National Archives Building cannot begin to accommodate the valuable World War II records of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces, for instance, which have not yet begun to be transferred, so the National Archives continued its discussions with the PBA of possibilities for further space-creating construction in the building and for the construction of a Federal Records Center, to include permanent facilities for the storage and administration of both paper records and film. Except for the usual cardboard boxes and the special map cases already mentioned no new equipment was obtained during the year. A complete overhauling of the air-conditioning system is urgently needed because the makeshift measures PBA has been able to take in the past have failed to correct its faults. Receipts and expenditures.-The National Archives Act, section 9, requires the Archivist to include in his report to Congress a “detailed statement . . . of all receipts and expenditures" on account of the National Archives. In accordance therewith the following statement is submitted. Funds available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, approved July 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 585), provided for the National Archives $1,241,335 for salaries and expenses and $20,000 for printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948. The funds for salaries and expenses were augmented by funds in the amount of $18,299 transferred from other Government agencies as reimbursement for the costs of special services performed for them. There was thus available for obligation by the National Archives $1,259,634 for salaries and expenses and $20,000 for printing and binding. The total obligations, including $18,299 of reimbursable services performed for other agencies, amounted to $1,278,967, leaving unobligated balances totaling $667. Several Government agencies requested the National Archives to perform services for them for which they advanced funds to the National Archives, which were used to cover the costs of rendering such services. The amounts available at the end of the fiscal year 1947, the total obligations against each, and the unobligated balances were as follows: Funds advanced to the National Archives that were available during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 The sum of $8,658 was received for reproductions of documents and for authentications and was covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The National Archives Trust Fund Board, which was established by an act approved July 9, 1941, received no additional funds during the year. The Trust Fund balance of $28,166 was transferred to the Library of Congress during the year with the understanding that the Library will complete the work of transferring the SmithsonianDensmore Collection of Indian sound recordings to a permanent base. On June 30, 1948, therefore, there was no balance in the fund. The annual report of the board comprises appendix VI of this report. The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, approved April 20, 1948 (62 Stat. 189), provided for the National Archives $1,334,555 for salaries and expenses and $23,500 for printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949. |