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Ml-. Anih.iis4ix. On the ratio at which you art' ih»w working are 

 the iiitl(>iiiiiitii's sitniciciit or iiiort* than siitlitii-nt or inii<l«'«|iiatc f 



l)o((«»r .NhiiiMU. They will he ina<h'»juatf, hut not nearly >o in- 

 a(l»'(|iiate a> the o|)«'rat in;_' ex|>ense.s if wt- Uejit mx thn same way we 

 were running; the first four months of this year, 



Mr. ANnKKsoN. U'hat is the inihiceinent to opeiate on the pres- 

 ent Imsis with the work that is hein;; (h)ne hy tiie States^ 



l)o(tor MoiinKit. A\'e arc woikin;; now in ail the 4S States of the 

 liiion, and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. California just 

 eanie in the last year. And we are doin<r a <:reat deal of this area 

 work — in faet, we are working in 4r»() (onnties. whicli reduces con- 

 sitleiahly the testin*.; cosi per head as well as the amount of indem- 

 nity. A whole county is worked on tins area plan. The reactors 

 are all assemhied at one point. Our men hrin^ in the huyers; there 

 is competition. They are all sold to the hi;.diest hidder. and the 

 result has heen a <:reut saving' in the salvage. 



So we are saving considerahle in that respect on our indemnity 

 fund. Hut drives like that reipiire a l()t of men and our operat- 

 ing expenses are not jioin^ to hold out unless we reduce our force, 

 and that is what we have heen doin<r the past two weeks. There is, 

 of course, a great deal of comi)laint from the States where we have 

 taken off some of our men. 



Mr. Andkhson. Did you s|)end all of this sum — $300,000 — which 

 was made immediately availahle in 10*22? 



Doctor Moiii.KR. Xo. sir. Ahout half of that was carried over to 

 this year. 



Mi*. Axr)Ki{s()X. That would mean an increase in the fun<l tliis 

 year, wouhl it not ( 



Doctor MoHi.KR. Xo: because the whole amount for this year is 

 iJ;*2 .020.700, of which $300,0m was availal)le last year. 



Mr. .\NnKH.>i<»x. 1 know; but if you spent it lust year you did not 

 spend it this year. 



Doctor MoHi.KR. Xo. 



Mr. Axi»uj.«>x. So that duiiii<r the period of next year you will 

 have more money to spend than you ilijl this year? 



Doctor MoHLEU. Yes; by that amount of money — I see what you 

 mean — we spent ahout one-half of that money, or a little o\er 

 Sir^o.OOO, that was inimediat»'ly availaltle. 



Mr. AxDKiJsox. Will you ^et throu<ih in 1922 without a deticiency? 



Doctor MoHLKK. We are froin«r to <ret throujrh without a deficiency. 

 Mr. Chairman. But whether we are poinj; to have to stop on the 

 1st of May or not I am unable to say. 



Mr. Andkrsox. That all depends, does it not, on how fast you 

 spend your money? 



Doctor MoHLKR. Yes; that is what I referred to a while a;ro, 

 that we had to take oH' some of our men in order to keej) within the 

 limit 



Mr. AxnERSox (interposing). What is the basis of allotment now. 

 1 to 3 ? 



Doctor MoiiLKR. About 1 to 2. On the 1st of January the.st* 3G 

 to 40 States will have their le<rislatures in session api)ropriatin«^ 

 additional tuWrculosis funds, and they aiv fXoin»i to crowd us very 

 hard in the spring; months, but we are not fjoin*; to create any de- 



