12 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



TRAFFIC MANAGER. 



Mr. Anderson. AA here do yon «ret tliis traffic manager at #3,000? 



Mr. Reese By direction of the Bureau of the Budget the Federal 

 1 rathe lioard was created, witli instructions to each of the depart- 

 ments to appoint a representative on that board. The Secretary 

 appointed the traffic man of the department as representative on 

 the board. Ihe business of tlie Federal Traffic Board developed '^o 

 rapidly, and its results are so useful that the representative of the 

 Department of Agriculture on the Board Avas designated traffic man- 

 ager to deal with all the varied traffic problems of the department 

 to advise shipping clerks of the proper routings, proper classification 

 ° AT ^? ^^' t'oi'rect freight rates, and other traffic problems. 



Mr. Anderson. Is there any authority of law for this place I 



Mr. Keese. I take it the authority is the Secretary's general admin- 

 istrative authority under the act of March 4, 1907,' to make appohit- 

 ments on lump-fund appropriations. This would put it in the law 



Mr. Anderson. No ; it would not. That is a transfer. 



Mr. Reese. It is a transfer from the lump-sum appropriation for 

 the enforcement of the plant quarantine act. 



Mr. Anderson. What is your next item? 



ADMl XISTliATIVE ASSISTANT. 



Mr. Reese. The next item is the transfer of one administrative 

 assistant at $3,000. 



Mr. Anderson. Where do you get him from? 



Mr. Reese. We take him from the Bureau of Entomoloo-y appro- 

 priation for pre\'enting the spread of moths. '^ 



Mr. Anderson. What does he do ? 



Mr. Reese. This is Mr. E. H. Bradley. 

 ^ Mr. Jump. Mr. Bradley handles sp'ecial assignments under tlie 

 Secretary's office. He assists in the preparation of the annual esti- 

 mates, keeps track of legislation peitaining to the work of the de- 

 partment, compiles special statements, reports, etc. He has been em- 

 ployed in this capacity for some time. 



Mr. Reese. The next change is the change in designation fi-om 

 executive clerks to executive assistants, the object being to make a 

 uniform designation for a group of employees performing resi)onsible 

 work at varying salaries. There are three positions at $-2,500 each, 

 two transferred from farmers' cooperative demonstrations and the 

 other meat inspection. 



Mr. Anderson. Are these people employed in the Secretary's office 



now ? 



Mr. Reese. They are, and Avill be pei-manently employed to carry 

 on the work of that branch. 



HKANCKKS OT WOHK INDKU OIFTrE OK TMK SK('KI:TA1!V. 



I should like to say, to prevent any misapprehension i-oncerning 

 the phrase "the Secretary's office," that it is not limited to the imme- 

 diate office of the Secretary of Agricultuiv. It means the Secretary's 

 branch, whicli includes at the present lime the inunediate otlice 'of 

 the Secretary, the offices of tlu- Assistant Secretary, the directo'- ^'' 



