In the estimate for the Soil Conservation Service there is a decrease of $3,094,905. For conservation and use of agricultural land resources, there is a decrease of $49,388,671. No appropriation estimate for parity payments has been included in the 1943 Budget, but appropriation language submitted would give the Secretary contract authority to make full parity payments.

The annual appropriation for the disposal of surplus commodities is eliminated for 1943. The resulting decrease of $125,150,000 is partially offset by an estimated increase of $34,270,411 in the permanent appropriation, "Exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural commodities", the purpose of the two appropriations being the same.

The increase of $703,300 for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is to cover expenses incident to the addition of cotton to the insurance program.

For the farm-tenancy loan program authorized by title I of the Bankhead-Jones Act, there is a decrease of $10,000,000 in the amount of loans authorized to be obtained from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and an increase of $11,352 in administrative promotions under the subappropriation "Salaries and expenses."

For liquidation and management of resettlement projects, the estimates provide a decrease of $247,453. A trust account for payments in lieu of taxes and for operation and maintenance of resettlement projects is available partly to offset this decrease.

There is a decrease of $1,956,837 in the appropriation estimate for land utilization and retirement of submarginal land by reason of the proposed curtailment in the landacquisition program.

For loans, grants,. and rural rehabilitation, the direct appropriation estimate is decreased by $13,680,443 and the authority to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is decreased by $45,000,000 due to improved economic conditions.

There is a decrease of $297,415 in the direct appropriation estimate for water facilities, arid and semiarid areas, but the decreased allowance will be supplemented by funds made available for rural rehabilitation.

The $1,000,000 for orchard rehabilitation, Department of Agriculture, provided by a supplemental appropriation act, was a special item in 1942 and no funds for this purpose were requested for 1943.

For the Rural Electrification Administration there are decreases of $248,577 in salaries and expenses and of $90,000,000 in authorized loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in view of the anticipated curtailment of rural electrification activities because of priorities

on materials.

The appropriation estimate for Beltsville Research Center is increased by $7,990 to cover administrative promotions and necessary road-maintenance work.

While there is a decrease of $719,569 in the direct appropriation estimate for the Farm Credit Administration, there will be an actual increase in availability of funds for 1943 of $189,681, taking into consideration reappropriated balances and reimbursable funds.

Salaries and expenses of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation are increased by $700,000 for 1943, but such expenditures are appropriated from funds of the Corporation and do not involve funds of the Treasury.

Under the classification "Trust accounts" there is a net decrease of $51,609,339, principally accounted for by decreases in State Rural Rehabilitation Corporation funds

under the Farm Security Administration, and in redemption of order stamps, Surplus Marketing Administration.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The total amount of the estimates for 1943, exclusive of trust funds, is $82,091,063. The amount is $177,593,115 less than the total of appropriations for the Department for the fiscal year 1942, exclusive of public works. The major items of decrease are in the estimates for the Office of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics and for the Bureau of the Census.

The net increase under the Office of the Secretary is $159,695. An increase of $27,695 in the salaries item is recommended for within-grade promotions and for additional employees in several units of the Secretary's office. All expenses of the Bureau of the Census during the decennial census period ending December 31, 1942, are payable from the appropriation for expenses of the Sixteenth Census. The estimates contemplate resumption on January 1, 1943, of payment of contingent, traveling, and printing and binding expenses of the Bureau of the Census from general department appropriations for those purposes.

For traveling expenses of the Department, the major items of increase are $30,000 for travel of Census Bureau personnel during the last half-year, and $19,850 for travel of additional inspectors of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation incidental to the expanded shipbuilding program.

The principal increases in the estimate for printing and binding are $60,000 for resumption of payment from this appropriation for such services for the Bureau of the Census in the last half-year, and $32,000 for the first year of a 5-year program for publication of a decennial climatic summary of the United States by the Weather Bureau.

