SECRETARY'S REPORT 27 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder, Chairman. 

 Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 

 Ferdinand Lanimot Belin. 

 Chester Dale. 

 Paul Mellon. 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Chairman. 

 Duncan Phillips. 

 Chester Dale. 

 Paul Mellon. 

 David E. Finley. 



At the annual meeting on May 6, 1952, the Board of Trustees pro- 

 posed an amendment to section 5, article VI of the bylaws of the 

 Trustees' "Constitution of Acquisitions Committee" reducing the num- 

 ber of ex officio members from three to two and increasing the elected 

 members from two to three. The amendment provided further that 

 the Vice President of the Gallery shall be Chairman of the Acquisi- 

 tions Committee. On June 10, 1952, the Board of Trustees adopted 

 the proposed amendment and elected Paul Mellon to fill the vacancy 

 existing on the Committee as the result of the amendment. 



PERSONNEL 



On June 30, 1952, the Government employees on the staff of the 

 National Gallery of Art numbered 301, as compared with 308 em- 

 ployees as of June 30, 1951. The United States Civil Service regula- 

 tions govern the appointment of employees paid from appropriated 

 public funds. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1952, the Congress of the United 

 States appropriated for the National Gallery of Art $1,240,000 to be 

 used for salaries and expenses in the operation and upkeep of the 

 Gallery, the protection and care of works of art acquired by the Board 

 of Trustees, and all administrative expenses incident thereto as 

 authorized by section 4 (a) of Public Resolution 14, Seventy-fifth 

 Congress, first session, approved March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51). This 

 sum includes the regular appropriation of $1,154,000 and a supple- 

 mental appropriation of $86,000. The supplemental appropriation 

 was necessitated by increased pay costs authorized by Public Law 201, 

 Eighty-second Congress, approved October 24, 1951. 



