one Japanese and there are several Germans who have not as yet received their final naturalization papers, although they have received their first papers. Mr. O'NEAL. Do you feel that those people cannot be replaced by Americans? Mr. CLAPP. There is, for example, one man named Werner T. Ellinger, a German, whom we employed because of his special ability in foreign languages in connection with cataloging in the field of foreign law. He was appointed in April 1941; he took out his first naturalization papers in August 1937. He is not a refugee, in any sense, but I believe that he left under the shadow of the Axis. I do not know, but I believe he is Jewish, and his loyalty, so far as we know, is beyond question. Another such a one is Claus Halberstaeder, also a native of Germany. He was appointed in March 1941; he took out his first naturalization papers in October 1937. Mr. O'NEAL. What investigation is made of these men before you employ them? Mr. CLAPP. Each one of them has been under the inspection of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, because of his non-American citizenship. Dr. EVANS. I can say from personal knowledge that most of these are persoEs that we know definitely have expressed strong anti-Axis sentiments. 69377-42--2 PERSONNEL AND FUNDS OF LIBRARY COMPARED FOR FISCAL YEARS 1940, 1941, AND 1942. REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1943 Mr. O'NEAL. Please furnish for the record a consolidated statement for the fiscal years 1941, 1942, and your estimate for 1943, broken down to show the appropriations, the total number of positions, and the annual salary cost, and your statement should also include for each of those years, in a parallel column, a statement of funds received other than from regular appropriations. We want the statement to show the appropriations with the total salary rolls. Mr. MACLEISH. We will supply that for the record. (The statement referred to is as follows:) |