A decrease of $30,000 is contemplated by the estimate for the National Inventors Council Service Staff, and a substantial saving is anticipated in the current-year appropriation for this staff.

For the Bureau of the Census, the amount recommended for expenses of the Sixteenth Census is $3,993,000 less than the current appropriation. The estimate contemplates completion of the decennial census by December 31, 1942, and therefore covers only the first 6 months of the fiscal

year.

An increase of $446,140 for age and citizenship certification results from consolidation of these two classes of certification, the cost of citizenship certification in the current year being borne by the appropriation for expenses of the Sixteenth Census.

A new item of appropriation for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Census, for which $1,067,000 is recommended for the last half-year, is for the regular current activities of the Bureau following completion of the Sixteenth Census, and a new item of $58,000 for licensed exports statistics is for special statistical tabulations for defense purposes.

For the Office of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, $49,191,401 is recommended. This represents a reduction from the total 1942 appropriation of $175,581,286, of which $159,593,050 is due to the omission of an estimate Items of net increase consist of $656,684 to provide for an for the development of landing areas for national defense. authorized reorganization and a consolidation of all aircraft activities within the Office of the Administrator; $2,888,978 for the maintenance of air-navigation facilities, such as teletype circuits, radio ranges and markers, field

aids and lighting, and for expansion of both airway and airport traffic control; $146,158 for increased activity incident to the enforcement of safety regulations, and $89,904 for adequately operating the Washington National Airport. These increases are offset by decreases of $361,238 due to the completion of specific technical development projects; $14,186,325 in connection with the establishment of air-navigation facilities; $4,930,081 for curtailment of the civilian pilot-training program, and the above-mentioned $159,593,050 for the development of landing areas.

A net increase of $101,737 is recommended in the estimates for the Civil Aeronautics Board, principally to strengthen its safety activities.

Increases aggregating $221,145 are recommended for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. This amount consists of $29,000 for part-year operation of a new vessel to be completed within the year and for aerial photographic surveys; $4,705 for an additional field magnetic survey party; $30,000 for increased cost of vessel repairs; $5,000 for additional vessel crews; $22,000 for automatic pay increases of commissioned officers and to fill vacancies, $31,090 for additional office personnel for hydrographic chart revisions and for within-grade promotions, and $99,350 for additional personnel, chart paper and supplies, and an additional press for the revision of aeronautical maps. Against these increases are reductions of $479,000 for nonrecurring vessel construction and items of office expense in the 1942 appropriations, resulting in a net reduction of $257,955 for the Survey in 1943.

For the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation an increase of $144,175 is recommended for within-grade promotions and for full-year pay of additional field personnel for which provision was made for the last half of the current year by supplemental 1942 appropriation. This additional personnel is required in connection with the expanded shipbuilding program.

The estimates for the Patent Office contemplate an increase of $127,235, including $89,235 for full-year salaries of employees for the Patent Defense Committee, pursuant to Public Law 239, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved August 21, 1941, for whom provision was made for 7 months of the current year in the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, and for within-grade promotions; $25,000 for photolithographing and $13,000 for miscellaneous expenses.

Exclusive of increases for within-grade promotions, there is an aggregate increase of $223,820 in the estimates for the National Bureau of Standards. Of this amount $69,460 is for operation and administration including $30,000 for tool replacements, $109,400 is for increased testing incidental to defense activities, and $44,960 is for expansion of simplified practice and trade and export standards work for purposes of the defense program. Reductions amounting to $319,061 are recommended for purposes nonrecurring in 1943, of which the major item is $230,000 for construction of a station for broadcasting standard radio frequencies, resulting in a net decrease of $95,241 for this Bureau.

