342 AGRICULTUBAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



Mr. Anderson. Woll. y(ni have brunch icforonce libraries in some 

 bureaus ? 



Miss Barxett. "^'es. 



Mr. AxDER.soN. In all '. 



Miss Barnett. Not in all of them. 



Mr. Anderson. Not in all of them? 



Miss Barnett. In some of them. 



Mr. Anderson. And where you have them, the cost of the library, 

 if you have one. whatever it costs, other than the j)urchase of books, 

 in conneetion wnth its maintenance, is borne by the bureau itself? 



Miss Barnett. Yes. 



Mr. Jump. But the books are all catalogued in the main library. 



Mr. Anderson. I understand that. Hoav is your appropriation 

 for t;eneral expenses now divided between the purchase of books and 

 the employment of personal service ? 



Miss Barxett. At the present time? 



Mr. Anderson. Yes. 



DETAILS PROM OTHER BUREAUS. 



Miss BaRxNETT. We estimate from this appropriation Ave will have 

 to spend about $3,000 for personal services, because the other bureaus 

 now are carrvinsr assistants for us that we can not carrv. 



Mr. Buchanan. $3,000 for personal service ? 



Miss Barnett. Yes; for personal services. We are keeping down 

 just as low as possible the expenditures for personal services from the 

 book fund. 



Mr. Anderson. Now, w^ith regard to this $5,000 increase which is 

 proposed in this item, do you expect to use it for additional service or 

 for the purchase of books % 



Miss Barnett. I would like very much to have that reserved just 

 for the purchase of books and periodicals, but unless we can get help 

 again from the bureaus in carrying some of our present salaries it will 

 bo necessary for us to use some of it also for salaries. 



Mr. Anderson. Are there any details now from the bureaus in the 

 library? 



Miss Barnett. Yes. 



Mr, Anderson. How many ? 



Miss liARNETT. At present we have seven, as follows: One from the 

 Secretary's office, at $2,000; one from the Division of Publications, at 

 $2,000; one from the Bureau of Public Koads, at $1,000; one from the 

 States Kelations Service, at $1,400; one from the Bureau of Biological 

 Suivey, at $1,200; one from the Division of Publications, at $900; 

 and one from the Secretary's office, at $1)00. The amount of the 

 salaiies carried last year by the bureaus for the librarv was approxi- 

 mat(^ly $8,000. 



.Mr. .Vnderson. Is that in addition to the people they '-arry in their 

 own libraries ? 



Miss Baun'KTT. Yes; but of the olliccs tjiat are now carrying |)()si- 

 tions for the library only the Bureau of Public Koads and the Stat(>s 

 Kelations Service maintain branch libraries. 



Mr. .lu.MP. Do you not think that it would be a gocul policy, Mr. 

 ('Imirmun, to have an undei-standing that if the increase of .$."), 000 

 is grunted to tin- depurluient, that it is to be used for books exclusively 



