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authorized maximum for that year of 486. This is indicated in the table shown below:

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The additional amount of $125,000, which we are requesting for temporary, intermittent, and overtime compensation for fiscal year 1962, will have no effect on increasing the number of permanent positions previously authorized by this committee in the maximum number of 511.

An item related to this, which also may be of interest, is that the restrictions included in the requested appropriation language change would insure that no part of the $200,000 reserve for contingencies could be used in any way to increase the number of permanent positions.

Mr. STEED. Any further questions?

Gentlemen, we want to congratulate you on a job well done. Mr. BUCKLEY. Thank you for the opportunity of coming. It is a pleasure to be here.

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1961.

PRINTING AND BINDING

WITNESSES

JAMES L. HARRISON, PUBLIC PRINTER

FELIX E. CRISTOFANE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE

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Mr. STEED. The committee will be in order.

We have with us today the Public Printer, Mr. James L. Harrison. Mr. Harrison, we are very delighted to have you and your staff with

us this morning.

Mr. HARRISON. Thank you.

Mr. STEED. I understand you have a general statement you would like to make, and after that we will have some questions. You may proceed.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. HARRISON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, it is a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to appear before you today and to continue the fine associations which I was fortunate to have with Congress during my service on the staff of the Joint Committee on Printing.

I am most appreciative of the committee's consideration in deferring my appearance before it, because of commitments made prior to my assuming office. I also appreciate the courtesy shown by the committee to our Superintendent of Documents and members of his staff who were permitted to appear earlier in support of the appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent of Documents.

I have personally reviewed the $658,000 supplemental appropriation request which has been submitted by the Superintendent of Documents and believe that this amount is needed in order to fulfill the steadily increasing work and service requirements in that office. The $200,000 reserve amount included in this $658,000 supplemental request will be under my close surveillance and no funds will be spent from that amount without my personal approval. Should this amount be appropriated, I want to assure you that we will keep within the intent of Congress and only make expenditures when they are required by a volume increase in the workload of that office. As has been previously explained by the Superintendent of Documents when he appeared before you, the increased workload cannot be foreseen in advance and includes the cost of the sales program; the compilation and issuance of catalogs and indexes of Government publications; the distribution of publications to depository libraries; the distribution of publications for other Government agencies; and the distribution for Members of Congress of their quotas of such publications as Farmers' Bulletins and Soil Survey Reports. These functions are required by law.

This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Printing Office. We are now planning a program for this celebration and I would like to take this opportunity to invite each of you to visit with us and see, firsthand, how we produce the printing for many of the activities of our Government.

I feel that it would be appropriate at this time to mention some of the things which I would like to accomplish at the Printing Office. I would also like to state what type of operation and the kind of service I believe we should provide Congress and the Government agencies.

During the past few months, the staff of our Office suffered the loss through death of two persons in key positions. This resulted in a need for reorganization of the staff of the planning and production offices which involved a number of top personnel of the Office. This reorganization is now completed and I am very well pleased with the caliber of men which I was able to select for these positions.

As you know, the Printing Office was established primarily to serve the needs of Congress and this will always be our first consideration.

However, with the growth of governmental agencies, we also plan to furnish these agencies the service and the quality of work they require at a reasonable price.

La orter to satisfy the needs of Congress and these agencies it is essential that we streamline our operations to meet delivery requirementa at competitive prices. I propose to have qualified personnel and modern equipment to do the job. By doing this. I believe that it will be in the best overall interests of the Government.

The Government Printing Office is a service organization that stands ready to meet the needs of our Government in any emergency, but we must keep pace with the technical advances being made in our field. In order to accomplish this, we are stepping up the modernization of machinery and equipment program to meet the requirements of the Office. Justifications for the modernization of machinery and equipment must be based on savings in production which will more than offset the cost of the new machinery and equipment within a reasonably short period of time.

The installation of the air-conditioning equipment has now been completed. By improving the working conditions of the employees with this equipment, it is believed that increased production will result, thus helping us to absorb, to some extent, the increased labor and material costs.

Our need for the addition of a fireproof annex building for paper storage was emphasized by the roof collapse of warehouse space we are renting at Franconia, Va. This mishap, in addition to ruining about $55.000 worth of paper, caused disruption to production and delivery schedules. A claim is now being made against the General Services Administration, who in turn will make claim against the owners of the warehouse, for the recovery of this loss.

