House of Representatives-Fiscal year 1960-Itemized estimates of Whenever a salary is shown plus an additional amount, such additional amount is payable only so long as the position is held by the present incumbent. 1 Lump sum. 210 percent additional not applicable. The estimates for salaries of pages are based on their employment not to exceed 10 months during the fiscal year 1959, under the limitations (permanent law), as carried in the "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1949," Public Law 641, approved June 14, 1948, i.e., "Shall continue until the end of the month during which the Congress adjourns sine die, or recesses, or the fourteenth day after such adjournment or recess, whichever is the later date." This position shall terminate whenever a vacancy occurs in the same (J. J. Coates, present incumbent). To be equally divided so long as the 2 positions are held by the present incumbents. Mr. ROBERTS. I have assistants from my office, who are familiar with the detailed figures, and we shall be glad to answer any questions. Mr. NORRELL. Just a minute. I would like for you to make a statement regarding each request as to whether or not it is the same this year as last year, and then we will ask any questions we desire, and pass on to the next item. Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Chairman, I have just requested that the whole budget be placed in the record. That is a copy of it which you have in front of you. I was going to make a request that we be allowed to present my other statement in regard to the Clerk's Office and the contingent fund. Mr. NORRELL. Will that be a duplication of this? Mr. ROBERTS. No, sir. Mr. NORRELL. How would it be changed? Mr. ROBERTS. It will just tell you how I justified the expenditures in my office, and the amounts that are asked for in the contingent fund. Mr. NORRELL. Why do we not, Mr. Clerk, finish reading the first statement beginning on page 9 with "Salaries, mileage for the members, and expense allowance for the Speaker," and then briefly say if there is any change made? Mr. ROBERTS. In other words, take them item by item and paragraph by paragraph until we get down to the Clerk's Office? Mr. NORRELL. If you will do that, that will be all right. But, I do not want to overlook that. Then as you read each item, I may ask a few questions and then I will ask the members if they desire to ask questions and then we will pass on to the next item. Mr. ROBERTS. You will notice, Mr. Chairman, in the last paragraph on page 43 Mr. NORRELL. What page is that? Mr. ROBERTS. In the budget on page 43, in the last paragraph, I state that as Clerk of the House I am prepared to make a detailed statement relating to the operation of the Clerk's Office and its principal functions. If you will be kind enough to withhold any questions until the completion of the statement, I believe that I shall cover the major items of interest to you and may answer a lot of questions that you have in mind. Mr. NORRELL. I think we have to cover it item by item as we go along. I think that would be the best way. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS Mr. ROBERTS. All right, Mr. Chairman. With your permission we will now take up the first estimate covering "Salaries, mileage for the Members, and expense allowance for the Speaker," which appears on page 9 of the prepared statement. For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegate from Hawaii and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, fiscal year 1960, $10,638,000, which is based on a salary of $22,500 each; $12,500 additional per annum for the salary of the Speaker, $741,000 estimated for Government contribution to the retirement fund, and $29,500 estimated as contribution to Federal employees group life insurance. That is the same as appropriated for 1959. This is the same Mr. NORRELL. That is all we need to know there. MILEAGE AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE Mr. ROBERTS. For mileage and expense allowance for 1960, the estimates specify $200,000 which is based upon a mileage allowance of $190,000, and an expense allowance of $10,000 for the Speaker. This is the same as appropriated for 1959. Mr. NORRELL. These items are unchanged? Mr. NORRELL. You may proceed. APPROVED HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Mr. ROBERTS. At this point I would like to have printed in the record the following resolutions which appear on page 10 of the statement. Mr. NORRELL. There are eight resolutions in all? Mr. ROBERTS. Yes, sir. Mr. NORRELL. We will insert these resolutions in the record. (The resolutions referred to follow :) 85TH CONGRESS (1) House Resolution No. 428 adopted June 25, 1958. 