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AUTIIORITV TO l^^K Af TOMnMir.KS ON omci VI IllHlvrs^ 



Tlu'ic is iiiiotluT linn lu wliwli i woulil like to cull \mir . ,n. 



I «l() not know wlu'tlici you liiivr ^iv«'n it -;■'•' ••■• • 

 should like to nu'iil ion it DOW. That is n i 



to iis(» live or six jiutoniohih's in the orHinary ron/hirt of th. of 



the l)('|)iulin«>nt of A;^Mi(iiIliirr. Inking' them fn.ni 



are tuincd ovci- from tin- wjir surphu !<• lh«' I'u; 



Yon uncU'istaiul how .scattered our huihlini^s an* hvrr, uni 



moans tin* savinrj of tinir, ospccinlly on tho part of our nion* highly 



paid men. If W(» luid a half a do/-on <ars in our < ' ■ a 



pool, so that if a nnm should want to j^o ovrr to Alex ...^_>«»n, 



up liore to tho Capitol, to Bothosda, lioltsvilh". or to any of our out* 

 lyin}j^ points, ho oould uso one of thoso cars and mako his trip much 

 moro (juiokly, and in that way savo a p^roat <loal of valtiahic time. 



MAXIMUM 8ALAKIKS PAID To SCIKNTIKIC MKN. 



In tho inattor of maximum sularios. you ^cntlcmi'ii lit-i \...: 

 authorizod an inoroaso in tho maximum whioli might \n' paid to 

 sciontifio mon. I securod this morninp: a memorandum of the uhc we 

 have mado of tliat autliority, and I liiul that under it wc aro carrviri}; 

 only 6 mon at So.oOO, 18 at" §.'>,()()(). an<l •.> at $t.S()(). From that'yoii 

 will soo tliat wo have not ahusod tho authorization that vou gave 

 us. Tho effect of this has boon tromondously helpful. It was notice 

 to tlio pooplo all down tlu' line that there was an opportunity to ad- 

 vance up to SG.oOO, as they hocame oualiliod to fill th»»se positions, 

 and it has contributed in a most helpful way to build up tho morale 

 of the department. In tlio first place, tlio mere recognition of the 

 importance of scientific work by the increase of this maximum has 

 liad a very fine effect on all of our <lo|)artinont people. A lot of them 

 have felt as if Congress and tho lioads of tho Government depart- 

 ments had just gone away and forgotten them. A lot of them nave 

 been giving their lives to scientific work, and tliey look ujxm tlio 

 action you took last year as a recognition of tiie importance of their 

 work. Doctor Ball will speak to you more in detail about that. I 

 want to express my appreciation of your action in regard to thiJ* 

 salary limit and my acknowlodgoni(>nt of tho helpful effect that it has 

 been to us. 



I think our budget <arries a request to authorize us to incn^ase 

 slightly the number of places to whicli wo may pay a few of the higher 

 salaries, and Doctor Ball will sp(\ik to you about that aNo. 



WORK OF THE DEPAKTMENT. 



On the wlu^le tho dej)artment people during tho past year have, 

 I believe, done very meritorious work. Wo have not been able t«» 

 come to you and make reports covering a number of definite things 

 completed, or as many tilings (•om|)Iete(l as wo would like to report, 

 but our work is of such a diaractor that wo can n«)t th) that. We 

 can not go out and at tho end of a calomlar year say that we have 

 completed so much this year, for much of our work Is of a continuing 

 character. A man miglit work 1 year, li years, rt years, or 10 veaiN 

 on st)me agricultural problem befoi'c it ci)mes to tho period of fruition, 

 but I liave been very much pleased during the past year with the 



