I just recently wrote the Library and pointed out that if and when we got the new furniture for the Cannon Building we would have some good furniture and would again make it available to them.

Mr. ANDREWS. They have not taken any furniture?

Mr. JENNINGS. No, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. But you offered it to them?

Mr. JENNINGS. We offered it to them.

Mr. ANDREWs. You showed it to them?

Mr. JENNINGS. We showed it to them. As a matter of fact, some of it we have had trouble getting the General Services Administration to take it.

Mr. ANDREWs. You have not been able to show them some of the better stuff?

Mr. JENNINGS. No, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. Don't you think we ought to leave this proviso in here?

Mr. JENNINGS. Oh, yes, because I think when we get our new furniture there will be quite a few items they can use.

Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Langen, any questions on this item?

PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR THE CANNON BUILDING

Mr. LANGEN. I think the subject has been pretty well covered but let me inquire specifically with regard to the being purchased or acquired for the Cannon Building. Is that apt to be done during this fiscal year or will it run into the next fiscal year?

Mr. JENNINGS. It probably will be done in the next fiscal year.
Mr. LANGEN. In the next fiscal year.?

Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Some will probably be coming in during this fiscal year because the contract more or less goes about this in reverse order. We tried to get the contract delivery date to coincide with the completion of the second phase or the unoccupied part of of the Cannon Building so that when the Members move in that part of the building they will move into newly furnished offices. The rest of the furniture will go into the now completed part of the Cannon Building and that will probably be next year, but in either case they will probably be billed and paid in the next fiscal year.

Mr. LANGEN. To the best of your knowledge now will the moneys provided take care of the furniture needs?

Mr. JENNINGS. Oh, yes. As a matter of fact we feel we will have some left over and, if authorized, we can use some of that money to buy furniture for the basement level of the Rayburn Building, and we feel this is the time to do it because we have a volume bidding basis that is much lower than a purchase basis.

RENOVATION OF THE CANNON BUILDING BASEMENT

Mr. LANGEN. You have done a lot of work in the basement of the Cannon Building, as I have noticed.

Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir.

Mr. LANGEN. It has really improved the appearance and I would think the usefulness of the basement, too.

Mr. JENNINGS. There is no question about that. That is definitely true. We have had some real problems involved because of lack of space to store furniture. We just have to put it in the hallways and down in the basement and we cannot adequately care for it.

Mr. LANGEN. Is that basement renovation about finished now for the first half of the building?

Mr. JENNINGS. The first half, I think, is pretty well finished but this necessitated moving things from our library and document room from one side to the other side so the workmen can then get into the other side.

PLANS FOR USE OF EXCESS FURNITURE

Mr. LANGEN. With regard to the space and with regard to the discussion previously, one day all of the Cannon Building will be completed and you will have a lot of furniture left over then?

Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir.

Mr. LANGEN. What will you do with it, store it somewhere?

Mr. JENNINGS. We will first offer it to the Library of Congress, and by that time I think they will really select some of these pieces. We are also reworking in our cabinet shop some of the things such as the Wanamaker storage cabinets and making them available over and above the regular table of allowances to the offices, and they are being utilized.

Mr. LANGEN. Is it a paying operation to refinish some of that furniture?

Mr. JENNINGS. In some cases, yes. You just have to use your own good judgment on individual items. Some items it is more advantageous to refinish and others it would be cheaper to go out and buy new. You just have to use your judgment just as on an automobile that has been wrecked, is it better to repair it or buy another one.

ITEMS AND USEFULNESS OF NEW FURNITURE

Mr. LANGEN. When the new furniture for the Cannon Building is acquired, what will they provide? Will these I call them cupboards

Mr. JENNINGS. Wanamakers.

Mr. LANGEN. Will they still be a part of that furniture?

Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. One will be provided for each office. However, we will have surplus ones and where an individual Member requests another Wanamaker we will be able to supply it.

Mr. LANGEN. It would seem they are almost essential in order to get room enough for storage unless there is new storage space provided. Mr. JENNINGS. You realize what we did in the furnishing of the Cannon Building. We took into consideration things of that nature that could be used. We are not buying any couches for the Members' offices, for instance. We are not buying any of the large chairs. We

reasoned it would be much nicer and more in conformity with the character of the building, and we tried to marry these up so we think we will have very attractive offices and we think they will be more serviceable than those in the Rayburn Building and will be more in keeping with the historic flavor of the Cannon Building.

POSSIBILITY OF PLACING RECORDS ON MICROFILM

Mr. LANGEN. Of course the attractiveness is important but it seems to me the big problem is room. There seems to be more and more material and more and more files.

