HEARING BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF MESSRS. SYDNEY ANDERSON (CHAIRMAN), WALTER W. MAGEE, CHARLES R. DAVIS, Minnesota. LOUIS C. CRAMTON, Michigan. PATRICK H. KELLEY, Michigan. EDWARD H. WASON, New Hampshire. WALTER W. MAGEE, New York. GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, Massachusetts. BURTON L. FRENCH, Idaho. MILTON W. SHREYE, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, Wisconsin. JAMES W. HUSTED, New York. ELIJAH C. HUTCHINSON, New Jersey. HENRY Z. OSBORNE, California. FRANK MURPHY, Ohio. JOSEPH W. BYRNS, Tennessee. THOMAS UPTON SISSON, Mississippi. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, Texas. JAMES A. GALLIVAN, Massachusetts. JAMES F. BYRNES, South Carolina. BEN JOHNSON, Kentucky. CHARLES D. CARTER, Oklahoma. HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE (MESSRS. SYD- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1922. STATEMENT OF MR. W. A. JUMP, BUDGET OFFICER AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. STATEMENT REGARDING FISCAL AFFAIRS OF DEPARTMENT. Mr. ANDERSON. We will take up the office of the Secretary, on page 2 of the Book of Estimates, and Mr. Jump, who is the Budget officer of the department, will make a preliminary statement in respect to the items in the bill. Mr. JUMP. Mr. Chairman, my remarks will be very brief. Before proceeding to the detailed estimates I would like to submit a statement which the Secretary, knowing the interest of this committee in the manner in which the affairs of the Department of Agriculture are conducted generally, asked me to present to you this morning. This is an excerpt from the Secretary's annual report for the last fiscal year, which was sent to the printer yesterday and which will be released, of course, in the usual manner when the regular session of Congress convenes. The statement deals with the reserves which were set up from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1922 and indicates typical instances of some of the economies which have been effected in the department. I shall be glad to read it, or I will present it for the record, whichever you prefer. Mr. BUCHANAN. It will be satisfactory to me to have it inserted. Mr. ANDERSON. Without objection, it will be inserted in the record. STATEMENT FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1922. ECONOMIES EFFECTED IN THE DEPARTMENT. In the administration of the work during the fiscal year the urgent necessity for economy in governmental expenditures has at all times been kept in mind by the officers and employees of the department. In conformity with the plan established by the Bureau of the Budget, reserves amounting to $1.406,984 were set up against the various annual appropriations of the department. 516301 |