30 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION^ 19 42 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



<'hief Justice of the United States, Harlan F. Stone, chairman. 



David K. E. Bruce, vice chairman. 



Secretary <»f the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. C G. Abbot. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



Duncan Phillips. 



FINANCE COMMITIEE 



Secretary of the Trca.sury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., chairman. 

 David K. E. Bruce, vice chairman. 

 Secretary of State, <'ordeIl Hull. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 Samuel H. Kress. 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



David K. E. Bruce, chairman. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin, vice chairman 

 Duncan Phillips. 

 Joseph E. Widener. 

 David E. Finley, ex officio. 



All positions with the Gallery, with the exception of the execntive 

 and honorary officers, are filled from the registers of the United 

 States Civil Service Commission or with its approval. By June 30, 

 J 942, the permanent Civil Service staff nmiibered 234 employees. 

 Since the opening of hostilities, 12 members of the staff had joined 

 the armed forces. 



AFPROrRIATIONS 



For salaries and expenses, for the upkeep and operation of the 

 National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

 acquired by the Board, and all administrative expenses incident 

 thereto, as authorized by the act of March 24, 1037 (50 Stat. 51), as 

 amended by the public resolution of April 13, 11)39 (Pub. Res. No. 9, 

 TGth Cong.), the Congress ai)propriatcd for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1942, the sum of $533,300, to cover the first full year of 

 operation. From this appropriation the following expenditures and 

 encumbrances were made : 



EXPENDITURES AKD ENCUMBRANCES 



Personal services $353. 5S3. 22 



Printing and binding 6, 880. 70 



Supplies and equipment, etc 133, 087. 18 



Reserve 36, 080. 00 



Unencumbered balance 3, 068. 00 



Total 533. 300. 00 



ATTENDANCE 



The total attendance for the first year during which the National 

 Gallery was open was 2,005,328, a daily average of over 5,500 visitors. 



