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Mr. JuMi'. "We had some new lines of work — the Center Market; 

 the fixed -nitrotren research laboratory, transferred from the War 

 Department; and the administration of tlie packers and stockyards 

 and the wrain futures acts. 



Mr. Magee. Can you <rive us a statement on that? 



Mr. Jump. In detail? 



Mr. Ma(;ee. In the affirreirate. 



Mr. Jimp. I can tell you, offhand, there was a sli<rht increase in 

 the total of the department of several hundred employees dur- 

 ing the last fiscal year, due principally, of course, to additional re- 

 sponsibilities i)laced upon the department, such as those I mentioned 

 a moment ago. 



Mr. Maoee. You are talkinof about a decrea>^e. and I was interested 

 in knowintr to what extent the force had been decreased. 



Assistant Secretary Pugsley. The statement of the Secretary re- 

 latinof to economies in the department, which was not read but which 

 was made a part of the record, will cover a considerable part of that. 



OFFICES OF EDITORIAL AXD DTSTRIBFTIOX WOKK. 



STATEMENT OF MR. JOHN L. COBBS. CHIEF, DIVISION OF 



PUBLICATIONS. 



RKASONS FOR CHANGE OF TITF.E. 



Mr. Anderson. Who is going to present this phase of the editorial 

 and distribution work? First. ^Slr. Pugsley. if you will, I would 

 like to ask one or two things about this reorganization before we 

 start in on the details of the statutory roll. Among the other 

 changes that provides is a change in the name of the Division of 

 Publications to offices of editorial and distribution woi-k. Now. in 

 the last appro])riation bill a question arose as to whether a chanire 

 in name of that sort was legislation. My recollection is that tlie 

 Chair held that it was. If it was, this change can not be made in 

 the appropriation bill Avithout legislative authority. In view of 

 that fact, I would like to ask you wliat importance, in your mind, 

 attaches to this change of name ? 



Assistant Secretary Pugsley. The change in name from division 

 to offices woidd be in accordance with tlu^ general plan that is now 

 being considered within the department of nomenclature in con- 

 nection Avith the names of tlie various bureaus and division^ and 

 offices. It Avould more clearly represent in the minds of the people 

 in tlie dei)artment the exact place that they M'ould occupy in the 

 general scheme of organization and would be very helpful psycho- 

 logically. 



Mr. Anderson. Are there any further questions? 



Mr. BroHANAN. I have none. 



Mr. Anderson. Are there any other changes of names, except in 

 the case of the Bureau of Economics, involved in this reorganization? 



Assistant Secretary Pi'gseev. That change was made last year. 



Mr. Anderson. Yes: but I mean the Buieau of Home Economics. 



Assistant Secretary Picsley. No: that is all. We merely ask the 

 change of name from oflice to bureau. 



Mr. Anderson. Then you change the title of the extension service? 



