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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1955

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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 8680

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 1955, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1954

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

GUY CORDON, Oregon, Chairman

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine HENRY C. DWORSHAK, Idaho

CARL HAYDEN, Arizona
PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada
DENNIS CHAVEZ, New Mexico
ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana
HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington

STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire, Chairman Ex Officio

WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF, Clerk to Subcommittee

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR

1955

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954

UNITED STATES SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room F-81, the Capitol, Hon. Guy Cordon (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Cordon, Young, Smith, Dworshak, Hayden, McCarran, Ellender, and Magnuson,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

STATEMENTS OF HON. DOUGLAS MCKAY, SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR; HON RALPH A. TUDOR, UNDER SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR; D. OTIS BEASLEY, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY; RAYMOND DAVIS, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE
SECRETARY; LARRY SMYTH, ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY;
AND SIDNEY D. LARSON, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF BUDGET
AND FINANCE

SCOPE OF HEARING

Senator CORDON. The subcommittee will come to order.

We are glad to have you with us this morning, Mr. Secretary, and presently I know the committee is going to be interested in your presentation. Before we take up the bill I would like to have the record indicate something of the nature of the problem that is before the committee.

The funds carried in this bill are for the activities of the Department of the Interior, the Virgin Islands Corporation, and the Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review.

BUDGET ESTIMATES

For these purposes the budget estimates total $427,633,110, which includes $5,514,680 submitted in Senate Document 113. The bill as passed by the House totals $364,337,989-a reduction of over 13 percent of the budget estimates considered by the House.

For the current fiscal year appropriations for these purposes totaled $434,631,050. It will be noted that the total estimates for fiscal year 1955 reflect a reduction of $6,997,940 below the appropriations for the current fiscal year.

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SUMMARY TABLE OF APPROPRIATIONS

Secretary McKay, we are glad to have you and the members of your staff with us today. Before you proceed with your statement I would like to insert in the record a summary table of appropriations for the Department of the Interior and the Virgin Islands Corporation for fiscal years 1950 through 1954, the budget estimates for fiscal year 1955, and the House allowances in H. R. 8680. I think the members of the committee will be interested in the totals, so I will read them into the record at this point:

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