Increases recommended for the Weather Bureau aggregating $170,645 cover additional surface and upper air observations, primarily for military aviation weather services inaugurated during the current year in Alaska, the Caribbean area, and on the oceans.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

The Budget estimates for the Department of the Interior, general and special accounts, for the fiscal year

1943, exclusive of items of public works, aggregate $71,297,366, a net decrease of $8,253,009 from 1942 appropriations. In the figure of $71,297,366 is $62,779,866 for annual appropriations, which is $8,003,009 below the annual appropriations for the current year. The amount for permanent appropriations is $8,517,500, a decrease of $250,000 under 1942. In addition, the estimates for 1943 under various trust accounts aggregate $6,802,071, an increase of $18,794 over the current year. The estimates for the Department of the Interior carry a total of $571,290 for within-grade promotions authorized by the act of August 1, 1941. In the statements that follow references to the specific amounts for within-grade promotions in individual estimate items are omitted.

Annual appropriations. For the immediate Office of the Secretary, $1,028,370 is recommended, a net increase of $63,800. Of this increase $31,320 is for strengthening the newly created Division of Power, $9,780 is for the reallocation of positions approved by the Civil Service Commission, and the remainder is required for additional personnel in several divisions of the office, and for withingrade promotions.

There is a decrease of $33,845 for the Division of Investigation as the result of the abolishment of nine positions aggregating $28,600 in salaries, plus travel allowance. This decrease is possible because of a reduced work load. The total amount recommended for this Division is $435,255.

For the Grazing Service $806,125 is recommended, an increase of $6,125. The removal of the headquarters of this Service to Salt Lake City, Utah, has made it necessary to rent quarters there. A small liaison office in the District of Columbia is being provided at a cost of $7,800. While the within-grade promotions and the establishment of the liaison office, together with a transfer of $2,000 from the Department contingent fund and the increased cost of the Salt Lake office, less a deduction of $18,450 on account of nonrecurring items, would require a net increase of $18,125, it is believed that this Service will be able to function efficiently within the amount of the estimate.

The difficulty of obtaining supplies and materials makes possible a reduction in 1943 of $150,000 below the 1942 appropriation of $250,000 in the Grazing Service item for range improvements.

A reduction of $60,000 under the 1942 appropriation of $75,000 is recommended for "Leasing of grazing lands (receipt limitation)" authorized by the Pierce Act of June 23, 1938, as a result of smaller acreage being available for lease of other than federally owned lands within grazing districts, originally estimated by the Service.

A decrease of $212,220 below the 1942 appropriation of $247,500 is recommended for the Petroleum Conservation Division due to the expiration of the Connally Hot Oil Act on June 30, 1942. An amount of $35,280 is recommended for the expenses of the Division in cooperating with the oil- and gas-producing States in the prevention of waste in oil and gas production and in the adoption of uniform oil conservation laws and regulations.

Because of the expiration of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, on April 25, 1941, no estimate was submitted in the regular Budget estimates for 1942 for the Bituminous Coal Division. This act was extended by the act of April 11, 1941 (Public Law 34), for a period of 2 years from April 26, 1941, and $3,200,000 was appropriated in the regular Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942. An estimate of $2,620,500 is included for 1943 for this agency. The 1943 estimates are approximately the same as the appropriation for the Division for the current fiscal year,

prorated on a 10-month basis, for the reason that the act expires on April 25, 1943.

A decrease of $678,700 below the 1942 appropriation of $2,178,700 is recommended for soil and moisture conservation operations on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. This reduction will be accomplished through the curtailment of the program during the present emergency.

The estimate for contingent expenses of the Department reflect a reduction of $10,000 under the 1942 appropriation of $160,000. This reduction is accounted for largely through the elimination of nonrecurring equip

ment items.

A net increase of $12,265 over the 1942 appropriation of $329,735 is recommended for printing and binding. This increase is due principally to the transfer to this estimate of $25,000 carried in 1942 under the Bureau of Mines. During the emergency period there will be need for less. printing by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the estimates reflect savings in this respect. Provision is made, however, for beginning the standardization and coordination of the printing of forms used by the various bureaus and offices of the Department. It is expected that through the elimination of duplication and the reduction of large stocks of similar forms maintained for the different bureaus substantial economies will be possible in the printing bill of the Department in the future.

