fa 
sects Affecting Man and Animals; those concerned with insects affeet— 
ing grains, to Cereal and Forage Insects; those concerned with in- 
sects affecting fruits, to Fruit Insects; those concerned with. in- 
sects affecting wood products, to Forest Insects; and those concerned 
with insects attacking peas, beans, and tobacco, to Truck Crop and 
Garden Insects. The general direction and planning cf the work for 
some activities have already been transferred and all reassignments 
will be effective prior to the active season. Because of E. A. Back'¢ 
special interest in the control of household insects, he will be as+ 
Signed to the Division of Insects Affecting Man and Animale and will 
continue in this phase of the work, giving particular attenticn to 
investigations. 
US# OF OFFICT&L AUTOMOBILES 
Despite instructions issued trom time to time, there still seems 
to be uncertainty in some quarters concerning the uses which may and 
may not be made of officiai automobiles. All employees, of course, 
understand that it is proper to use a Government car for purely of- 
ficial purposes and improper to employ it for purely personal uses. 
The difficulty see 
particulerly those involving the use of automcbiles for trensporting 
an employee from his residence to his post of cuty. 
It should be saic in the beginning tnat permission for such use 
can be obtained only from Wa shingtc on. No fieid-station head is au- 
thorized to make such use of a car pelt or to pormit any employee 
to do so without the express approval of the Chief of Bureau. In 
cases involving Pose SRE ee rrying cars the approval of the Secretary 
of Agriculture is necess 
In considering the granting of approval the first thing to be 
consicered is the interest of the Government. If an official station 
lacks adequate garage facilities and an eaployee is willing tu house 
a car in his own geruge without expense to the Government, there is 
no objection to his using the car between his home and his official ~ 
station morning and night. Such a course is clearly dictated by the 
necessity of protecting a car from theft or vandalism. However, 
when such a situation exists it does not afford justification for 
the employee who has received such autiiority to pick up and trans- 
port to and from the officiel station other members of the staff. 
Likewise, the necessity of picking up mail from the post office does 
not in itself warrant the use of an official car between home and 
Station since there is no reason why an employee should uot ston by 
the post office in his own car on his wey to work in the morning; 
neither doas it justify the use of an official cer to take several 
members of the staff to their homes or to the dovn-touwa section for 
ms to be in the interpretation cf border-—lines cases, 
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