tribution to retirement fund required by Public Law 854, 84th Congress, $3,135 for payment to employees' health benefits fund required by Public Law 86-382, 86th Congress, and $1,128 for payment to employees' life insurance fund required by Public Law 598, 83d Congress. During the first 7 months of the fiscal year 1962, the loss was $14,462, of which $1,716 represented expenditures for capital outlay; $9,370 for Government contribution to retirement fund; $1,855 for payment to employees' health benefits fund; $643 for payment to employees' life insurance fund. The total loss for the fiscal year 1962, including capital expenditures and Government contribution to the retirement, health benefits, and life insurance funds, is expected to amount to about $50,000. As of February 1, 1962, the unobligated cash balance of the House restaurants was $159,308. An appropriation of $60,000 is requested to meet the losses of the House restaurants for the fiscal year 1963. A table showing a comparison of receipts, expenditures, and losses for the fiscal years 1947 to 1962 follows: Table showing comparison of receipts, expenditures, and losses for the period 1947–62 $73,520 35, 861 45, 931 40, 601 30, 179 36, 248 27,794 33, 604 44, 433 47. 117 ($38,389, net operating loss. $35, 131, capital expenditure. J$23,307, net operating loss. 1$4,598, capital expenditure. [$44,587, net operating loss. $2,530, capital expenditure. ($35,831, net operating loss. $30, capital expenditure. ($45,339, net operating loss. $592, capital expenditure. $37,403, net operating loss. 1$3,198, capital expenditure. $28,889, net operating loss. $1,290, capital expenditure. ($30,049, net operating loss. $6,199, capital expenditure. [$28,960, net operating loss. $4,323, capital expenditure. ($24,492, net operating loss. $3,302, capital expenditure. $32,961, net operating loss. $643, capital expenditure. [$46,671, net operating loss. 61, 820 $13,700, CSC retirement fund. $1,449, capital expenditure. [$31,479, net operating loss. 46, 759 $14,467, CSC retirement fund. $813, capital expenditure. [$4,176, net operating profit. 11, 602 $15,119, CSC retirement fund. $659, capital expenditure. ($23,561, net operating loss. $16,609, CSC retirement fund. $3,135, health benefits fund. ($1,128, life insurance fund. [$878, net operating loss. Mr. STEED. This item is carried under the contingent fund of the House. I believe this $60,000 is the same amount you received for 1962? 81771-62--23 Mr. STEED. And in view of these new facilities and the more efficient arrangements, could you give us some reason why the amount is the same rather than being decreased? Mr. STEWART. If I could ask you to have the manager of the House restaurants, Mr. Zmayuski, respond to that. Page 205 shows a complete breakdown of all the receipts, expenditures, and losses for the period 1947 to January 31, 1962. Mr. STEED. That page has been made a part of the record. GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Mr. Chairman, as is customary, I would like to suggest that the prepared justification for the House restaurants, pages 202 to 205, inclusive, be inserted in the record at this point. The $60,000 requested for operation for the restaurants during the next fiscal year is the same as that granted for 1962. As you know, in January we opened the Members' dining room in the extension of the Capitol and the adjacent remodeled facility in the old section of the building. The use of these facilities has enabled us to give better service to the Members, the press, and employees. No longer is it necessary for Members to wait in line for long periods of time for service, although some brief delays are still necessary on certain days. The new cafeteria in the basement of the east front extension is a very desirable addition and is being fully utilized by some Members and many employces. We have increased and varied the entrees and salads and otherwise improved the menu in this new facility. Many compliments have been received on the restaurant improvements and the manner in which these new facilities are being operated. We expect during the coming adjournment to make improvements in the Members' dining room across the hall from the main restaurant and in the Speaker's dining room. When these improvements are completed, House restaurant facilities in the Capitol will be in firstclass condition and we will be in a position to give adequate service. Mr. STEED. Has the operating cost shown an improvement as you get the use of these new facilities, especially in your kitchen faċilities? What can you tell us about what seems to be ahead in terms of efficiencies? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Mr. Chairman, we have a more efficient operation. However, our payroll has been increased considerably due to the fact we are now able to seat and take care of Members and their constituents as they arrive where we used to do it in relays; we would have one group standing in the hall for half an hour or more while another group was being served. Now we have to have approximately 15 people more on the payroll-waiters and kitchen help and so forth to render service on a timely basis. Mr. STEED. What you are saying is that you are able, with the better facilities, to provide better service with the same amount you had last year? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. STEED. Mr. Horan, do you have any questions? Mr. HORAN. Do you have a breakdown of the various cafeterias and restaurant facilities? Some pay their way, do they not? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes. They all pay their way except the Members' dining room and the private dining rooms. Mr. HORAN. Do you have the breakdown? Mr. Roof. Do you want it for last year? Mr. HORAN. The table we have here is just the net operating loss? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes. Mr. STEED. Is it not true the problem you have in the Members' dining room and the private dining rooms is you have no control over the volume, some days there is great demand and other days they are virtually deserted? Is that not one of your problems? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes, Mr. Chairman, that is true, and as you know, it is a 2- or 22-hour operation but we do have to stay open all day. We find from experience that we must reach a $12,000 volume per month in the dining room before our loss begins to decrease. Mr. STEWART. I wish we could devise some way to make the Members' private dining room more popular. I hope with the improvements Mr. Zmayuski mentioned we will make this room more inviting, resulting in the Members using it more consistently. Mr. STEED. I think the most marked change in the situation is the faster service that is now available as compared to what it was last year. That is a definite improvement. Mr. STEWART. You will get the same fast service in the private dining room because we have put in a deep fryer and broiler, have we not? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Not yet, Mr. Stewart, but we expect to during adjournment. DINING FACILITIES IN THIRD BUILDING Mr. STEED. What will be the facilities in the new third building? Mr. CAMPIOLI. There will be a new cafeteria and also some take-out accommodations. The total seating accommodations will be about. 750 at one sitting. Mr. STEED. Do you anticipate having any private dining rooms in that facility? Mr. CAMPIOLI. Yes. Mr. STEED. One of the biggest problems I run into is the absence of delegation-type facilities. That seems to be a continuing problem, is that not true? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes. Mr. STEED. Are your facilities for luncheons pretty much at the maximum demand now? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes. We have not enough space. If we had another five or six rooms we would use them daily. Mr. STEED. What do you run into as to the size of the facilities needed? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. We need some more rooms about the size of the Speaker's dining room where we seat approximately 50 persons. Mr. STEED. That is one of the real urgent situations you are faced with, private rooms to seat a large enough group? Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes. Mr. STEED. I happen to know a number of delegations of Members, especially some of the larger groups, have had to go outside for facilities because they are not available here. Mr. HORAN. I notice you anticipate a net operating loss of approximately $50,000, but you are a-king for $60,000. What do you expect to use the additional $10,000 for? Mr. Roop. $50,000, Mr. Horan, is for the year we are in. $60,000 is for the next fiscal year. I agree there is an estimated saving this year but we plan to use that with some other balances for the improvements in the Speaker's dining room and the private Members' dining room!. Mr. HORAN. Do you expect the loss to be greater next year? Mr. HORAN. You have a laundry item, I notice. Mr. ZMAYUSKI. Yes, we have. Mr. STEED. Off the record. (Discussion off the record.) IMPROVEMENT IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CAFETERIA Mr. STEED. Last year we made provision for some improvement in the cafeteria installation in the Library of Congress. What is the status of that project? Mr. CAMPIOLI. We have drawings and specifications in our office now that should go out at any time now for bids. The funds should be obligated before the end of this fiscal year. Mr. STEED. It is making good headway, then? Mr. CAMPIOLI. Yes. Mr. STEED. How long do you think it will require for the improvements to be completed after the contract is let? Mr. CAMPIOLI. About 6 months. Mr. STEED. Any further questions? Mr. STEED. We want to thank you for your appearance and for the information you have given us. Mr. STEWART. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1962. COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM), LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITNESS JOHN COOK WYLLIE, LIBRARIAN, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, ON BEHALF OF ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES Mr. STEED. Mr. Wyllie, if you will please identify yourself for the record, and I understand you have a statement. You may proceed with your statement. Mr. WYLLIE. Yes, sir. This statement is in support of the Library of Congress foreign currency section of the appropriations act on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries, the 50-some members of which are unanimous in urging the enlargement of the use of surplus-commodity funds for the purchase of foreign publications. Two points are here made: 1. While the librarians are happy about the economies and efficiencies inherent in collaboration when the national interest and the academic interests can (as here) be combined in one package deal, they are uneasy that their contribution should be misconstrued as a token one when they are in fact carrying well over 75 percent of the hard-dollar outlay. They are currently carrying substantially all costs of cataloging, housing, and servicing the books, and would respectfully doubt that there are many instances of Federal funds being so heavily matched in collaborative projects, or that the venture has been so disproportionately to the advantage of the academic interests, though this advantage is substantial and promises to be more so. 2. There has always been some doubt about whether this thing could be done, but there has never been any doubt about its being worth doing if it was possible. Happily the Library of Congress has been given the means, as the Congress had formerly given it the authority, to offer the badly needed leadership and to show that of the many things libraries consider essential, this one at least really is possible. The Library of Congress thus deserves and has the endorsement of the Association of Research Libraries in the present plan to confine the current and desirable expansion of the pilot project to a development in depth of the two already-launched programs before extending the plan in breadth to other countries, though it is proper to add that many librarians feel with regard to the programs in other countries that it may be later than we think. Certainly at the first moment the project can be widened to include Syria, Israel, Burma, Indonesia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and any other countries, there will be university librarians ready, equipped, and eager to collaborate in extending the collections in their charge beyond former expectations or even beyond their institutions' immediate academic needs. They will be ready because they will see the economies inherent in the collaborative process, but they will be ready also because as Americans they will take pride in having assisted a project so clearly identifiable as in the national interest. Mr. STEED. Mr. Wyllie, I believe the record shows that the libraries have made a cash contribution, in addition to the work they do in cataloging, housing, and servicing the books, of some $10,000? Mr. WYLLIE. Five hundred dollars apiece and there are approximately 20, $10,000, that is right. Mr. STEED. The question has been raised as to whether that was just a one-time contribution or whether they anticipate that there will be an annual contribution? Mr. WYLLIE. It is hard to get a consensus of 50 research libraries in 50 States, but the association has authorized me to say if this is essential to the continuation of this important program, that they will go along with it. Mr. STEED. As you know, we have had some difficulty on this point. The good faith shown by the libraries in their contributions has been of assistance in giving support to this item, and without such participation on their part it might become difficult to do much with this 81771-62- -24 |