For the General Land Office there is a net decrease of $289,410 under the 1942 appropriation of $2,259,800. The principal item of decrease is in the estimate for surveying the public lands. It is recommended that a reduction of $250,000 be made in this item under the 1942 appropriation of $900,000, since it is believed that this activity can be curtailed during the present emergency. The amount remaining will permit the survey of areas that may be required for defense purposes. The other items of decrease are for transcribing records, $10,000; binding records, $10,000; and nonrecurring and other miscellaneous items under several other appropriations. Under normal conditions a new edition of the map of the United States would be printed during the fiscal year 1943. It is believed that this can be deferred for the present.

The total estimate for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, exclusive of trust funds and public-works projects, is $26,714,236, a net decrease of $569,132 below the appropriations for the current fiscal year.

Exclusive of funds for within-grade promotions no major increases are provided for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For the office of the Commissioner five new positions with salaries aggregating $7,380 are provided in addition to one position with a salary of $1,800 transferred from the appropriation for salaries, Office of the Secretary. For the acquisition of land for Indian use there is a decrease of $160,000. The amount recommended, $165,000, is to meet obligations incurred during the present year under a contractual authority carried in the 1942 appropriation act.

There is eliminated from the Budget $40,800 for obtaining employment for Indians. It has been determined that this activity can be suspended during the emergency, but Indian superintendents and other employees will continue to assist Indians, whenever possible, in obtaining employ

ment.

Under the heading of "Agriculture and stock raising among Indians" it is proposed to eliminate $15,000 of the expense in connection with the operation of experiment. stations on Indian reservations and $5,000 for expenses of Indian fairs. These decreases are offset by allowances for

several new positions and within-grade promotions. The 1943 estimate carries an increase of $14,235 above the 1942 appropriation of $712,000.

There is a reduction of $15,000 in the amount to be made available for loans to Indians ineligible to participate in the revolving loan fund established pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, and there is a reduction of $100,000 in the amount to be added to the capital of the latter fund. The 1942 appropriations for these purposes were $150,000 and $250,000, respectively.

A new item of $22,500 is provided for the expenses of the National Indian Institute. During 1942 the Institute, established pursuant to article 10 of the conference creating the Inter-American Indian Institute, ratified by this country on June 7, 1941, has been financed through the allocation of funds for the coordination of activities between the American republics.

In connection with the estimates for Indian education in the States, a reduction of approximately $330,000 will be possible through savings accruing by closing four nonreservation boarding schools and one reservation boarding school, and by numerous readjustments in the educational program. The nonreservation schools to be closed are Pierre, S. Dak., and Euchee, Eufaula, and Wheelock, in Oklahoma. The nonreservation school is located at Fort Wingate, N. Mex. Adjustments are proposed in the program of the Indian Service so that educational facilities will not be denied any Indian children currently accommodated in these institutions. A portion of this saving is offset by increases required for additional pupils in some schools and the amount necessary for within-grade promotions. The total appropriation for 1942 is $9,430,630 as compared with $9,166,415 estimated for 1943.

There is an increase of $34,470 over the 1942 appropriation of $1,098,475 for the education of natives in Alaska, caused principally by the necessity for paying commercial freight on supplies and materials required in the Territory. These costs were considerably less when the Indian Service was operating its two vessels. The largest of these vessels has been requisitioned by the Coast Guard and the other is of such small capacity that it cannot handle all of the transportation.

For conservation of health among Indians there is a net increase of $157,570 over the 1942 appropriation of $5,918,320. It is proposed to close several Indian hospitals, either because of poor patronage or unsatisfactory accommodations. The closing of these facilities, however, will not deny Indians necessary hospitalization inasmuch as areas involved are served by good highways permitting the quick transportation of Indian patients to other institutions. The savings accruing through the closing of these institutions is offset by an increase of $150,000 for personnel, equipment, and initial inventory for operation of the new hospital now under construction at Tacoma, Wash. Some funds are also provided for strengthening the administrative organization in some of the larger hospitals where nurses and physicians are now required to perform a large amount of clerical work.

