CHIEF FORESTER, FOREST SERVICE. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, DEAR SIR: In response to telegraphic request authority is hereby given to print elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office 500 books Form D-1-F-12-13-14, containing meals and lodging tickets at a cost of not to exceed $125, and 500 pads Form D-1-F-9, containing horse contracts, at a cost of not to exceed $40, which you state are urgently needed for immediate use in the field in connection with forest fires. It is suggested, however, that hereafter a sufficient supply of these forms be printed at the Government Printing Office. Respectfully, REED SMOOT, Chairman. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MY DEAR SENATOR: In compliance with the request contained in your letter dated March 12, concerning the provisions of section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved March 1, 1919. I have directed that the information desired by your committee be compiled at the earliest practicable date, and a statement covering the series of questions presented will be submitted to you as soon as this can be done. Very truly, yours, Hon. MARCUS A. SMITH, Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. E. F. SWEET, Acting Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, MY DEAR SENATOR: In further reply to your letter of March 12, and in compliance with section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixtyfifth Congress, approved March 1, 1919, I am transmitting herewith one copy each of 13 publications of the Department of Commerce, the character of some of which might be construed to come within the designation " journal, magazine, periodical, or other similar publication," mentioned in paragraph 2 of the section referred to above and in connection with each publication there is submitted a detailed report in the form of answers, furnished by the various issuing bureaus of the department, to the 15 specific inquiries presented by your committee. The publications transmitted herewith are: List of Publications of the Department Available for Distribution. (Annual.) List of Publications Issued by the Department. (Monthly supplement to annual list.) Circular of Information Concerning Census Publications, 1790-1916. (Latest issue, Jan. 1, 1917; next preceding issue, August, 1914.) Coast and Geodetic Survey Bulletin. (Monthly.) Fisheries Service Bulletin. (Monthly.) Catalogue of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Publications. (Issued irregularly; about once a year.) List of Publications of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce for Sale by Superintendent of Documents. (Issued irregularly; about once a year.) 62 Lighthouse Service Bulletin. (Monthly.) Radio Service Bulletin. (Monthly.) Conference on Weights and Measures of the United States. (Annual.) List of Publications of the Bureau of Standards. (Biennial.) Supplement to Biennial List of Publications of the Bureau of Standards. (Quarterly.) Steamboat-Inspection Service Bulletin. (Monthly.) It is respectfully requested that the Joint Committee on Printing, under its authority, authorize the continuance of such of these publications as it may determine requires specific authorization under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1919. The publication work of the department is necessarily an essential part of the functions of the department, and I believe that the publications listed herein. serve a useful purpose, as explained in detail in the accompanying statements. I trust that your committee also will take this viewpoint. In reference to your inquiry in regard to paragraph 1, the department will gladly give this matter constant attention, with a view to cooperating with your committee in its commendable effort to prevent neglect, delay, duplication, or waste in the public printing and binding and the distribution of Government publications. In this connection, I desire to mention that, under authority of section 4 of Public Act No. 174, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved June 20, 1918, the general distribution of the 22 different light and buoy lists issued by the Bureau of Lighthouses of this department has been put on a sales basis, beginning January 1, 1919. The total free mailing-list distribution of these publications is now 8,660 (an average of less than 400 copies for each of the 22 lists), as compared with 47,298 under the former policy of free distribution. In reference to paragraph 3, you are advised that all of the printing and binding for the department is done at the Government Printing Office. There have been isolated cases in the past where a field service of a bureau of the department has had some small urgent printing job done at the field station, but it is not anticipated that there will be occasion in the future to request authority to have any printing, however insignificant in amount, done elsewhere than at the Government. Printing Office. MY DEAR SENATOR: In compliance with the request contained in paragraph 6 of your letter of April 16, 1919, concerning the provisions of section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved March 1, 1919, you are advised that there is in the office of the superintendent of the fourteenth lighthouse district, Cincinnati, Ohio, a small hand press, with some type and other equipment, which has not been used for about eight years, and is not intended for use in the future. The press was second hand when bought, and is 25 years old. It is doubtful if the whole outfit would sell for $25. Very truly, yours, WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, Secretary. Hon. MARCUS A. SMITH, Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. PERIODICALS. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 1. Name of publication: List of Publications. 2. How often issued: Annually. 3. Issuing bureau: Office of the Secretary (Division of Publications). 4. Authority for publication, stating whether specifically authorized by Congress (cite authority): Thirty-second Statutes at Large, chapter 552, section 3, page 826; not specifically authorized; publication discretionary with the Secretary. 5. Date of first issue: 1908. 6. Where printed: Government Printing Office. 7. Number of copies of last issue printed: 5,000. 8. How distributed: For official use, 150 copies; for free public distribution, 4,850 copies; by subscriptions, no copies. 9. Annual receipts from subscriptions, if any: None. 10. Annual expense of printing and issuing: Actual amount, $394.58. 11. Annual cost of preparing publication for printing, including salaries, wages, materials, and other expenses properly chargeable to editorial and other work in connection with its preparation, other than that reported under preceding item: No record. 12. Total annual cost of publication, including the two preceding items: No record. 13. If publication is not printed at Government Printing Office, is it urgent or necessary to have it done "elsewhere than in the District of Columbia for the exclusive use of any field service outside of said District," as provided for in paragraph 3 of section 11? If so, submit reasons and recommendations therefor: Printed at Government Printing Office. 14. Is publication a duplication, in whole or in part, of any other Government publication, or does it relate to work which some other branch of the Governntent service has undertaken or is authorized by law to perform? If so, state reasons therefor: The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce issues a small pamphlet showing a certain number of that bureau's publications, but this does not give complete data; the Bureau of Standards issues biennially (with quarterly supplements) a list of publications of that bureau; the Bureau of the Census issued in August, 1914, revised and reissued January, 1917), a circular of information concerning the publications of that bureau: the Superintendent of Documents issues price lists, noting some of the department's publications. The lists published separately by these bureaus are intended for a more liberal distribution in commer cial and scientific fields to which they relate than is contemplated by the department for its complete list of publication work. 15. Submit reasons and recommendations, if any, for continuance of publication until the close of the next regular session of Congress, if not specifically authorized by Congress: Continuance of publication recommended. This pamphlet serves a useful purpose, as the announcements therein enable those interested to learn what reports are printed by the department, in most cases the applicants being directed to the Superintendent of Documents, who maintains copies for sale. Thus the free distribution of the department's reports is reduced and the Government reimbursed to a considerable extent by receipts from copies sold. During 1918 receipts by the Superintendent of Documents from the sales of the department's publications amounted to $53,187.78. MONTHLY LIST OF DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS. 1. Name of publication: Monthly List of Publications. 2. How often issued: Monthly. 3. Issuing bureau: Office of the Secretary (Division of Publications). 4. Authority for publication, stating whether specifically authorized by Congress (cite authority): Thirty-second Statutes at Large, chapter 552, section 3, page 826; not specifically authorized; publication discretionary with the Secretary. 5. Date of first issue: July, 1914. 6. Where printed: Government Printing Office. 7. Number of copies of last issue printed: 5,000. 8. How distributed: For official use, 150 copies; for free public distribution, 4,850 copies; by subscriptions, no copies. 9. Annual receipts from subscriptions, if any: None. 10. Annual expense of printing and issuing: Actual amount, $252.90. 11. Annual cost of preparing publication for printing, including salaries, wages, materials, and other expenses properly chargeable to editorial and other work in connection with its preparation, other than that reported under preceding item: No record. 12. Total annual cost of publication, including the two preceding items: No record. 13. If publication is not printed at the Government Printing Office, is it "urgent or necessary to have it done "elsewhere than in the District of Columbia for the exclusive use of any field service outside of said District," as provided for in paragraph 3 of section 11? If so, submit reasons and recommendations therefor: Printed at the Government Printing Office. 14. Is publication a duplication, in whole or in part, of any other Government publication, or does it relate to work which some other branch of the Government service has undertaken or is authorized by law to perform? If so, state reasons therefor: This publication is a monthly supplement to the list printed annually. See answer to question 14 under List of Publications. 15. Submit reasons and recommendations, if any, for continuance of publication until the close of the next regular session of Congress, 127641-19-5 |