Mr. JENNINGS. Here is a real opportunity for improvement. We have a microfilming department. I have not been able to utilize it because of inadequate personnel and I have not felt justified in asking for additional personnel because I feel as we get through with one job maybe we can use the personnel on other jobs. But we have the microfilming equipment and after microfilming our own records if we could make that available to the individual Members and they would avail themselves of it and microfilm some of their old records, it would be a tremendous saving in space because they could bring down to the microfilming department two or three file cabinets and take the records back in a shoe box. But it seems to be historical that when they fill up a file cabinet they request another, and after they get too crowded in their office they move them to a storeroom. I bought this microfilming equipment and used it in a little bank I am connected with. If we were still keeping all the old checks we had we would have to rent a warehouse to store them, but we microfilm the checks and keep the records. If we could do some of that here it would be wonderful. I visited the Archives. They have a very excellent microfilming department.

Mr. ANDREWs. Off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. LANGEN. That is all, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. ANDREWS. All right. The next item.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Mr. JENNINGS. It was necessary for the Clerk's Office to set up 32 various categories, for miscellaneous items covering the appropriation of $6,900,000.

We submit for the record a statement listing these 32 categories showing the amount expended for fiscal year 1966, fiscal year 1967, and fiscal year 1968 as of February 29, 1968. Although, in reality, the expenditures only cover obligations up to the end of December 1967, or even earlier in some cases, as a great many of these monthly bills have not yet been submitted for payment and, accordingly, such payments are not reflected on this statement.

(The statement referred to is as follows:)

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS-SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORIES

These categories will be taken up in their order and explained briefly as follows:

(1) Miscellaneous equipment, supplies and materials, such as hand towels, paper towels, paper cups, toilet paper, soap, cleaning powder, cleaning equipment, and any other miscellaneous articles that may be required.

(2) Photostatic and duplication work, including Members' identification cards. (3) Official blank checks for the use of the Clerk's Office and the Office of the Sergeant at Arms.

(4) Special office equipment, maintenance and repairs.
(5) News service, judicial books, tax pamphlets, etc.
(6) Newspapers for the Speaker's and Members' Lobby.

(7) Standard or manual typewriter machines.

(8) Typewriter repairs (manual).

(9) Ice.

(10) Laundry service, including hand towels, for the House side of the Capitol, and both House Office Buildings.

(11) Covers gratuities, as authorized by the Legislative Appropriations Act of 1955.

(12) Miscellaneous payrolls, payable out of the contingent fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law.

(13) Material and equipment for folding, in handling speeches, pamphlets, and other necessary work required of the House Folding Room.

(14) Payment of premiums on official bonds required for the protection of the offices and personnel of the Sergeant at Arms, the Clerk of the House, and Postmaster.

(15) The House Restaurant, for which $226,000 is specifically provided in the appropriation paragraph for payment to the Architect of the Capitol, as authorized by law, toward the upkeep and operation of House restaurants.

(16) Exchange, operation, and repair of the Clerk's motor vehicles. (17) Exchange, operation, and repairs of the Post Office motor vehicles. (18) Exchange, operation, and repairs of the Folding Room motor vehicles. (19) Hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms.

(20) Stationery for standing committees, officers, and departments of the House.

(21) Electrical and mechanical office equipment for the Members, including committees, officers, and departments of the House.

(22) Services and repairs to electrical and mechanical office equipment furnished under allocation No. 21.

(23) Rental of office space for Members of Congress in their home districts, as provided in the appropriation paragraph.

(24) Official expenses of Members not to exceed $300 quarterly for office expenses incurred outside the District of Columbia.

(25) Government contribution for Federal employees' group life insurance. (26) Government contribution for civil service retirement fund.

(27) Contested election cases.

(28) Former Speaker's automobile.

(28-A) Government contribution for Federal employees' health benefits program.

(29) Receptions for members of interparliamentary institutions. (30) Members' transportation expense.

(31) Employees' transportation expense.

(32) District telephone expense.

For the fiscal year 1969, we budgeted $8,965,955; compared with $6,900,000 appropriated for 1968, or an increase of $2,065,955.

Mr. JENNINGS. I might further state for the information of the committee that all disbursements made from the appropriation for "Miscellaneous items" must receive my personal approval, and also the approval of the Committee on House Administration. Mr. ANDREWS. Let us take up some of the items.

CLEANING MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, TOWELS, PAPER CUPS, SOAP,

AND SUNDRY ITEMS

Mr. JENNINGS. The first item, "Cleaning materials, supplies, towels, paper cups, soap, and sundry items," is kind of a catchall proposition. You can see that in 1966 we spent $71,337 and in 1967 we spent $130,323, and as of February 29, 1968, we had spent $36,267.16.

PHOTOSTATS AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS

The next item is "Photostats and identification cards." In 1966 we spent $2,517; in 1967 we spent $3,141; and as of February 29, 1968, we have spent $1,344.95.

Mr. ANDREWS. What is the status of that project?

Mr. JENNINGS. We are really just getting in high gear.

Mr. ANDREWS. I have not yet had my identification card made. Where are these made?

Mr. JENNINGS. In the Finance Office. Incidentally, while we did not do this necessarily in anticipation of any great need, it proved to be one of the finest things during this recent and present situation. Mr. ANDREWs. How often are the cards renewed?