70 ANNUAL REPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1933 



For the Museum, the appropriations for 1933 were $8,960 less than 

 those for 1932, the reduction under preservation of collections being 

 $2,750 and under maintenance and operation $6,210. Under preserva- 

 tion of collections, the reduction was taken from the amount available 

 for supplies, and under maintenance and operation from the funds 

 provided for repairs and replacements to buildings. 



Under the Economy Act (pt. 2, legislative appropriation act for 

 1933), approved June 30, 1932, provision was made for the impound- 

 ing of certain items connected with the funds allotted for personnel. 

 Total amounts so impounded during the year under the National 

 Museum were $87,027.34, of which $74,031.60 came from the appropria- 

 tion preservation of collections and $12,995.74 from maintenance and 

 operation. Under preservation of collections, $56,252.54 came from 

 stipulated salary reductions and was thus made up by the personnel 

 included imder this appropriation. The remaining funds impounded 

 under this heading totaled $17,769.05 and consisted of salaries of 

 vacant positions. The latter amount therefore was a direct reduc- 

 tion in appropriation, since it lowered the amount available for tem- 

 porary personnel and made impossible the utihzation of savings on the 

 salary roll for the purchase of miscellaneous supplies, the allotment 

 for which has always been inadequate. Under maintenance and 

 operation, $8,230.74 was impounded as a result of salary reductions, 

 while $4,764 resulted from the impounding of salaries of vacant 

 positions. The latter amount was a direct reduction of the appropria- 

 tion, since it lowered the amount available for temporary services 

 and the purchase of supplies and equipment for the mechanics. The 

 impounding of salaries for vacant positions thus withdrew $22,534.06 

 from funds usually available. 



The sum available for printing and binding was decreased $27,646 

 below the amount of the previous year. This reduction is a serious 

 one, since the printing of manuscripts is now greatly in arrears, and 

 additional funds for this purpose are much needed. 



No additions to the personnel of the Museum were made during the 

 year, and a serious condition resulting from an undermanned force 

 continued. More help is urgently needed in the clerical service and 

 the guard and labor forces and also in the scientific personnel. The 

 Museum is greatly overcrowded, and under present conditions the 

 proper exhibition and care of the collections with the available 

 personnel are becoming increasingly difficult. 



Arrangements looking toward additional space for the Museum 

 have been outlined in previous reports. Congress has authorized 

 appropriations of $6,500,000 for building wings at each end of the 

 Natural Historj^ Building, but this authorization like all others was 

 reduced 10 percent (legislative act for 1933, 212, sec. 320). Plans for 

 the additions have been made by the AlHed Architects, Inc., of 



