duction of the number of operating units, a better allocation of functions and activities, and a centering in the Office of the Archivist of responsibility for the supervision of all the work of the agency. The position of the Executive Officer was discontinued on March 15, 1943, and the functions of his Office, including the supervision of the business-service divisions, were transferred to the Office of the Archivist and assigned to a new staff officer, the Administrative Assistant to the Archivist, who also serves as budget officer. Two other Assistants were added to the Archivist's staff, one on November 2, 1942, to assist with plans, policies, and procedures relating to professional work, and the other on April 24, 1943, to assist with over-all planning. The position of Special Assistant to the Archivist was discontinued on April 10, 1943.

To effect the more economical operation of some of the service functions, the Divisions of Purchase and Supply and of Building Management and Service, with the exception of the telephone unit, were combined into the Division of Service and Supply on February 1, 1943. On the same date a Records Officer, responsible for planning, coordinating, reviewing, and reporting on the administration of the records of the National Archives, was appointed and was made Chief of the Division of Records and Communications, which took over the functions of the Division of Mail and Files and of the telephone unit. The Division of Personnel and Pay Roll became the Division of Personnel Management on May 1, 1943. The Division of Independent Agencies Archives was discontinued on April 1, 1943, and its functions and the records in its custody were assigned to other records divisions.

Personnel. The large turnover in personnel occasioned by the war was the most notable and, from the viewpoint of efficiency and accomplishment, the most regrettable aspect of the personnel situation in the National Archives in the fiscal year 1943. Excluding members of the staff in the armed services who were technically on leave without pay, the number employed at the beginning of the fiscal year was 502, of whom 13 were employed at the Franklin D. Roosevelt

Library. Ninety-five employees joined the armed

forces during the year and many others transferred to war agencies, where they were employed chiefly in records administration or related work. In all there were 261 separations, which resulted in a turnover rate, based upon the average number of persons employed, of practically 60 percent. Although it was difficult to obtain qualified persons to fill vacancies, an aggressive recruitment program resulted in 104 appointments, most of which were made during the first half of the year. The joint resolution abolishing the Saturday half holiday and authorizing overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 per week (56 Stat. 1068), which took effect in December, reduced the number of employees who could be paid with available funds and necessitated almost complete cessation of recruitment. By the end of the year, therefore, the number of employees on the rolls had been reduced to 345, and of this number a few were working for other agencies on a reimbursable basis and others were on leave prior to the effective dates of their separations. The rapid turnover naturally resulted in a number of promotions to higher grades; 187 were made during the year, most of them before the staff was drastically curtailed. There were also 86 withingrade salary increases as a result of the MeadRamspeck salary advancement act.

The organizational changes of the year resulted in several personnel changes. When on November 2, 1942, Dallas D. Irvine, formerly Chief of the Division of War Department Archives, was appointed to serve as an Assistant to the Archivist, Edward G. Campbell was made Chief of that Division. On April 24, 1943, Dan Lacy, formerly Special Assistant to the Executive Officer, was appointed Assistant to the Archivist and John L. Wells, Budget Officer, was named Administrative Assistant to the Archivist. Frank P. Wilson, formerly Chief of the Division of Building Management and Service, was made Chief of the new Division of Service and Supply on February 1, 1943. On the same date Virginia M. Wolfe, formerly Chief of the Division of Mail and Files, was appointed Records Officer and Chief of the new Division of Records and Communica