There is a decrease of $50,000 under the 1942 appropriation of $1,150,000 for the support and rehabilitation of needy Indians. This reduction contemplates a curtailment in the construction portion of this activity.

There is a reduction of $25,000 in the amount estimated as being necessary to make payments to the Indians of the Sioux reservations under provisions of old treaties. The 1942 appropriation for this purpose is $225,000.

In general, the estimates for the Indian Service carry no increase on account of rising costs of food, clothing, and other commodities.

For the Bureau of Reclamation a net increase of $132,050 over the 1942 appropriation of $934,600 is recommended for the operation and maintenance of existing irrigation systems paid from the reclamation fund. These increases are distributed as follows: $5,000 for operation and maintenance of the new Pine River project, Colorado; $31,000 for the Boise project, Idaho, to be used for repairs to the Black Canyon Dam power plant and for the purchase of special equipment; $2,400 for the Minidoka project, Idaho, for repairs to the American Falls Dam; $34,000 for the Owyhee project, Oregon, for making repairs in the main north canal, lining of canals and the purchase of equipment; $45,000 for the Klamath project, OregonCalifornia, for the operation and maintenance of the new Modoc unit; $8,000 for replacing siphons on the Tieton division of this project and contributions to the CCC program; $6,000 for the Kendrick project, Wyoming, for maintenance of new drains and improvements to canals, and $19,400 for operation and maintenance administration. There are offsetting decreases of $3,000 for salaries and expenses, which covers the salaries of two positions transferred to the Office of the Secretary; $750 for the Yuma project, Arizona-California; and $15,000 for the Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas. Other items for the Bureau of Reclamation will be found under the General Public Works Program.

For the Geological Survey a net decrease of $1,244,980 under the 1942 appropriation of $4,997,880 is recommended. There is a reduction of $1,258,235 in the amount recommended in this estimate for the topographic mapping program. It is proposed to augment this appropriation in 1943 by a transfer of funds from the War Department for the mapping of strategic areas. The 1942 appropriation is $1,962,500. There is a decrease of $17,370 for stream gaging. An increase of $26,300 is provided for printing and binding, and $10,000 for strengthening the water and power division in the classification of lands unit. For the Bureau of Mines a net decrease of $2,049,880 under the appropriation of $8,390,370 for 1942 is recommended. This decrease is due mainly to nonrecurring items in connection with helium investigations and plant construction and equipment amounting to $1,600,000. Reductions are also recommended of $322,235 for investigation of domestic sources of mineral supply; $160,000 for investigation of raw material resources for western steel production; $77,400 for investigation and research on processes for production of potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate from trona and wyomingite rock, and $46,715 in the appropriation for mineral mining investigations. Against the items of decrease are several offsetting increases, the principal items of which are for coal-mine inspections and investigations $61,000, for placing this activity on a full-year basis; and $85,000 for bauxite and alunite ores investigations.

The 1943 estimates for the National Park Service, exclusive of items in the General Public Works Program, show a net decrease of $410,120 under the 1942 appropriations of $5,263,775. This reduction has been made possible by deferring the purchase of equipment, eliminating seasonal employees, providing for the minimum of supplies and materials, and reducing the maintenance costs of improvements and utilities to bare necessities. Savings are contemplated in operating expenses for all areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

There is a net decrease of $1,712,140 under the 1942 appropriations of $9,583,915 for the Fish and Wildlife Service. This decrease is accounted for through nonrecurring items, discontinuance of certain activities and a general over-all reduction in the program of this agency.

