Mr. JENNINGS. $1,573.75 gross per month before the pay raise and $1,912.10 per month after the pay raise. Mr. YATES. For one employee? Mr. JENNINGS. One employee. Mr. YATES. $1,900 a month. Who was that employee? Mr. JENNINGS. Mr. Edward M. O'Connor. Mr. YATES. What is the total amount paid that employee for the year 1965? Mr. JENNINGS. The sum total of $22,487.98 less $15.40 telephone. Mr. ANDREWS. That left a balance available of $1,612.02? Mr. ANDREWs. Did that revert? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, it will. Mr. ANDREWS. Let's take the year 1966. The appropriation was $24,755. The amount expended was $24,269.13. Give us a breakdown on the $24,269.13. Mr. JENNINGS. I have the sheet before me here but except for a few small items of travel, it looks like $370, $29, and $29, and a telephone bill of $2.55; the rest of that amount is for salary. Mr. ANDREWS. How much salary? Would you have to figure it out? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. Mr. ANDREWS. Figure it out and put it in the record. Mr. JENNINGS. I would estimate that about $22,000 of it is salary. Mr. ANDREWS. Who drew that salary? Mr. JENNINGS. Edward M. O'Connor. Mr. ANDREWS. The same man who drew the salary in 1965? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. (The information follows:) The total salary was $23,692.51. Mr. Edward M. O'Connor drew $21,331.06 and a clerk drew $2,361.45. Mr. ANDREWS. Let's take 1967. The appropriation was $25,480, including the pending pay supplement. Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. You only have a breakdown of expenditure through February 28, 1967, or do you have a later date? Mr. JENNINGS. I have it through March 31. Mr. ANDREWS. How much had been expended through March 31. Mr. JENNINGS. Roughly $10,000. Mr. ANDREWS. Spent? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Through March 31? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Give us a breakdown of that expenditure. Mr. JENNINGS. All of that represents salary except $26.90, which is a telephone bill. Mr. ANDREWS. Who drew that salary? Mr. JENNINGS. Mr. O'Connor drew a salary and then after he left the payroll, which was the last of September, Leona M. Vogt started drawing the salary of $586.05 gross per month. Mr. ANDREWS. If only $10,000 had been expended as of the 31st of March, there should be a considerable balance left. Mr. JENNINGS. $14,594.44 balance remaining now. Mr. ANDREWS. There should be a balance at the end of the fiscal year. Mr. LIVINGSTON. Unless they have other expenses or other employees. Mr. ANDREWs. All right. Are there any questions about this? (CLERK'S NOTE.-The following letter was subsequently furnished the Committee:) CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY, Hon. GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Chairman, Legislative Subcommittee on Appropriations, May 11, 1967, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: With reference to the item of $25,480.00, included in the budget for 1968 for the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, it is requested that funds be not appropriated for the continuance of the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy. Sincerely, MICHAEL A. FEIGHAN. JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION Mr. ANDREWS. Next, on page 67, Joint Committee on Defense Production. Mr. JENNINGS. For the payment of salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Production, fiscal years 1968, $87,435, compared with $85,000 appropriated for 1967, or an increase of $2,435. This estimate was submitted as requested, and if your committee desires any further information regarding this particular item, I respect fully refer you to Hon. Wright Patman, chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production. If you will look on page 67 of the committee print, you will find, I think, what seems to be an explanatory breakdown. Mr. ANDREWS. We will insert pages 67 and 68 of the committee print. (The pages follow:) CLERK'S NOTES.-Under Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, the Clerk of the House was authorized to allocate not to exceed $65,000 annually from the contingent fund and that was done prior to 1963 when it was made a separate item in the bill. See 50 U.S.C. App., 2162(e). The following was supplied by the Joint Committee Chairman with respect to this request: Hon. GEORGE ANDREWS, Chairman, Legislative Subcommittee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In accordance with your request of March 3, 1967, the expense estimates of this committee for the fiscal year 1968 are as follows: Clerk and Counsel__. Professional Staff Member_. Professional Staff Member. Secretary Reporting services, travel, stationery, publications, and misc. office expenses $21, 484 20, 142 19, 572 14, 968 7,832 1,000 Total 111 85,000 The Joint Committee on Defense Production is authorized in section 712 of the Defense Production Act and has the responsibility of making a continuous study of the programs authorized in this act and of reviewing the progress achieved in the execution and the administration of these programs. The expenses for this committee are authorized in section 712(e) of the Defense Production Act. (P.L. 89-842). This committee receives reports covering mobilization activities of each department and agency. These programs are subject to continuing review by the committee staff. The purpose of the mobilization program is to achieve preparedness for any emergency which could arise. The Office of Emergency Planning, which has the responsibility for the coordination of