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.Mr. Andkk.so.n. Tliis pnuticiilly »lo««s away, iIhmi. with all tin? 

 *• ivpay " work in tlic (JcpiiiliinMit < 



.Mr. ('oims. ^ j's. I think lliat is tlu* |>lan. 



Mr. tli.Mi'. 1 1 is (Irsi^ntMl to do away with it alto^rt'tiu'r. 



.Mr. Anokicsun. That was my niulcrstandin;:. When \vv had tlu* 

 iff^islat ivi' hill np on that, my iindrrslandin^ was that wiirn we luul 

 this hill r(tmplrt('(| the ri'pav work was to Ih- done away with alto- 

 •rt'tlu-r. 



•Mr. .)i Mr. I don't si'c how anv ropav work can he dont' next vear. 

 \\\' had conft'rcnrt's at tlu' lind^rct Hnreaii, and the lan;rMa<_n' was 

 di'si^nii'd to that end — to do away with it. It says for "all |)rintini( 

 of the Department of .V^ricnltnre. ineliidin;: all of its hnreauH, etc' 



Mr. ('onus. The oidy thin^i: it doesn't include is eovert'd hy the 

 jiroviso. whii'h covers the U'eather Hiireau. print in;: of!ircs in the 

 iield, and the Forest Service ollice at Oj^den. 



.Mr. .h Ml'. .Viul it covers stich printing; to Ik- done ontsid(> of AN'ash- 

 in^rton as may he anthori/.ed in emer^rencies. It rnns around Sa.OOO 

 a year. That would have to he paid from this fund also. 



REDUCTION OK K8TI.M.\TK »V HlMMiET BURKAC. 



Mr. Am)K1{son, May 1 ask how this estimate of $700,000 has In-en 

 arrived at ( A\'as it in coUahoration with the Printing; Office or hased 

 entirely upon your own H;j:iire^ 



.Mr. Conns. It is hasted, so far as I know, u])on (»ur own H^jure. Mr. 

 Jumj) can tell you ahout thai. 



Mr. Jump. The department's ori^^inal recommendation was for the 

 sanu' amount as this year, and this is one of the cuts which became 

 necessary after the estimates were submitted to the Hud^^et Hureau. 

 The Department will merely accommodate itself to the cut and try 

 to ^et aIon<r in the best manner possible with the reduced amount. 



Mr. AxDKHsoN. Do you happen to know wliether that cut was made 

 by the budp't oftii'ers in accordance with estimates submitted by the 

 Ciovernment Print in;: OIHce. or was it a purely arl)itrary pro])osition. 



Mr. Jump. I feel rather hesitant about saying as to that. I do not 

 know that they consulted with the (lovernment Print in;r Office, but 

 in anv event I wouUl n()t sav it was arbitrarv. because that might 

 cast a reilection on the Pudget Pureau that is unwarranted and that 

 1 don't want to cast on them. My impression is that since cuts had 

 to be made this was regarded as a good place to cut. In other words, 

 a cut could be made here, in all jjrobability, with less harm to the 

 Avork than in some other places. It is one of the hirge luni}) funds, 

 and th.» department's apparent turnback last year, I think, was a 

 considerable factor. The department turned back a considerable 

 funil. altiiou^xh the carrvoNcr to this year was very heavy, antl thev 

 ]jrobably thought the printing business ought to be restricted. Of 

 course. I am not authori/.ed or (lualiHed to speak for the Pudget 

 liureau on thes? matters. 



Mr. PitiiAXAX. That virtually says that it was arbitrary, so that, 

 you might just as well have said it in so numy words. 



.Mr. Andekmin. ^^'ell. in arriving at these figures two years ago, 

 1 happened to be on the legislative committee which had the ai)pro- 



