SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1949 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1949 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 4046 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO SUPPLY TIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END- 90561 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1949 SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1949 The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in the Senate Appropriations Committee Room, the Capitol, Hon. Kenneth Mc- Present: Senators McKellar, Hayden, Maybank, Ellender, Mc- Clellan, Robertson, Gurney, Ferguson and Cordon. The CHAIRMAN. We will come to order, gentlemen. We will hear at this time from Mr. Hollis,of the Public Health FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE STATEMENTS OF MARK HOLLIS, ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL, Mr. HOLLIS. Mr. Chairman, I am appearing in support of the item that appears on page 11 of House Document 93, or page 5, of the bill The CHAIRMAN. All right, sir. The letter of request and the justi- DEAR SENATOR MCKELLAR: The House has passed the second deficiency bill- H. R. 4046-in which the Federal Security Agency had several items up for consideration. One of these, "Salaries and expenses, Public Health Service," 1 |