Additions-Continued Salaries, Office of the Architect-Continued 2 additional positions: 1 architectural-engineer, GS-13, at $12,510 per annum; 1 payroll clerk, GS-5, at $5,180 per annum. The need for these positions is explained, as follows: Architectural engineer: This position, requested last year but not allowed, is again requested for 1967. It is to provide, on the permanent rolls, an assistant to the Assistant Architect of the Capitol who carries a heavy workload and should have help, on a permanent basis, in the conduct of his duties. The Assistant Architect acts as chief adviser to the Architect of the Capitol in matters pertaining to architectural design, changes and improvements in the Capitol and other buildings and projects under the Architect. Major projects currently in effect include the Library of Congress Madison Memorial Building; remodeling of the Cannon House Office Building; plans for extension of the west central front of the Capitol; repairs, improvements, and changes in the various buildings under the Architect. Future proposed projects include remodeling of the Longworth House Office Building and restoration of the Old Senate Chamber and Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol. Although the workload fluctuates to some extent from time to time, it is constantly a heavy one and one that is very time consuming. The assistant, requested for 1967, would share in and relieve part of this workload. It is necessary that he be trained and informed in the programs under the Assistant Architect and be competent to represent him in liaison work with consulting architects and engineers, the field construction staff, and professional and adininistrative personnel both within and outside the Government, and with Members of Congress and their staffs. The proposed assistant would develop criteria, schematic and preliminary architectural design studies for proposed new buildings and for alterations, repairs, and restoration to existing buildings. Although outside professional architects are normally engaged for major projects, nevertheless, their work must be developed, planned, and accomplished in collaboration with the Architect of the Capitol and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol. The proposed assistant's duties would include the preparation of schematic plans, elevations, sections, and supporting data; examination of site conditions to determine the extent of construction, or repair proposed, compatibility and tie-in with existing structures, condition of existing structures, condition of existing improvements, public utilities, underground structures, grades to be maintained, and development of preliminary project directives outlining the scope of the project, facilities to be included, and material and finishes to be used. His duties would also include assisting in the preparation of preliminary estimates of costs of improvements and projects; coordination of work of technical, architectural and engineering specialists in the development of working drawings and specifications; consultation with private practicing architects and engineers for projects, during the development of sketches, preliminary plans and reports on new projects; and other miscellaneous duties of such nature as would relieve the Assistant Architect of time-consuming details involved in the planning and execution of projects and other improvements. This position is requested in the interest of efficient and orderly administration. Payroll clerk: For many years, the work of preparation of payrolls and related activities was combined with all other personnel work under the Architect's Office. During the past year, in the interest of efficiency and in conformity with guidelines laid down by the General Accounting Office, two separate units were established to handle this work. The Payroll Office now operates, separately, as a part of the Accounting Division of the Architect's Office. This payroll unit is responsible for the computation of weekly, biweekly, and semimonthly payrolls for approximately 1,800 employees; maintenance of time, leave, and retirement records; preparation of tax withholding statements, and other duties associated with payroll functions. All other work of a personnel nature, such as appointments, transfers, promotions, The payroll operations for the Architect's Office are more complicated than normally In order that we may have available an adequate force to handle the workload of $17,690 Additions-Continued Salaries, Office of the Architect-Continued Contribution to retirement fund, increased from $38,175 to $40,400... This increase results from increases in basic pay rates and the proposed addition of 2 positions, and is required to cover the cost of Government contribution to retirement fund authorized by Public Law 854, 84th Cong. $2,225 Total..... Total estimate for 1967. +46, 200 647, 700 Mr. ANDREWS. Will you take up the items aside from those more or less mandatory type items common to all the salary funds. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS REQUESTED Mr. STEWART. Under personal services, that resolves itself into a request for two additional positions. One is for an architectural engineer and the other, a payroll clerk. Mr. ANDREWS. How many architectural engineers have you now? Mr. HENLOCK. We have only one architectural engineer on the temporary roll now, on the construction roll. Mr. ANDREWS. Would this make two? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, but one position is on the construction roll. Mr. ANDREWS. What is the total number of employees in the central office? Mr. HENLOCK. We have a total in the central office of 51. Mr. HENLOCK. Forty-nine; 1964 was the year you transferred 14 positions from the construction roll to the salaries, architect roll. Mr. ANDREWS. How many did you have in 1964? Mr. HENLOCK. Forty-nine is what you gave us also in 1964; and prior to that we had 35. Mr. ANDREWS. You had 49 in 1964, 49 in 1965, 51 in 1966, and you are asking for 53 in 1967. Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. What would be the salary of that architectural engineer? Mr. RooF. $12,510 is the base salary. Mr. ANDREWS. What about the payroll clerk, GS-5, $5,180 per annum. That is the base? Mr. ROOF. Yes, for a 40-hour week. Mr. ANDREWS. Are both of these spots now on other rolls, this request being to put them on the permanent rolls? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Or do you have them now? Mr. HENLOCK. We have an architectural engineer on the temporary roll. Mr. ANDREWS. How are you paying him? Mr. HENLOCK. Out of the House Office Building construction fund. For the other one we are using the Capitol Building temporary allotment. Mr. ANDREWS. So, in reality, no extra expense is involved in this total amount. Mr. HENLOCK. That is correct, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. You seem to have an annual increase of two employees going back to 1965. Mr. HENLOCK. Of course, the functions of the office have increased greatly, starting back some years ago. The first year, we added the new Senate Office Building staff, then the Rayburn Building staff, and additional staffing when we air conditioned the Library Building. That takes it back to 1963. Mr. ANDREWS. Just what does this group of employees do? Mr. HENLOCK. They assist Mr. Stewart in the general administration and management and running of his office, supervise and direct all operations. Mr. ANDREWS. That is the central office? