Washington, D. C. consumers' price index for moderate-income families-Con. Mr. BATES. Are there any other questions? Senator Cain, do you have any questions to ask? Senator CAIN. No, sir. Mr. BATES. Mr. Smith? Mr. SMITH. No questions. Mr. BATES. Mr. Huff, we are very grateful to you for coming here today; and we will adjourn until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Is that satisfactory, Senator Cain? Senator CAIN. I would suggest 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. We will adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. (Thereupon, at 4:35 p. m., an adjournment was taken until 10 a. m., Thursday, March 20, 1947.) (Statement later received for the record from the Board of Public Welfare covering a 10-year period.) BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, APPROPRIATIONS AND PERSONNEL SUMMARY, 1937-46 Office of the Director 1938: Hospital Permit Bureau transferred to Health Department. 1940-42: Added positions for Child Care Services. 1944: Child-care positions transferred to Child Care Services. 1945: Three additional clerks. 1946: One additional statistical clerk, three clerks transferred from other appropriation. 1937-43: All salaries carried under Office of the Director. 1944: Salaries transferred from Office of the Director. 1945: Allowance for increase in board rates for children in foster care. 1946: Transfer of 17 positions to Public Assistance and Children's Services. 1943: Increased allowance for food and supplies. 1944: Increase due primarily to overtime pay. 1945: Moved to larger quarters, requiring added personnel. 1939: Legislative ceilings were established, limiting grants to $24 per month for one person (or $30 if receiving old age assistance or aid to the blind) and $6 for each additional person; and staff reduced to keep administrative cost within 10 percent of expenditures for grants. 1940-41: Staff increased to certify cases for WPA, and to distribute surplus commodities. 1944-45: Staff reduced to numbers needed for reduced case load. Appropriation for grants reduced for same reasons. 1946: Includes 17 positions transferred from Child Care and 8 percent increase in assistance to provide a more nearly adequate grant per case. This item provides for a per diem payment by the District of Columbia to the Federal Security Agency for the care of District patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital. There has been an increase in numbers from 3,458 in 1937, to 4,565 in 1946. 1937-43: Salaries included under Office of the Director. 1944: Salaries transferred to this appropriation, allowance for travel costs increased from $12,000 to $33,000 to permit the prompt removal of nonresident insane to their places of residence. 1946: Travel cost reduced by reducing average cost per person deported. The small increases here are due to the Pay Act increase. $7,935 8, 225 9,650 9, 710 10, 245 Year 1941: Increase was due to increase in personnel and other increases in mainte nance, equipment, and supplies, resulting from public criticism dating from Mrs. Roosevelt's visit in January 1940. 1943: Increase due to larger personnel increase. WPA workers had been assigned since 1941 to dining room and kitchen. They were withdrawn and were replaced in 1943. 1944: This increase was due largely to general reclassification of any lowpaid positions. 1945-46: Decreases due to drafting of some positions, and positions left vacant account of lower population. The increase in 1946 was due to Pay Act increase. The decrease in 1939 was due to decreased requirement. Year National Library for the Blind Year Personnel Amount appropriated $5,000 1942. 5.000 1943. 5.000 1944. 5,000 1945. 5,000 1946. Year Personnel Amount appropriated $5,000 5,000 5,000 7,500 7,500 The increase in 1945 was granted in response to the appeal to Congress by the Library. 1941: New personnel, transfer of teachers from Board of Education to the Board of Public Welfare. 1943: Assistant Superintendent added and position reclassified. 1944: Overtime provided by congressional action. 1945: Additional positions to give better supervision to children. 1946: Number of positions decreased because of inability to recruit personnel under war conditions. 1 Carried under "Public assistance, but not named separately. Later years included in assistance appropriation either by language of act or carried for summary purposes. 1943: Due to new positions, $4,000 for boiler house. 1944: Increase due to new positions and overtime and repairs. 1945: Increase due to pay act. 1946: New positions. The new positions in 1943, 1944, and 1946 were to give better supervision to the children. |