these programs on behalf of the Executive branch of the Government, reports to this committee and consults with the committee and its staff on the continuing effort. The Defense Materials System, authorized in the Defense Production Act, serves to expedite defense programs for Vietnam, space programs, and atomic energy preparedness. Many stand-by orders and plans, including the machine tool program, are maintained for use in an emergency. Sincerely yours, Hon. GEORGE ANDREWS, WRIGHT PATMAN, Chairman. Chairman, Legislative Subcommittee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representative, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to the expense estimates of the Joint Committee on Defense Production for the fiscal year 1968 that were forwarded on March 8, 1967. Public Law 89-504, approved July 18, 1966, provided for an increase of 2.9 percent for Legislative Branch Employees. It will be appreciated if you will give consideration to allowing the 2.9 percent increase for the employees of the Joint Committee on Defense Production. This would provide an additional amount of $2,436.00. 1 Salary of $19,996.44 for professional staff member paid for only 9 months of fiscal year 1967. CAPITOL POLICE, GENERAL EXPENSES WITNESS JAMES M. POWELL, CHIEF, CAPITOL POLICE Mr. ANDREWS. Next is Capitol Police, "General expenses." Mr. JENNINGS. For payment of expenses as specified in the appropriation paragraph $75,000, compared with $118,500 appropriated for 1967, or a decrease of $43,500. The Capitol Police Board submitted the following budget in justification of this estimate: Purchase of, repairs to, gasoline for, and maintenance of scout cars__. Equipment and purchase of, repairs to, and alterations of uniforms__ Total $300 15,000 15, 767 5,250 300 38, 383 75,000 Mr. ANDREWS. I believe the direct appropriation for 1967 was $95,500, but there was also a transfer of $23,000 authorized in the closing supplemental; is that correct? Mr. JENNINGS. What have you obligated or spent from the $118,500 and for what? Chief POWELL. We have expended $860.60 for office supplies. Chief POWELL. That includes some file cabinets and some other non expendable items. Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWS. Give us a breakdown in the record. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. (The information follows:) Itemization of funds expended for office supplies by U.S. Capitol Police Expended for permanent and semipermanent fixtures-- Expended for miscellaneous office supplies--‒‒‒ Total funds expended (as of May 1, 1967) $613.94 284.45 898.39 We have $9,526 expended for laundry, $5,558 is allocated for the remainder of the fiscal year for laundry. Communications, we have expended $5,926. Mr. ANDREWS. Communications? Chief POWELL. Yes; that includes our entire radio setup. We rent all of our radio equipment from the telephone company. That includes the radio in the scout cars, the teletype system, and walkie-talkie radios. Mr. ANDREWS. Why rent them? Chief POWELL. We have found it to be cheaper in our case to rent the equipment than to buy and employ radio repairmen necessary to keep the equipment in order. Mr. ANDREWS. How much do those sets cost? Chief POWELL. These walkie-talkie sets cost about $900 apiece. Chief POWELL. No, to purchase. Our rental is $29 per month. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. $29 a month? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. Mr. MILLER. Almost a dollar a day. Mr. YATES. How long do those last? Chief POWELL. It varies. We have some that have gone out already. They are the property of the telephone company so they have to repair them. We have had three so far that have been repaired extensively. Of course, the sets are the property of the telephone company and they have repaired or replaced them. The Metropolitan Police Department has bought theirs, but they have a larger force, and much more radio equipment and they have radio repairmen and a shop. We do not have that. Our total outlay per year for all of this is $8,150; that was for last year. Mr. ANDREWS. Would it not be cheaper to buy those boxes and if they got out of repair get the Metropolitan Police technician to repair them on a reimbursable basis? What could you buy one of those boxes for? Chief POWELL. $900 each, or thereabouts. Mr. ANDREWS. You pay roughly $30 a month? Chief POWELL. $360 per year roughly. Two or three of ours have already been replaced. Mr. ANDREWS. How many did you tell us the other day you have? Chief POWELL. We have 20. We have five additional on order. Mr. ANDREWs. For a total of 25? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you really need 25 of those walkie-talkies to patrol 26 acres of land? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir; but the entire 155 acres of land is patrolled as well as the various garages and so forth. Mr. ANDREWS. Yes? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir; we do. We have on the evening shift alone 10 Metropolitan men who are on duty with an acting sergeant. We use each of those men to team with one Capitol man and each team is furnished a radio. We have five additional sets on order with which we hope to equip the canine teams. At present we do not supply the K-9 men with radios. Mr. ANDREWS. Are they not Metropolitan teams? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Why does not the Metropolitan Police force give them that equipment? Chief POWELL. The Metropolitan radios would not be on the wavelength, with the Capitol Police. Mr. ANDREWS. You cannot communicate with the Metropolitan Police on your walkie-talkies? |