WELFARE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1961 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 11390 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 (OF TWO PARTS) PAGES 1 THROUGH 1322 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, THROUGH THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 54568 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1960 LABOR-HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1961 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1318, New Senate Office Building, Hon. Lister Hill, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Hill, Hayden, and Smith. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES P. MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR; ACCOMPANIED BY JAMES E. DODSON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR GENERAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY MITCHELL Senator HILL. The committee will kindly come to order. We are glad to have with us this morning the Secretary of Labor, Hon. James P. Mitchell. Mr. Secretary, we would be delighted now to have you proceed in your own way and make any statement you see fit with reference to the appropriations for your department. Secretary MITCHELL. Mr. Chairman, Senator Hayden, and members of the committee, I have a very brief prepared statement which I would like to read and it goes as follows: The estimate of funds required from all sources for various functions totals $556,886,000. This represents a net increase of $6,083,100 over 1960. The table presented in the attachment here shows a breakdown of the increase as follows: For salary and expense items, $4,233,500 of which $3.5 million is due to new legislation enacted at the last session of Congress pertaining to labor-management reporting and disclosure. There is also an increase of $213,000 distributed to various appropriations accounts of the Department to cover the cost of the new health insurance program for Federal employees which becomes effective July 1. The increase shown of $10 million for grants to States pertains principally to the increase of wages of State employees. We show on this statement a reduction in the amount of money required for the payment of unemployment insurance benefits of $13 million. The beginning of the revision of the Consumer Price Index is well underway. 1 |