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however, that at the present time work under these items is being con- 
ducted under a cash withdrawal limitation appreciably smaller than 
the 1934 appropriations, so that the figures for the fiscal year 1935 
are not actually as unfavorable as they appear at first glance. The 
1935 appropriations are based on the restoration of 5 percent of all 
salaries, or one third of the present 15 percent pay deduction. Just 
what will be done along this line cannot, of course, be determined 
until the passage of the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill, 
which contains legislative provisions on this subject. 
Despite certain curtailments which will be necessitated by re- 
duced appropriations, it is felt that the creation of the Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine offers distinct advanteges to the 
units included therein, inasmuch as it sets up a logical organiza- 
tion of hitherto separated activities dealing with the control of 
insect pests and plant diseascs and the administration of quarantines 
based thereon. The hearty cooperation of all concerned in working 
out the problems involved in the early days of the functioning of 
this new Bureau will go far toward insuring its successful operation. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
Special P WA allotment granted for emergency work on codling- 


moth control and spray residues.--The P W A has allotted to the 
Department the sum of $203,215 for a special investigation of the 
emergency work on codling-moth control and other phases of the spray- 
residue problem. Of this amount, $103,215 is being allotted to the 
Fruit Insects Division of this Bureau, to be used for studies of 
nonmetallic insecticide materials and other methods of control which 
do not involve the presence of poisonous residues. The funds have 
been tentatively distributed as follows: 
1. Field tests of organic spray materials . .. . $60,000 
The work will be conducted at 3 regional 
laboratories apart from the regular field 
stations of the Division. One of these 
will be located in the Northwest, one in 
the Middle West, and one in the East. 
2. Laboratory testing of organic materials ... 6,000 
This work is to be carried on at Bureau 
field stations at Vincennes, Ind., and 
Takoma Park, Md. 
3. Field experiments with orchard sanitation .. 6 ,000 
. The location of this work has not yet been 
determined. 