86TH CONGRESS (4) House Resolution No. 36 adopted February 2, 1959. H. Res. 428 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., June 25, 1958. Resolved, That, effective July 1, 1958, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, compensation for the employment of a stock and inventory clerk, Stationery Room, Office of the Clerk, at the basic salary of $3,000 per annum. Attest: RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. L H. Res. 567 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., June 25, 1958. Resolved, That effective June 1, 1958, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, compensation for the employment in the Office of the Clerk of the House of one repair technician at the basic salary of $3,600 per annum, one assistant repair technician at the basic salary of $2,000 per annum, one bookkeeper at the basic salary of $2,100 per annum, one messenger-laborer at the basic salary of $1,920 per annum, and two messengerlaborers at the basic salary of $1,695 and $1,580 each, respectively, per annum. Attest: H. Res. 623 RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., July 9, 1958. Resolved, That, effective July 1, 1958, the basic compensation of the employee designated as "2 Female Attendant, Ladies' Retiring Room", on the June 1958 payroll of the office of the Doorkeeper, House of Representatives, shall be at the rate of $1,800 per annum. The additional amount necessary to carry out this resolution shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House until otherwise provided by law. Attest: H. Res. 36 RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., February 2, 1959. Resolved, That, effective January 3, 1959, the Chairman of the House Delegation of the United States Group of the North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentarians' Conference is authorized, until otherwise provided by law, to employ a clerk to be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives at a rate of basic compensation not to exceed $6,000 per annum. Attest: RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. H. Res. 88 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., Resolved, That there shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, expenses necessary for the purchase, maintenance, operation and driving of an automobile for the use of any Member of the House who has served as Speaker of the House. Attest: RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. H. Res. 89 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., January 12, 1959. Resolved, That effective January 7, 1959, there shall be payable from the Contingent Fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, for any Member of the House who has served as Speaker of the House, an additional $5,000 basic per annum for clerk hire, and in addition an administrative assistant at the basic rate of 88.880 per annum. Attest: RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. H Res. 158 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., February 24, 1959. Resolved, That, until otherwise provided by law, there shall be paid out of the coatingent fund of the House of Representatives compensation for the employment of one additional laborer, Office of the Postmaster, at a basic annual salary of $1.650. Attest: H. Res. 197 RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., March 13, 1959. Resolved, That the basic compensation of the eight expert transcribers, office of the official committee reporters, and the seven expert transcribers, office of the official reporters of debates, shall be at the basic per annum rate of $3,450 each, effective March 1, 1959. Attest: RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. Mr. NORRELL. At this time, will you briefly tell us, if you can, in just a few words what each resolution will do? Mr. ROBERTS. Well, the first resolution, Resolution 428, is compensation for employment of stock clerk and inventory clerk in the stationery room at $3,000 per annum. That passed the House June 25 1958. The next one is House Resolution 567, which passed the House June 25, 1958, and provides compensation for employment in the Office of the Clerk of the House of one repair technician at the basic salary of $3.600 per annum and one assistant repair technician at the basic salary of $2,000 per annum, one bookkeeper at the basic salary of $2.100 per annum, one messenger-laborer at the basic salary of $1,920 per annum, and two messenger-laborers at the basic salary of $1,695 and $1,580 each, respectively, per annum. Mr. HORAN. Where are they working? Mr. ROBERTS. In the Electrical and Mechanical Equipment DiviSon of the Property Custodian's Office. Mr. HORAN. All of them? Mr. ROBERTS. Yes, sir. Mr. Bow. Are we doing the electrical work, or are we still conFracting for a good bit of it to be done on the outside? Mr. ROBERTS. We still do not have an electric typewriter repairman. Mr. Bow. How much did the employment of these technicians reduce the contracting for outside work in the last fiscal year? Mr. ROBERTS. I think it reduced it to some extent. Mr. HARPER. Well, since the repair technician was hired, we do pot know exactly how much would have been incurred outside, but he made well over 1,000 service calls himself, which on the outside |