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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  FINANCE 
  COMMITTEE 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury, 
  Henry 
  Morgenthau, 
  Jr., 
  chairman 
  

   David 
  K. 
  E. 
  Bruce, 
  vice 
  chairman 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  State, 
  Cordell 
  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 
  executive 
  

   and 
  honorary 
  officers) 
  are 
  filled 
  from 
  the 
  registers 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Civil 
  Service 
  Commission 
  or 
  with 
  its 
  approval. 
  By 
  June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  the 
  

   permanent 
  Civil 
  Service 
  staff 
  numbered 
  232 
  employees. 
  Since 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  hostilities, 
  41 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff, 
  or 
  approximately 
  18 
  

   percent, 
  have 
  joined 
  the 
  armed 
  forces. 
  

  

  APPROPRIATIONS 
  

  

  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, 
  1937 
  (50 
  Stat. 
  51), 
  as 
  

   amended 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  resolution 
  of 
  April 
  13, 
  1939 
  (Pub. 
  Ees. 
  No. 
  

   9, 
  76th 
  Cong.), 
  the 
  Congress 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $563,825.00. 
  This 
  amount 
  includes 
  regular 
  

   appropriations 
  of 
  $541,365.00 
  and 
  a 
  supplemental 
  deficiency 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  for 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  "overtime 
  compensation" 
  authorized 
  by 
  

   the 
  Acts 
  of 
  Congress 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  $22,460.00. 
  From 
  this 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  the 
  following 
  expenditures 
  and 
  encumbrances 
  were 
  made 
  : 
  

  

  Expenditures 
  and 
  Encumbrances 
  

  

  Personal 
  services 
  $449, 
  825. 
  00 
  

  

  Printing 
  and 
  binding 
  3, 
  506. 
  88 
  

  

  Supplies 
  and 
  equipment, 
  etc 
  108, 
  758. 
  15 
  

  

  Unencumbered 
  balance 
  1, 
  734. 
  97 
  

  

  Total 
  $563, 
  825. 
  00 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  appropriations 
  aggregating 
  

   $563,825.00, 
  the 
  Gallery 
  received 
  $32,264.58 
  from 
  the 
  Federal 
  Works 
  

   Agency, 
  Public 
  Buildings 
  Administration, 
  to 
  cover 
  expenses 
  incurred 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  special 
  protection 
  of 
  masterpieces 
  of 
  painting 
  

   and 
  sculpture 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  evacuated 
  from 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  