218 ANNUAL REPORT SMrTHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 64 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Dillon, Chairman. Institution, S. Dillon Ripley. 



Paul Mellon. John Hay Whitney. 



.Tohn N. Irwan II. 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



Paul Mellon. Chairman. Lessing J. Rosenwald. 



John Hay Whitney. John Walker. 



John N. Irwin II. 



PERSONNEL 



At the close of fiscal year 1964, full-time Government employees on 

 the permanent staff of the National Gallery of Art numbered 305. 

 The U.S. Civil Service regulations govern the appointment of em- 

 ployees paid from appropriated funds. 



Continued emphasis was given to the training of employees under 

 the Government Employees Training Act, and it was possible to give 

 training to seven employees under that Act. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1964, the Congress of the United 

 States, in the regular annual appropriation, and a supplemental appro- 

 priation required for pay increases for wage-board employees, pro- 

 vided $2,176,000 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation 

 and upkeep of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care 

 of works of art acquired by the Board of Trustees, and all adminis- 

 trative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the basic statute 

 establishing the National Gallery of Art. 



The following obligations were incurred : 



Personnel compensation and benefits $1, 831, 443. 17 



All other items 315,774.41 



Total obligations 2, 147, 217. 58 



Because the low bid for the contract to renovate the skylights 

 over the east wing of the Gallery was considerably below the amount 

 included in the appropriation for that purpose, it was possible to 

 return $28,782 to the Treasury as an unobligated balance. 



