REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 33 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



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

 Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 David K. E. Bruce. 

 Chester Dale. 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



Samuel H. Kress, Chairman. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice Chairman. 



Duncan Phillips. 



Chester Dale. 



David E. Finley, ex officio. 



The permanent Government positions on the Gallery staff are filled 

 from the registers of the United States Civil Service Commission, or 

 with its approval. On June 30, 1945, the permanent Government 

 staff of the Gallery numbered 245 employees. Since the beginning 

 of the war 61 members of the staff, or approximately 25 percent, have 

 entered the armed services, and during the past year 5 of these em- 

 ployees have obtained their discharges and have returned to the 

 Gallery. 



The operating and maintenance staffs have been reduced to a 

 minimum, owing to the fact that the Gallery has desired to curtail 

 expenditures and the use of manpower to the greatest possible extent 

 during the war period. Nevertheless, owing to the intensive effort, 

 interest, and efficiency of the employees, it has been possible to main- 

 tain a high standard of operation and maintenance of the Gallery 

 building and grounds and protection and care of Gallery collections. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For salaries and expenses for the upkeep and operation of the Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art, the protection and care of 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. Kes. No. 9, 76th Cong.), 

 the Congress appropriated for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1945, the 

 sum of $642,600. This amount includes the regular appropriation of 

 $634,000 and a supplemental deficiency appropriation of $8,600 for 

 increases in personal services and other Gallery expenses. 



From these appropriations the following expenditures and encum- 

 brances were incurred : 



EXPEND1TUBES AND ENCUMBBANCES 



Personal services $521, 211.91 



Printing and binding 1,838.17 



Supplies and equipment, etc 119, 425. 88 



Unencumbered balance " 124. 04 



Total 642, 600. 00 