As you are aware, the estimates for the congressional printing and binding needs for the fiscal year 1962 were submitted to the Budget Bureau prior to my taking office. These estimates were based on a continuation of the existing price level and volume requirements and contemplated covering the deficiency for fiscal year 1960 obligations. Congressional printing and binding obligations for the fiscal year 1960 reached an all-time high of $13.400.000. The law provided that the appropriation "shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years."

Our total workload, as measured in orders from the Congress and the departments, amounted to 100,162 requisitions and print orders for the fiscal year 1960, an increase of 869 over 1959. In 9 months of the present fiscal year, orders amounted to 72,775 against 71,340 for the same period last year, an increase of 1,435 over 1960.

The number of full-time employees on the rolls was 6,306 as of February 28, 1961. This does not include 308 part-time employees of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents.

The average accident-frequency rate of 5.14 lost-time accidents per 1 million man-hours worked over the last 18 years is considerably lower than the 8.96 average for all Federal employees. Unfortunately, last year's rate increased to 7.35 compared to 8.40 for all Federal employees.

We have prepared justifications for congressional printing and binding for the fiscal year 1962. I will be pleased to submit them for the record or, if you prefer, I will read them, item by item.

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATE FOR CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING
AND BINDING

Mr. STEED. I think we will insert these justifications in the record. (The document follows:)

SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING, FISCAL YEAR 1962

The estimates for congressional printing and binding are to provide funds with which to pay for the cost of printing and binding required for the use of Congress; for the printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register; and for printing and binding supplements to the Code of Federal Regulations. Funds to cover the cost of the printing and binding needs of the various executive departments and independent establishments are not included in this appropriation but are provided for in the appropriation acts for the several departments and establishments. Thus the Government Printing Office bills the various agencies for the services performed.

The total amount estimated for congressional printing and binding for the fiscal year 1962 is $13,400,000; $10 million is estimated to provide for printing and binding work for Congress for the fiscal year 1962 and $3,400,000 is required to reimburse the 1961 appropriation for charges incurred during prior fiscal years which are paid out of the 1961 appropriation, as authorized by law (Public Law 86-628, 86th Cong.) which states that the appropriation "shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years." This provision of law recognizes that there can be no effective means to determine in advance the volume of congressional printing which the Government Printing Office is called upon to produce.

The appropriation for fiscal year 1960 is $11,500,000, of which $1,500,000 is for obligations incurred in excess of 1958 appropriations. The total amount of expenditures and obligations incurred for the fiscal year 1960 amounted to $13,400,000, thus leaving $3,400,000 to be paid out of the 1961 appropriation.

The appropriation for congressional printing and binding for the fiscal year 1961 is $11,900,000, including $200,000 to cover a deficit incurred in the fiscal year 1957 and $1,700,000 to cover a deficit incurred in the fiscal year 1959. The following statement has been prepared showing:

1. Fiscal year 1960 expenditures billed through February 28, 1961.

2. Estimated outstanding obligations for fiscal year 1960, as of February 28, 1961.

3. Estimated expenditures for fiscal year 1960.

4. Estimated expenditures for fiscal year 1961.

5. Estimated expenditures for fiscal year 1962.
6. Estimated deficiency for fiscal year 1960.

7. Total estimated requirements for fiscal year 1962.

Statement of expenditures for congressional printing and binding appropriation for fiscal year 1960: estimated outstanding fiscal year 1960 obligations as of Feb. 28, 1961; estimated expenditures for fiscal years 1960, 1961, and 1962; estimated deficiency for fiscal year 1960; and total estimated requirements for fiscal year 1962

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1 $11, 500, 000 appropriated (Public Law 86-176, 86th Cong.) to cover $1,500,000 estimated deficiency for fiscal year 1958 and $10,000,000 estimated expenditures for fiscal year 1960.

2 $11,900,000 appropriated (Public Law 86-628, 86th Cong.) to cover $10,000,000 estimated expenditures for fiscal year 1961; $200,000 to cover estimated deficiency for fiscal year 1957 and $1,700,000 to cover estimated deficiency for fiscal year 1959.

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