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the lU'iMirtiiuMit. which they shotihl sro, uii*l uii uiitoinohilos is nofcs- 

 sary to do this properly iiiwl lU :i iiiiiiiiiiiini expenditure of time. 

 Another instniice: ^^ e need to take xnne pictures. Our men ;;o out 

 as far as I'lederick or Mount Airy. Md.. to take pictures of chiiry 

 farms and live stock. There are no machines to carrv photoj^raphers 

 or to cari-j' the director of the picture or anything ofso, pxeept a.s we 

 horrou them from tlie Roads iiureau. The (U-parhnent is witliout 

 l)asscn^M'r-caiiyin<r machines except for these road macliincs taken 

 over second hand fiom the \\'ar Department. Thi* oidv <»th('r pas- 

 sen«rtM*-carryin«; machine in the (U'partment at Washin<.'t(»n is the 

 car used l»y the Secrt'taiy. We lla^e heen handicappj'd so much in 

 tliis respect that tiie (U'i)ar(nient is askin;r tin- authority to use sevei-al 

 jif the^e nuuhines continuously for ^'encral j)uri)()ses of an oMicial 

 miture, and since it does not re<|uire any ai)proprintion at all. we are 

 hopeful that the re(|uest will he L'ranted. The machines are owned 

 i»y the (lOM'iiiment and are availahle, and for that K'ason it seems 

 unhusinesslike not to make the he.st use of them which the puMic 

 interest indicates. 



Mv. lirciiAX.w. 'i'ou mean they tire there hul not in runnin«j: 

 order ^ 



Mr. JiM!'. They are there and some are in running order. Thev 

 are constantly conditioning these machines and sending them out to 

 the road districts. 



Mr. HrniAXAX. Do you w;ui( to pnrch;'>^<' p'^v , ],;,, 



changing the old ones^ 



Mr. Jfmi'. No, sir; not for this purpose. That lirst provisf) has 

 nothing to do with the second one, ^hich relates to "Washington alone. 

 The lirst proviso, which relates to tlie ni-'d -"i-vice. ^^•■ >rcDonald 

 will explain when he is here. 



Mr. lUciiANAX. You are talking ahout the last provi.so^ 



Mr. diMr. Yes, sir. That was put in entirely without regard to 

 the other proviso, and it does not contemplate the purcha.se of any 

 machines whatsoever. All we want to do is to use for the department 

 service the second-hand machines wliich we already have. 



Mr. AxDKKsox. I understand it does not contemplate the [)urchase 

 of any nnichines, hut is it six of one and half a dozen of the other. 

 If the Bureau of Roads has to purchase machines for the ones which 

 you take from it in the District of Columbia — and that is what you 

 l)ro[)ose to do in the other proviso — I can not see any use of putting 

 in this language. You might as well purchase new niachines for 

 taking di.stinguished foreign visitors al>out and allow the second- 

 hand ones to be run around in the mud in the prcness of road making. 



Mr. Jr^ii'. Taking distinguished foreign visitcu's around is one 

 of the snnillest parts of our necessity. I merely mentioned that as 

 an instance. The machines are more needed in the regular work 

 of the dej)artment — getting the dej)artment peojile arotnul without 

 v.aste of time to the l>udget Bureau, to the (iovermnent Printinir 

 Office, to the experimental farms at Arlington. Bethesda. Beltsville, 

 etc., down to Alexandria, wliere we have four or five units, and so 

 on. 'I'hese are the real reasons why the cars are nee<led. and not. 

 1 nniy say. primarily for taking foreign visitors around: that is 

 ])iirely incidental. 



