THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1949 69335 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1949 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1948 JK 1551 A 3. 1949-50 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JOHN TABER, New York, Chairman RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota LOWELL STOCKMAN, Oregon JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas CHARLES R. ROBERTSON, North Dakota FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY KARL STEFAN, Nebraska, Chairman WALT HORAN, Washington IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio JOHN J. ROONEY, New York CORHAL D. ORESCAN, Executive Secretary to Subcommittee II UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1949 HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. KARL STEFAN (CHAIRMAN), WALT HORAN, IVOR D. FENTON, CLIFF' CLEVENGER, JOHN J. ROONEY, J. VAUGHAN GARY, AND THOMAS J. O'BRIEN, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1949, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1947. DATA ON OBLIGATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE JUDICIARY Mr. STEFAN. This morning we are holding hearings on the judiciary appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1949. We will insert in the record pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 4A of the justifications. (The matter referred to is as follows :) Obligational authority related to obligations and expenditures (excluding trust accounts) Comparative summary of appropriations and appropriation estimates (excluding trust accounts) 1947 appropriations (including supplementals). 1948 budget estimates (including amendments and recommended supplementals)‒‒‒‒‒. 1948 appropriations in annual act_. 1948 appropriations in supplemental act__ Net difference, 1949 over 1948: $17,935, 218 21, 030, 320 19, 782, 165 370,000 20, 152, 165 Total appropriations for 1948_. 1 Fee officers included in number of positions but impracticable to show average employment for this class of officers. Summary by object of expenditure (excluding personal services) STATEMENTS OF HON. HUGO L. BLACK, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT; HON. HAROLD H. BURTON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT; THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, MARSHAL; HELEN NEWMAN, LIBRARIAN; PAUL L. KELLEY, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MARY F. RACIOPPI, SECRETARY TO MARSHAL; AND H. CHARLES HALLAM, ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN Mr. STEFAN. We will take up first the items for the United States Supreme Court, and we have present with us Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Burton, Mr. Waggaman, marshal, and members of the staff. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS, UNITED STATES We will put in the record at this point pages 5 and 6 of the justifications which summarize the requirements for the Supreme Court for fiscal year 1949. |