Statements of Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, the Attorney General; Mr. Bert Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, Customs Division; Mr. Charles E. Stewart, Chief Clerk and General Administrative Agent; Mr. J. D. Harris, Administrative Accountant; Mr. Calvin Satterfield, Chief Division of Accounts; Mr. E. H. Kennard, Chief Bookkeeper; Mr. R. J. Mawhinney, Chief Clerk, Office Solicitor of the Treasury; Mr. Clarkson Sherwood, in Charge of Printing and Supplies, Department of Justice; and Mr. C. H. McGlasson, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons. STATEMENT OF MR. C. H. McGLASSON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS. ATLANTA (GA.) PENITENTIARY. FOR REAPPROPRIATION OF WORKING CAPITAL FUND. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. McGlasson, you are asking that the appropriation of $150,000 for a working capital fund for the penitentiary at Atlanta be reappropriated and made available for 1921. Mr. McGLASSON. Yes, sir; that has been done once before. It is really intended to be used as a revolving fund, but in the original act it was fixed by fiscal year. I do not know just what the purpose was. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any additions to that fund? Mr. McGLASSON. There have been additions and also expenses from the fund. MAKING OF COTTON DUCK FOR NAVY DEPARTMENT. The CHAIRMAN. What is the status of the fund at the present time? Mr. MCGLASSON. Well, I have tried to determine that, but I can not. We have been making cotton duck for the Navy Department, and there is some question as to how much the Navy Department should pay for the duck they have ordered or for what has been delivered. When they place a requisition with us for duck they submit also an estimate of the cost, which I understand is based upon the last price paid by the Navy for the same width and weight of duck, but that cost is way under what we can produce it for. Duck has gone up three or four times in cost from what the cost used to be, so I do not know just where we stand. The CHAIRMAN. Is cotton higher? Mr. McGLASSON. Not only is cotton higher, but the cotton yarns. are higher, and the finished product, cotton duck, is higher. 1557A |