The principal items of decrease are: $290,000 for the Alaska fur-seal investigation, which has been discontinued as a result of the war with Japan; $292,820 for the maintenance of mammal and bird reservations; $158,840 for propagation of food fishes; $65,000 for restoration of the lower Klamath migratory water-fowl refuge; $184,300 for control of predatory animals and injurious rodents; $38,500 for construction of fish screens; $25,000 as a result of the completion of the Alaska crab investigation; $89,255 for inquiry respecting food fishes, and other small reductions in miscellaneous items. There is an increase of $31,700 for Alaska fisheries necessary for more adequate enforcement of rules and regulations for the protection of Alaska fisheries.

The estimates for Government in the Territories show a net decrease of $117,650 exclusive of the Alaska Railroad and special accounts. This decrease is principally due to a comparison in the amounts appropriated for construction of the Palmer-Richardson Road in Alaska of $500,000 in the current fiscal year, and an estimated amount of $300,000 for 1943, a net decrease of $200,000. Other items of decrease are in the Virgin Islands, $15,000 for defraying deficits of the municipal treasuries of St. Thomas and St. John; $7,910 in the appropriation for the agricultural experiment station and vocational school; $2,825 for salaries and expenses, Government of the Virgin Islands, and $5,000 for a survey of public works needs as a nonrecurring item. The items of increase offsetting these decreases are $50,000 for legislative expenses for the Territory of Alaska and $47,000 likewise for legislative expenses for the Territory of Hawaii, which amounts are biennial appropriations; $24,900 for the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails in Alaska, largely as a result of Army and Navy bases established in the Territory; $10,000 for defraying the deficit for the municipality of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, and $595 for contingent expenses in the Territory of Alaska.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Estimates for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1943, exclusive of items in the General Public Works Program and trust accounts, amount to $80,863,269, which constitute a net increase of $7,062,169 when compared with total appropriations of $73,801,100 for the fiscal year 1942. The net increase is composed of a gross increase of $8,015,452, offset by decreases amounting to $953,283. The additional work devolving upon the Department from the national defense program, realignment of certain functions, and recent legislative enactments, including the requirement for administrative within-grade promotions, are reflected throughout the estimates.

For the Federal Bureau of Investigation the estimates include an increase of $3,886,787 over appropriations for the current fiscal year to provide for additional special agents, fingerprint classifiers, clerical employees, and miscellaneous expenses. Investigations and other matters pertaining to national defense are multiplying with such rapidity that it is anticipated a supplemental appropriation will be required to permit employment during the fiscal year 1942 of the additional personnel contemplated by these estimates.

The increase of $2,561,625 for the Immigration and Naturalization Service will provide funds for the additional activities directly resulting from the present national emergency. The necessity of providing and maintaining detention camps for alien seamen, and of augmenting the force of immigrant inspectors and border patrol officers to enforce regulations prescribed pursuant to the act of

June 21, 1941, account for the major portion of this increase. The balance of the increase will provide funds for additional personnel for the Service in Washington and for naturalization work in the field, with necessary expenses incident thereto, and statutory promotions for immigrant inspectors.

The increase for penal and correctional institutions, amounting to $692,487, results principally from the advance in commodity prices, which directly affect per capita operating costs. Provision is also made for some additional personnel and certain necessary repairs essential to the maintenance of the institutions.

The estimate for the Lands Division, which reflects an increase of $268,065, is predicated on full-year operation during the fiscal year 1943 at the level made possible by the regular appropriation for the fiscal year 1942 and the appropriation supplemental thereto contained in the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942. The remainder of the increase will provide additional personnel and operating expenses, as indicated in the estimates for the offices of the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Assistant Solicitor General, the Criminal Division, the Claims Division, the Bureau of Prisons, the Customs Division, the Personnel Division, the Special National Defense Unit, and in contingent expenses, travel expenses, and printing and binding.

