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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIOX BILL, 1924. 



scientific and technical employees Avho can Ije employed at the maxi- 

 mum salaries set for these <rrades. Doctor liall. tlie director of 

 scientific work, will o;ive the committee tlie full details with re<rard 

 to that item when it is reached. 



I helieve the Secretary' has already assured the chairman of liis 

 willingness to come before the committee in connection with these 

 items at any time you may desire, and of course he Avill he very 

 glad to do that if you wish it, 



BEDUCTIONS IN STATUTORY KOLLS. 



Before taking up the detailed estimate I would like to revert, for 

 a moment, to the general subject of economy and at the same time 

 clarify the situation with respect to the statutory rolls, as tiiis is a 

 point which will come up as we reach the various bureaus in the 

 estimates. The matter to Avhich I refer deals with re luctions in 

 statutory places. During the consideration of these estimates it be- 

 came necessary at one stage to eft'ect a considei-able rechiction in the 

 total amount involved. The Secretary called upon tlie various 

 branches of the department to make a survey and report to him the 

 statutory positions which could be dropped, amounting wherever i)os- 

 sil)le to ?) Y>ei' cent or more of the total of statutory salaries, tliese 

 positions, most of them in the lowest grades, to be dropi)ed at the 

 close of the current fiscal year. The Secretary has had the feeling 

 that these forces could be reduced somewhat without impairment to 

 the service, and you will note that accordingly statutory reductions, 

 amounting altogether to $157,620 and involving 198 places, are pro- 

 posed all the way through the bill. A great many of the positions to 

 be droppedare vacant and as the rate of turnover in these h)\v grades 

 is extraordinarily high most of the places that are filled will become 

 vacant some time between noAv and July 1, 1928. A summary of this 

 proposed reduction may be of interest" to the committee, and if you 

 desire I will insert it in the record. (The statement referred to 

 follows:) 



Statutory positions recommended to he dropped in estimates of ai>f)rof)rinti(ins 

 for Deportment of Af/ricultnre for fiscal i/ear J!)2.'i. 



Name of bureau. 



Office of the Soprotar>' (proper) 



OfTices of edito'ial and distribution work. 



E xleiisioii service 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Bureau of Plant Industry ." 



Forest Service 



Bureau of Chemistry 



Bureau of Soils ' 



Bureau of Kntomology 



Bureau of Biolo';ical Survev 



Bureau of rulilic Roads..." 



Bureau of Agricultural Kconomics 



Insecticide and Fiuii-'icide Board 



Federal Horticultural Board 



Total places dropped. 



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