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$12,670,000. In our financing plan $9.8 million will be financed in fiscal 1964 and 1965, so that we will require $2,870,000 in cash in 1963. We have that in our appropriation language as part of our carry

over money.

Mr. NATCHER. Any questions?

Mr. WILSON. No questions.

Mr. NATCHER. Dr. Schultz, you certainly have made a fine presentation not only in connection with District of Columbia General but all the other things we questioned you about.

Dr. SCHULTZ. Thank you.

MECHANICAL AND UTILITY SERVICE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GENERAL HOSPITAL

Mr. NATCHER. We will now hear from the Department of Buildings and Grounds on the item of $870,000 for "Mechanical and utility service, District of Columbia General Hospital."

Mr. ENGLE. We consider that to be a part of the consolidation project. It is a direct outgrowth of a preliminary study approved in 1958. At that time the concern was the exterior utilities of the hospital and a study was made. Later the consolidation program was studied. Ordinarily the utility project would be a part of the consolidation project but inasmuch as the utility project was started first it has maintained its identity as a separate project.

You will note on page 22-115 it is divided in two parts. The estimated cost is $2,110,000, of which $870,000 is requested in this budget and $1,240,000 is to be requested at some later date for the utilities at the outlying portions of the hospital to serve the other buildings that are not a part of the consolidation project.

Mr. NATCHER. At this point in the record I would like for you to amplify your statement in regard to the $870,000. Tell us just how that will be expended.

Mr. ENGLE. Yes. The $870,000 can be broken down:

Water and sewer, $200,000; steam distribution, $40,000; renovation of the boiler plant including replacement of a portion of the existing ones, $400,000; and electrical distribution, $230,000. The rest of the cost of renovating the boiler plant is included in the $11 million. Therefore, a portion of the cost of renovating the plant is chargeable. to the consolidation and the other portion to the utility project.

Mr. NATCHER. Dr. Heath, do you have any additional statements to make to the committee?

Dr. HEATH. No, except we are quite pleased with our hearings and the interest the committee has shown in the items as we have presented them. The committee has given us adequate opportunity to present the items in the budget and we appreciate all the courtesis shown to us.

Mr. NATCHER. We want to thank you, Dr. Heath and the members of your staff, for an excellent presentation. That applies to you. Dr. Schultz and Dr. Weiss and all you ladies and gentlemen who have presented the request for the Department of Public Health, and certainly all these statements apply to the District Commissioners for being so patient and being present and helping us with these hearings. The committee will adjourn until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

MONDAY, MAY 21, 1962.

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC

WITNESSES

H. L. AITKEN, DIRECTOR

THOMAS F. AIRIS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR

WILLIAM LISSEK, CHIEF, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GEORGE M. BOYNTON, ASSISTANT CHIEF, OFFICE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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* Mr. NATCHER. This morning we will consider the appropriation for "Highways and traffic." There are three activities in this appropriation; namely, Department of Highways and Traffic, Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Motor Vehicle Parking Agency. A total of $11,540,200 is requested for fiscal year 1963, which is an increase of $666,030.

At this point in the record we shall insert the appropriation summary and analysis by activities from the justifications. (The material referred to follows:)

Appropriation summary

1961 appropriation (including all approved supplementals) –

1962 appropriation___

Transfer from "Personal services, wage-scale employees”

Total 1962 appropriation_.

Decreases_.

Base for 1963_

Increases__

Total estimate for 1963_

$10, 152, 100

10, 818, 700 85,400

10, 904, 100

29, 930

10, 874, 170 666, 030

11, 540, 200

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BUDGET REQUEST FOR HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC

Mr. NATCHER. At this time we take up the Department of Highways and Traffic. The sum of $9,683,600 is requested for highways and traffic, fiscal year 1963. This is an increase of $504,800. We shall insert the appropriation summary, the analyses by activity and funds, and justification of transfers between subactivities from the justifications as set forth on 24-3 and 24-4.

(The pages follow :)

HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC

Activity summary

1961 allocation___

1962 allocation_.

Transfer from "Personal services, wage-scale employees"

Total 1962 allocation____

Decreases_.

Base for 1963_

Increases--

Total estimate for 1963.

$8, 596, 500

9, 119, 200 85, 400

9, 204, 600 25, 800

9, 178, 800 504, 800

9, 683, 600

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An internal reorganization of the activity resulted in the transfer of the functions of utility coordination and control to the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance, subactivity 3. It is requested that $9,656 be transferred from the Bureau of Design, Engineering, and Research, subactivity 2, to cover the cost of personal services and benefits for the Division Chief, previously assigned to the Bureau of Design, Engineering, and Research.

For purposes of administrative control it is requested that $2,000 allotted to object 2451, "Printing and reproduction," in the Bureau of Design, Engineering. and Research, subactivity 2, and $1,000 allotted to object 2219, "Transportation of things," in the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance, subactivity 3, be transferred to the Office of Business Administration, subactivity 1.

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The EAM machine punch card, tabulation, recording unit, assigned to the surveys and analysis section of the investigation, surveys, research and inventory division of subactivity 4, is requested to be transferred to subactivity 1, Office of Business Administration. This transfer does not involve operating expense funds as the six positions to be transferred are financed from capital outlay funds partially reimbursed by the Bureau of Public Roads.

In view of the desire by the Department to perform as many operations as possible by automatic data processing it is felt that the transfer of this function to the Office of Business Administration will centralize all machine operations in one subactivity.

Mr. NATCHER. Mr. Aitken, it is always a pleasure to have you and the members of your staff appear before our committee. We will be pleased to hear you at this time.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR

Mr. AITKEN. Thank you, sir. It is our pleasure to be here this morning. I have a statement, Mr. Chairman, I would like to file. Mr. NATCHER. It will be inserted in the record at this point. (The prepared statement of Mr. Aitken follows:)

STATEMENT OF HAROLD L. AITKEN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

It is our pleasure to appear before your subcommittee. During the course of our discussion, we propose to report on our activities during the past year, and we will attempt to answer your questions with reference to appropriation requests for fiscal year 1963.

With your indulgence, I propose to first discuss the funds requested for "Operations," and defer comments with reference to "Major capital outlay" until we reach that part of the hearings.

For fiscal year 1962, the Congress appropriated a total of $9,204,600 for operations. For fiscal year 1963, we are requesting a total of $9,683,600, of which $4,462,000 is from the highway fund, $3,784,600 from the general fund, and $1.437,000 from the Motor Vehicle Parking Agency account. Approximately $88,000 of this increase is for mandatory increases, and the remainder is for the following principal purposes:

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The Department of Highways and Traffic now has a total of approximately 1.500 positions, which include approximately 670 for capital outlay and the remainder are employed for administrative and regular operations.

At the time we appeared before this subcommittee about 1 year ago, our streets were suffering from the effects of a severe winter, with numerous periods of freezing and thawing which caused substantial damage. With the approval of this subcommittee and our subcommittee in the Senate, $1,150,000 was transferred from major capital outlay for betterments on existing streets. This money was used for replacement of additional asphalt surfaces and, for the first time, we used a relatively thin, one-half inch thickness, bituminous plant mixture to cover some of our old pavements.

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