Offsetting the gross increases indicated above are decreases amounting to $953,283 in the estimates for the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the Antitrust Division, miscellaneous field salaries and expenses, district attorneys, marshals, witnesses, and support of prisoners.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

The estimates of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1943 total $25,640,567, which, compared with appropriations for the fiscal year 1942, show a net increase of $1,308,827. This increase includes $180,634, representing the net cost in 1943 of promotions under Public Law 200, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session.

Under the heading "Office of the Secretary" the estimates provide a total of $6,132,470, which includes in addition to salaries in the Secretary's office proper, provision for salaries and expenses, Office of the Solicitor, the Division of Labor Standards, the Conciliation Service, the Division of Public Contracts, liaison with the International Labor Organization, and expenses pertaining to the Department as a whole for contingencies, travel, and printing and binding.

In the Office of the Secretary proper, an increase of $24,125 is provided involving $17,760 for 12 new positions in the Publications and Supplies Division and other sections of the office, including 2 positions transferred from the Wage and Hour Division, and $6,365 for promotions under Public Law 200. There are decreases of $10,650 and $26,000, respectively, for contingent expenses and printing and binding, and an increase of $2,385 for traveling expenses.

In the Office of the Solicitor, the estimates carry an increase of $50,812 for salaries and expenses; $19,612 for two additional legal positions and for promotions under Public Law 200; and a new appropriation of $31,200 for necessary legal work in connection with determination of prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon Act covering defense construction.

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Estimates for the Division of Labor Standards total $1,510,966, representing an increase of $404,966 for salaries and expenses. The increase includes $8,966 for promotions under the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses,' and $396,000 for expansion of the apprenticeship training

program.

For Commissioners of Conciliation, there is an increase of $35,932 involving $8,397 under regular appropriation for salaries and expenses, and $27,535 in the appropriation for conciliation services in situations involving employment in industries under the national defense program.

The Division of Public Contracts shows an increase of $85,305, including $5,305 for regular salaries and expenses, and $80,000 in the appropriation covering contracts involving national defense production.

There is provided for the Bureau of Labor Statistics a total of $1,950,021, including $1,112,803 for the regular statistical work, and $837,218 for special studies under the national defense program. the national defense program. The increase of $32,213 under the regular salaries and expense appropriation provides, in addition to funds for promotions under Public Law 200, $13,000 for three administrative positions. The increase of $549,238 in the national defense appropriation, in addition to providing funds for continuing the study of post-defense problems and occupational-outlook surveys, contemplates carrying on an appropriation basis under the Department of Labor certain statistical studies required by national defense agencies and financed in 1942 through allotments or transfers from appropriations made to the Office for Emergency Management.

The estimates for the Children's Bureau aggregate $12,301,699, of which $11,200,000 is for grants-in-aid to States for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled children, and child-welfare services under title V of the Social Security Act. The amount for grants represents the total authorization and is the same as appropriated for 1942. An increase of $4,985 is provided for salaries, Children's Bureau, covering promotions under Public Law 200, $34,951 additional for enforcement of the child-labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act providing for 13 new positions and administrative promotions. In the appropriation for administration of the Social Security Act, as it pertains to the Children's Bureau, there is an increase of $43,483 which provides, in addition to funds for promotions, additional regional consultation services in the field of maternal and child health and childby eight professional and three clerical positions. welfare services, permitting the increase in the personnel

For the Women's Bureau, an increase of $3,625 is provided for promotions under Public Law 200.

Under the Wage and Hour Division there is a net increase of $73,457 involving an increase of $93,957 in the appropriation for salaries for promotions under Public Law 200, and a decrease of $20,500 for miscellaneous expenses.

NAVY DEPARTMENT

The naval estimates for the fiscal year 1943, exclusive of trust funds and contract authorizations, aggregate $5,932,746,768. The estimates provide for the liquidation of existing contract authorizations and for personnel, supplies, and material required to carry on expanded operations for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during the fiscal year 1943.