﻿APPENDIX 
  7 
  

   KEPOKT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  

   30, 
  1943 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  appropriation 
  made 
  by 
  Congress 
  was 
  $261,510, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  was 
  expended. 
  Legislation 
  that 
  became 
  effective 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  provided 
  for 
  salary 
  increase 
  in 
  certain 
  classes 
  and 
  grades 
  and 
  for 
  

   overtime 
  payments 
  for 
  increased 
  hours 
  of 
  work. 
  This 
  resulted 
  in 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  increase 
  in 
  cost 
  for 
  personal 
  services, 
  which, 
  however, 
  

   was 
  largely 
  offset 
  by 
  savings 
  through 
  delay 
  in 
  filling 
  positions 
  or 
  

   failure 
  to 
  fill 
  them, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  savings 
  in 
  regular 
  operating 
  costs 
  

   and 
  special 
  items. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  the 
  deficiency 
  amounted 
  to 
  only 
  $7,690, 
  

   which 
  was 
  supplied 
  through 
  the 
  Urgent 
  Deficiency 
  Appropriation 
  

   Act, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Money 
  was 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  1943 
  Appropriation 
  Act 
  for 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  an 
  incinerator 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  two 
  trucks, 
  but 
  priorities 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  obtained. 
  Plans 
  and 
  specifications 
  were 
  completed 
  for 
  the 
  

   incinerator, 
  and 
  the 
  project 
  will 
  go 
  forward 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  funds 
  and 
  ma- 
  

   terials 
  are 
  available. 
  

  

  The 
  primary 
  function 
  of 
  the 
  Zoo 
  is 
  to 
  exhibit 
  a 
  wide 
  variety 
  of 
  

   animal 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  possible 
  condition, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  accomplish 
  

   this 
  aim 
  under 
  wartime 
  conditions 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  curtail 
  all 
  phases 
  

   of 
  maintenance 
  work 
  about 
  the 
  Zoo 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  slighted 
  without 
  

   harm 
  to 
  the 
  animals. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  

   Zoo 
  going 
  in 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  manner 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  shortages 
  of 
  man- 
  

   power, 
  food, 
  and 
  materials 
  incident 
  to 
  wartime. 
  

  

  Because 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  evenings 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  change 
  to 
  war 
  time, 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  closing 
  the 
  Zoo 
  buildings 
  and 
  gates 
  has 
  been 
  delayed 
  1 
  hour, 
  

   the 
  opening 
  hour 
  remaining 
  the 
  same. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  this 
  length- 
  

   ening 
  of 
  hours 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  has 
  materially 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  en- 
  

   joyment 
  of 
  the 
  Zoo 
  by 
  the 
  public. 
  

  

  PERSONNEL 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  agencies, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  considerable 
  personnel 
  

   turn-over 
  at 
  the 
  Zoo, 
  several 
  employees 
  having 
  gone 
  into 
  agencies 
  

   more 
  directly 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  war 
  and 
  others 
  having 
  gone 
  else- 
  

  

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