1 The changes in these items are reflected on the program and financing schedule. Mr. HORAN. Where are the field plants and what is their present status, the need for them, and what have they been doing? Mr. HARRISON. The five field plants outside of Washington are located in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Denver. They were established by authority of the Joint Committee on Printing to do Government work in those five cities for other Government departments. I am very happy to report that all of these plants are operating in the black; they are busy. There was a time when we had to send some work to them from here in order to keep them busy, but I notice in the last few months in their reports they are pleading with us not to send them work, that they are overcrowded as it is. Our largest plant, of course, is in Chicago, where it is doing a very large amount of work for the Post Office Department. They are in the Post Office Building in Chicago. We have one other plant that we refer to as a departmental service plant, which is here in Washington. It is a plant designed to do shortrun, short-deadline, publication work. It is a cold metal operation as opposed to a hot metal operation. All their composition is done on a machine similar to a typewriter. They are equipped presswise to do small runs, and any small runs that come into our plant we send to them unless we can group them and do them in our plant economically. Mr. HORAN. You can amplify your answer any way you wish. I thought we should have a report on the field plants. Mr. HARRISON. I could give you the information that from July 1, 1961, through February 28, 1962, the six plants-five field and the departmental service plant in Washington-did $3,523,485 worth of work. A year ago they were nearly $12 million below that, so their work has increased. Mr. HORAN. Do you have any complaints from the printing industry? Mr. HARRISON. No, sir, we have heard none. Mr. HORAN. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. STEED. Thank you, Mr. Harrison. We will now take up the item for the Superintendent of Documents. 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1960, $0; 1961, $5,000; 1962, $10,000; 1963, $5,000. Mr. STEED. You may proceed, Mr. Buckley. GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. BUCKLEY. I would like to insert this general statement for the record and just mention very briefly a couple of points. Mr. STEED. Your statement will be made a part of the record. And also the more detailed itemization of the request. (The statements follow:) I am glad to have this opportunity of presenting our estimate of the resources required to perform during 1963 the services that must be provided by the Office of the Superintendent of Documents in accordance with law. After experiencing in 1961 the heaviest workload in the history of the Office. which resulted in earnings from the sale of Government publications of $5,085,240, we are currently running about 15 percent ahead of the figure for the comparable period last year and estimate that earnings for this fiscal year will reach $5,300,000. Last year, earnings for return to the Treasury again exceeded the amount of our entire appropriation and we estimate that this will also be true for the present year. In addition to the sale of publications, the Office of the Superintendent of Documents is charged with the non-revenue-producing functions of issuing catalogs and indexes of publications, distribution for Members of Congress of certain publications allotted to them by law, distribution of publications as a centralized mailing service for other Government agencies, and distribution of publications to the 594 designated depository libraries. The authorization by this committee last year for us to acquire urgently needed special equipment, has aided effectively in handling the tremendous workload with which we are faced and which is of such nature that we have no control over it. The wise action of the committee in including in our appropriation for the current year a special reserve for contingencies, has enabled us to meet the expense of a significant increase which could not be anticipated, in the volume of publications required to be distributed to depository libraries, and has avoided the necessity of our submitting an amended budget or seeking a deficiency appropriation. For fiscal year 1963 there are only two areas in which we are requesting amounts greater than those of 1962. The cost of within-grade and hourly salary increases provided by law for our employees will require an additional $50,300 over last year's appropriation for personnel compensation, and an additional $3,300 is needed under "Personnel benefits," to meet the required contributions to the retirement fund, employee insurance, and health benefits. These increases are, however, more than offset by a reduction of $94,000 in the amount estimated for equipment from that of last year and thus our overall 1963 appropriation request shows a net decrease of $40,400 as compared with that for 1962. We are certainly aware of the indications that 1963 may well see continued increased sales of Government publications to the amount of $11,300,000, with earnings for return to the Treasury of $5,750,000. With the resources available, however, including continued availability of the reserve for contingencies, to help in emergency situations, and the improved equipment that is producing such good results, I believe that we shall be able to handle the expected increase in our workload within the amounts that we have estimated. Once again, I want to express to this committee our appreciation for your help which has been such a great factor in enabling our Office to handle an ever-increasing volume of work in a manner that is more than self-sustaining. I can assure you that we shall continue to make every effort to provide the best in the way of service to the Congress, the other Government agencies, and the general public. STATEMENT SUPPORTING 1963 ESTIMATE FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES-OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS The Office of the Superintendent of Documents is a division of the Government Printing Office which operates under a separate appropriation. The primary function of the Office, and the only one which produces revenue, is the sale of U.S. Government publications. Publications offered for sale are purchased from the Public Printer, and the sales price is set in accordance with provision of law at cost plus 50 percent. Acquisition costs are paid from sales receipts, and each fiscal year receipts received in excess of the cost of the publications purchased for sale are turned in to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. This amount has steadily increased. Last year our earnings reached $5,085,240 which again covered not only the cost of the sales program but also the costs of all of the other programs with which the Office is charged by law. Sales for the current year are approximately 15 percent ahead of the comparable period of last year, and we estimate that our earnings for this fiscal year will reach $5.300,000, which will again exceed the amount of our entire appropriation. The four other functions with which the Office of the Superintendent of Documents is charged produce no revenue. These functions are: (1) the compilation and issuance of catalogs and indexes of Government publications; (2) the purchase of publications and their distribution to designated depository libraries, which now number 594; (3) the distribution of publications for other Government agencies; and (4) the distribution for Members of Congress of their quotas of such publications as Farmers Bulletins, Soil Survey Reports, Children's Bureau publications, and copies of the Congressional Record and Official Gazette of the Patent Office. All of our functions are of a service nature and are of such type that we have no control over the volume of work which we are called on to perform. We cannot regulate the number of publications that are issued by the various Government agencies or the number of persons who write to us for these publications. We are required to list in our catalogs and indexes information concerning every publication not confidential in character and to provide a copy for each of the 594 depository libraries which have requested it. We estimate that fiscal year 1963 will bring increased sales of Government publications in the amount of $11,300,000, from which earnings for return to the Treasury will reach $5,750,000. The amount of our appropriation requested for fiscal year 1963 shows an overall decrease of $40,400 from that requested for 1962. Despite the expected increase in volume of business, we hope to be able to provide the necessary services with the amounts that we are requesting for fiscal year 1963. (An income and expense statement for the fiscal years 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963, listed on pages 8 and 9 will supply additional statistical information.) Salaries and expenses, Office of Superintendent of Documents Decrease___ $4,683, 600 4,724, 000 40, 400 Estimated obligations for March, April, May, and June 1962. $3, 190, 590 1,522, 370 (Includes an obli 4,712, 960 11, 040 4,724, 000 Estimated total obligations for fiscal year 1962. 2,863, 127 2,913, 427 50, 300 The increase requested for personnel compensation is to cover the cost of within-grade and hourly increases for employees as provided by law. 12 Personnel benefits: Estimate, 1962. Estimate 1963. Increase $170, 803 174, 103 3, 300 For required contributions to retirement fund, employee insurance, and health benefits. 21 Travel and transportation of persons: Estimate, 1962_. Estimate, 1963___ Increase___ $1,500 1, 500 None We anticipate that the same amount requested for travel and transportation of persons in fiscal 1963 will be sufficient to meet the travel expenses incidental to |