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Everything centers around them. If you have personnel in the field or in branch offices, they operate as an adjunct to this central staff. Mr. ANDREWs. What or how has the situation changed since last year when the committee did not see fit to add the architectural assistant, or is it merely that you think we may not have done the right thing? Mr. HENLOCK. One thing we are stressing: There are three major projects currently in effect. Congress has appropriated $500,000 to plan the Madison Memorial Library of Congress Building; we will be carrying on the work of remodeling the Cannon House Office Building, and we are engaged in the preliminary phase of the extension of the west front of the Capitol. Following the remodeling of the Cannon House Office Building, it is anticipated we will remodel the Longworth House Office Building. There will be a continuous flow of work. We assume you will eventually restore the Old Supreme Court Chamber and Senate Chamber in the Capitol. All these items result in heavier and heavier workloads on our office. Mr. Stewart has Mr. Campioli working with him on these projects and with the consulting architects. A great deal of detail is involved. The principal duty of this new employee would be to relieve Mr. Campioli of some of these details. Mr. ANDREWS. Now, even with this one added GS-5 clerk, as I understand it, you will still be short a clerk on your permanent roll, is that correct? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. If so, why not clean it up right now and be done with it? Mr. HENLOCK. We would be very happy to do that. In fact, it would be a wise procedure administratively to do that. Let me point out we have close to 2,100 employee accounts to be maintained on the payrolls. We have four employees, including a temporary employee, performing that work. Even if this 1 position is allowed, 3 employees alone would be handling close to 700 accounts, whereas the average workload in Government accounting generally is only 500 accounts. Mr. ANDREWS. Incidentally, what grade is the temporary-roll employee? Mr. HENLOCK. The salary being paid is $5,342 per annum. Mr. ANDREWS. Are there any questions on this item on page 76 of the committee print, Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the so-called central office? Mr. Langen? Mr. LANGEN. Let me inquire a little further with regard to these additional positions. It has already been mentioned that there have been two added each year for the last several years. Has this not been a kind of gradual shifting of those that were put on in con-nection with the building of the Rayburn Building and then moving them over into permanent employment? Is that not about the routine that has been followed here? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. As the construction projects are completed, maintenance and operation responsibilities and duties increase, and this has an effect on the central office staff. It has automatically increased our workload. For instance, you allowed 239 additional employees for staffing the Rayburn Building. That meant close to 300 more payroll accounts to be handled by the payroll office. Mr. LANGEN. I realize that, but the architectural engineer has no direct association with custodial help in the Rayburn Building. Mr. HENLOCK. That need, as we have mentioned, we stress this year because of the three or four major projects that are now underway. Mr. Campioli may want to amplify it since the new employee would be his assistant. Mr. CAMPIOLI. With respect to the Rayburn Building where we wound up with about 5 percent unoccupied or unassigned space, gradually those unassigned spaces were assigned by the Commission, and it became necessary to provide services for subdividing these areas. In the case of the major larger spaces, we retained the original associate architects and engineers to help us with the layout, but with regard to the smaller space assigned by the Commission, we have handled that work in our office with our own help, and we have not used the architect-engineers for that purpose. In effect, what we have done is save the architect-engineers' commission on these smaller projects. I think the work this man would do for the office would more than compensate for his salary because if we had to pay outside services for that kind of help, I am sure we would pay to a greater extent than the amount of his salary. Mr. LANGEN. If this architectural engineer is added, does that then complete the staff so at least from the viewpoint of today you can handle what is needed in the way of architectural engineering which you need for the completion of what space is left in the Rayburn Building or remodeling of Cannon and Longworth as they proceed, or will we find next year we are still short? Is not most of this work completed now? Mr. CAMPIOLI. As we can foresee the building program, I would say this should take care of us as far as this type of help is concerned through the foreseeable future. Mr. LANGEN. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWs. Mr. Reifel. Mr. REIFEL. May I ask a question off the record. Mr. ANDREWS. Off the record. (Off the record.) Mr. REIFEL. That is all, Mr. Chairman. 50 25.1 Other services... 99.0 New chairs for Members' private dinning room, Improvements to rooms in Speaker's office. Research in connection with proposed restoration of 14 1967 estimate 50 1965 actual Mr. ANDREWS. Next we turn to page 78, the "Contingent expenses." Mr. Stewart, your contingent fund appropriation rocks along at the same level of $50,000, as it has been since it was created. 1966 ALLOCATIONS How much have you used so far or allotted so far in the current year, and for what projects did you use it? Mr. STEWART. At the present time, during the fiscal year 1966 allocations totaled $45,600 against this fund, of which $31,712 has been for repairs to damage caused by a fire in the Old Senate Office Building, approved by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; $7,000 for replacement of the refrigerated drinking water system in the New Senate Office Building, approved by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; $2,500 for the installation of a bronze railing in the family gallery of the Senate Chamber, approved by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; $2,200 for installation of bronze railings in the |