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iiiui that next yvtir in the cstiiiiHU^s wr will r(M|uost |iiii>iHii>M f>>t 

 tlicsr sjilnrios now rarrird hy ilctail. 



Mr. Andkkson. 1 Imvr always frit timl tliiH ilrtail hii.mncHs whm 

 unsoiiini. I think it is had. Nuhstafitially. it ainoiiniH in tmint; nri 

 appropriation f«)r the pur|)os<« for which it wa«j not if*<>''<'tr I 

 rrcognizc that very j^n'at lu'cossitirs, iirrhaps, anni* s«»nii thnt 



tnakc it nocossary, hut I tliink that it is had prartiro. and so fnr ns I 

 am personally conrvnu'd. I would Ncry inurh prcfrr to mm- this item 

 carry whatever amount was lu'cessary to take care of this husim>ss 

 in the lihrary and cut out these details, and to carry it us it is. I 

 suppose that we will have to do it this way for the next year, hut nn 

 soon as possihic. 1 would like for you to ^et this on a ruisis which 

 repnv^ents what it actually is. I think thnt thnt wouhl \u- tin- hrst 

 thin*; for cyervhody concerned. 



Mr. Ji'Mi". ()f coui-se the appropriation for such a small or;;ani/.H- 

 tion does not allow due flexihility as in the lar<;er hureaus. If an 

 emert^ency arises hi're. they do m)t have any lar<;e lump >um to turn 

 to, and conse(iuently details are iipccssary. Nloreover, the lihrury 

 is a service unit for all of the other or«;anizalions of the de[)artnient* 

 so that it does not seem improper to use the lum|) funds of the hureaus 

 to this small extent for payment of a dircM-t seryi<'e to the same 

 bureaus. 



Mr. Andkrso.s. I can appreciate that there mi<:ht he occasions 

 where details would be necessary, perhaps, umler some cinumstances: 

 but where you have a permanent detail, as you appanMitly have here, 

 curried on the rolls of other hureaus, I think it is had practice. 



Miss Ii\KNKTT. rnfortunately. they have not been permanent. 

 Sometimes the details have only been for a period of three months. 



Mr. Andek.sox. Well, it amounts to the same thing, except that 

 the money is scattered around a little more, and just that much is 

 used anx-Avay. 



Mr. Jimp. We liave been able to do it like this. Mr. Chairman: 

 In the division of publications, for instance. \ve had an editor who 

 went on leave of ansence for several months, due to illness. Now, 

 we had a library employee we were able to carry on detail from 

 publications by using the statutory place of that man while he was 

 on leave without pay. Our being able to detail that position helped 

 to just that extent in this particular branch. Of course, we have 

 luul a number of lines of worK added without corresponding increases 

 in the funds available for the library service. I refer to such addi- 

 tions as the packers and stock yards act. the grain futures act. and 

 fixed nitrogen research laborafory. which, as its name implies, is 

 particularly a r(>search branch, and so on : and all of these things that 

 nave been added have increased the demand on the library, and it 

 has been very helpful, really necessary, in fact, for us to have this 

 much leeway. 



However, next year we can come to the committee, if you desire, 

 with a complete revision of that situation and provide for these 

 employees. 



Mr. Andkr.son. I would like to see \vhat it would l«)ok like. 



