REQUESTED INCREASE IN PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATION FUNDS

Mr. THOMAS. You jump from 16,381 jobs in 1956 to 17,998 in 1957, or an increase of 1,617 jobs; is that correct?

Mr. BASNIGHT. That is right.

Mr. THOMAS. Dollarwise you go from $164,024,638 to $202,618,000 in 1957; increase of $38,593,362; is that correct?

Mr. BASNIGHT. Yes, sir.

Mr. THOMAS. Let us take a look now at some of the general tables. I might add here that out of that total of $202,618,000, you have under other objects around $22 million. We will go into that in a few minutes, but your justification for that is extremely weak.

Let us go now to "Operation and regulation." We will insert in the record at this point page 211, which shows 15,845 jobs for fiscal 1956, against 17,447 for 1957, and a dollar cost of $115,228,666 for 1956 against $128,500,000 for 1957, an increase of roughly $13 million. We will insert both pages 210 and 211 at this point in the record. (The pages referred to follow :)

Mr. THOMAS. Give us a breakdown of the requested increase of $13,271,334. The statement on pages 213 and 214 of the justification will be placed in the record at this point. (The statement referred to follows:)