Comparative statement showing estimated normal cost and actual normal cost to the Government of the civil service retirement and disability fund

TABLE 8.—Number of annuitants on the roll by vocation, sex, average annuity, and cause of retirement, June 30, 1937

TABLE 9.-Number of annuitants dropped from the roll, by cause of retirement, vocation, sex, aggregate annuities, total payments, and aggregate contributions from annuitants, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

[Death is cause of termination, unless otherwise indicated]

TABLE 11.-Number of annuitants on the roll and aggregate annuities by departments and independent establishments, June 30, 1937

Total..

53, 306 52, 281, 947 23, 699 9, 540 4, 660 8, 355 1, 765 1, 692 2, 504 301 534 256

Mr. CUSTER. Pending completion of the actuarial evaluation of this fund, which will close during the fiscal year 1938, it is recommended that a minimum of $500,000 be again appropriated with a view to providing sufficient funds to meet expenditures which may be required during the fiscal year 1939.

Canal Zone retirement and disability fund-receipts and disbursements fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

ALASKA RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

Mr. CUSTER. An appropriation of $175,000 is recommended for the fiscal year 1939 with a view to assuring a sufficient amount in the fund to meet obligations which may accrue during the fiscal year 1939.

Alaska Railroad retirement and disability fund-receipts and disbursements fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

Balance in the fund July 1, 1936.
Receipts:

Transferred from the civil service retirement and
disability fund to cover contributions and interest
to credit of Interior Department employees as-
signed to jurisdiction of Alaska Railroad Act-- $3, 162. 77
Less annuity of Milton D. Snodgrass from July 1,
1935, to Dec. 31, 1936, paid by the civil service
retirement and disability fund but chargeable to
the Alaska Railroad fund__

1,737.00

$000.00

1, 425. 77 105, 767. 52 490.96 107, 684. 25.

Refunds:

Tontine

Net deductions___

Interest

Balance in the fund June 30, 1937:

Disbursing cash---

Treasury cash

Invested

- $18,644. 21

$2.00
28. 20
16

30.36

18, 674. 57

12, 225. 43
24, 784. 25

52, 000. 00

89,009. 68:

Includes deposits and redeposits for purchase of service credit.

Mr. WOODRUM. Very well. That is all, gentlemen; thank you.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1937.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION

STATEMENTS OF MRS. JEWELL W. SWOFFORD, CHAIRMAN; JOHN M. MORIN, COMMISSIONER; JOHN J. KEEGAN, COMMISSIONER; AND WILLIAM MCCAULEY, SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF COMMISSION

Mr. WOODRUM. We will now take up the estimates for the Employees' Compensation Commission. The first item reads as follows: For three Commissioners and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $1,000 for temporary experts and assistants in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to be paid at a rate not exceeding $8 per day, and for personal services in the field; for furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; law books, books of reference, periodicals; stationery and supplies; traveling expenses; fees and mileage of witnesses; contract stenographic reporting services; rent at the seat of government and elsewhere; and miscellaneous items; $490,000.

PRINTING AND BINDING

(See p. 429)

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item is for printing and binding and reads as follows:

For all printing and binding for the Employees' Compensation Commission, $8,500.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUND

(See p. 432)

Mr. WOODRUM. The next estimate is "Employees' Compensation Fund", and is as follows:

Employees' Compensation Fund: For the payment of compensation provided by "An act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 785), including medical examinations, traveling and other expenses, and loss of wages payable to employees under sections 21 and 22; all services, appliances, and supplies provided by section 9 as amended, including payments to Army and Navy hospitals; the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections 9 and 11; and advancement of costs for the enforcement of recoveries provided in sections 26 and 27 where necessary, accruing during the fiscal year 1939 or in prior fiscal years, $4,775,000.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUND, CIVIL WORKS

(See p. 433)

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item is "Employees' Compensation Fund, Civil Works", and is as follows:

For administrative expenses and payment of compensation in connection with the administration of the benefits for employees of the Civil Works Administration in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act making an additional appropriation to carry out the purposes of the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, for continuation of the Civil Works program, and for other purposes," approved February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 352), and in connection with the administration of the benefits authorized by title V of the act entitled "An act to liberalize the provisions of Public Law No. 484, Seventy-third Congress, to effect uniform provisions in laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, to extend the Employees' Compensation Act with limitations to certain World War veterans and other persons, and for other purposes,"

approved June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 2035), $216,300 of the special fund set up on the books of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of said act shall be available for expenditure during the fiscal year 1939.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUND, EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK

(See p. 434)

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item is for the Employees' Compensation Fund, Emergency Conservation Work, and reads as follows:

For administrative expenses and payment of compensation in connection with the administration of the benefits for enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935," approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat., p. 1057), $600,000 of the special fund set up on the books of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of said act shall be available for expenditure during the fiscal year 1939.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUND, EMERGENCY RELIEF

(See p. 435)

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item reads as follows:

For administrative expenses and the payment of compensation,in connection with the administration of the benefits authorized by section 2 of the act entitled "Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935," approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115-119), by the "Emergency Relief Appropriation act of 1936," approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1608), and by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937, approved June 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 352-358) $2,936,546 of the special funds set upon the books of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the said acts shall be available for expenditure during the fiscal year 1939 and the said special funds shall be combined and shall constitute one fund to be designated as the "Employees' Compensation Fund, Emergency Relief."

JUSTIFICATION FOR 1939 ESTIMATES

Mr. WOODRUM. We will insert in the record at this point the justifications.

(The justifications are as follows:)

STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1939

The estimates submitted by the United States Employees' Compensation Commission for the fiscal year 1939 provide for the appropriation of funds for the regular work of the Commission and propose to make available from special funds set aside in the Federal Treasury from emergency appropriations, additional funds required in connection with the administraton of the workmen's compensation benefits extended to certain emergency employments. The funds to be provided by direct appropriation and those to be made available from the three special funds established for emergency compensation benefits cover both administrative and nonadministrative expenses. Nearly 90 percent of the total amount provided in the estimates is required for nonadministrative expenses. The distribution of estimated costs payable respectively from general and emergency funds is as follows:

The total of the estimates for general funds for 1939 is approximately 3 percent greater than the amount made available for identical purposes in the fiscal year 1938. The amount provided in the estimates for emergency funds is substantially less than the estimated expenditures for 1938.