A large number of personnel changes inevitably resulted from staff members' leaving for service with the armed forces. When Collas G. Harris, who had served as Executive Officer since July 25, 1935, was commissioned in the Army Air Forces on October 1, 1942, Robert D. Hubbard was appointed Executive Officer, and on November 16 Laura R. Hanes succeeded him as Chief of the Division of Personnel and Pay Roll. Arthur E. Kimberly, who had been Chief of the Division of Repair and Preservation since October 1, 1935, was also commissioned in the Army Air Forces, and William E. Keegan succeeded him on October 3, 1942. Frank D. McAlister, who had been Chief of the Division of Justice Department Archives since May 16, 1937, and Acting Chief of the Division of Legislative Archives since June 1, 1938, was commissioned in the Naval Reserve, and on October 15, 1942, Thad Page, Administrative Secretary, was designated Acting Chief of those two Divisions. Nelson M. Blake, who had been Chief of the Division of Navy Department Archives since June 1, 1938, was also commissioned in the Naval Reserve, and Robert H. Bahmer was appointed to that position on December 16. When Herbert E. Angel, Assistant to the Archivist, accepted a commission in the Naval Reserve, Philip C. Brooks, Assistant Director of Records Accessioning and Preservation, was detailed on April 10 to serve in his position and Theodore R. Schellenberg, Chief of the Division of Agriculture Department Archives, was detailed to the position of Assistant Director of Records Accessioning and Preservation, in charge of the records administration program. Robert D. Hubbard, Executive Officer, was also commissioned in the Naval Reserve, as was Ernest R. Bryan, Chief of the Division of Information and Publications, and Elizabeth E. Hamer was designated Acting Chief of that Division on April 27, 1943. Edward G. Campbell, Chief of the Division of War Department Archives, was called into military service, and Dallas D. Irvine was designated Acting Chief of the Division on June 28.

Other personnel changes were caused by the resignation of employees to accept other positions. Included among them were Percy Scott Flippin, who had been Chief of the Division of Independent Agencies

Archives since June 1, 1938, Dorsey W. Hyde, Jr., who had been on the staff of the National Archives in various positions since November 28, 1934, Marjory B. Terrell, who had been secretary to the Archivist since November 3, 1934, and Laura R. Hanes, Chief of the Division of Personnel Management. Faye K. Geeslin was appointed secretary to the Archivist on April 1, and Ruth A. Henderson was detailed to serve as Acting Chief of the Division of Personnel Management on May 10.

In order to increase the utility of the manpower available a brief orientation course was given for three groups of from 20 to 25 new professional employees. The National Archives also continued to cooperate with the American University in a program for the training of archivists. This program included

courses on "The History and Administration of Archives," conducted by Ernst Posner of the university staff and members of the staff of the National Archives; on "The Management of Government Records," conducted by Dr. Posner and Helen L. Chatfield, Treasury Department Archivist; and on "The Historical Background of the Federal Administrative System,” conducted by Louis C. Hunter of the university staff, and also a seminar in Federal administrative history conducted by Dr. Hunter.

Representatives of the National Archives participated in the work of the Federal Fire Council, the Federal Board of Surveys and Maps, the United States Board on Geographical Names, and the Inter-American Mapping Committee. Members of the staff possessing special competences, particularly the geographers and photographers, rendered many confidential services connected with the war. As usual members of the staff participated in the activities of various associations and organizations of archivists, historians, political scientists, scientists, geographers, librarians, motion-picture engineers, public administrators, and the like by attending meetings, serving on committees, and contributing papers.

The Archivist is Chairman of the National Archives Council and Ghairman of the National Historical

Publications Commission; the Administrative Secretary is Secretary of the former body and the Director of Research and Records Description is Acting Secretary of the latter. Reports of the secretaries on the activities of these agencies comprise appendixes II and V of this report. The Archivist is also charged with the administration of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library; his annual report as to the Library is presented separately.

The Library.-A highly specialized Library is maintained to assist staff members in carrying on their work and searchers in using the records in the building. American history, particularly the history of Government agencies, American biography, political science, and archival administration are emphasized. During the fiscal year 2,664 books and 4,093 pamphlets were acquired, most of them by transfer from other Government agencies, by exchange, or by gift; and a number of items no longer needed were turned over to the Superintendent of Documents or otherwise disposed of. At the end of the year the holdings of the Library were 51,305 books and 33,064 pamphlets, exclusive of several thousands of Congressional bills, laws, resolutions, calendars, and similar items. accessioning of several hundred printed hearings of congressional committees, mostly for the period 191535, made the collection of hearings in the National Archives one of the best three or four in Washington. The cataloging of non-Government material was kept current and the marked progress made in classifying Government documents resulted in their being serviced much more easily than heretofore.

The

In addition to making books available in the Library and lending them for use in offices of the National Archives, the Library provided a number of special services to members of the staff. It routed new numbers of serial publications to staff members who needed to see them regularly, brought together special collections of books for use in in-service training courses, maintained a collection of current publications relating to the war effort, and compiled twice a month for the information of the staff a select list of additions to the Library. The