JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1948
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80th Congressl
2d Session J
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION
OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 601 OF THE REVENUE ACT OF 1941
ON
FEDERAL PERSONNEL
MARCH-APRIL 1948
Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Reduction of
Nones6ential Federal Expenditures
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1948
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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION- OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1101 OF THE REVENUE ACT OF 1941
HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Senator from Virginia, Chairman
ROBERT L. DOLGIITON, Representative from North Carolina, Vice Chairman
SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WALTER F. GEORGE, Senator from Georgia JOHN TABER, Representative from Now York
--Vacancy HAROLD KNUTSON, Representative from Mfn-
KENNETII McKELLAR, Senator from Tennessee nesota
HUGH BUTLER, Senator from Nebraska DANIEL A. REED, Representative from New
STYLES BRIDGES, Senator from Now Hampshire York
RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTII, Representa-
tive from Massachusetts
CLARENCE CANNON, Representative from
Missouri
JOHN W. SNYDER, Secreiary of the Treasury
JAMES E. WEBB, Director oflhe Bureau ofthe Budytt
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FEDERAL PERSONNEL IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, APRIL 1948,
AND COMPARISON WITH MARCH 1948
(The following report is compiled from signed, official per-
sonnel reports by the various agencies and departments of the
Federal Government. Table I of the report shows personnel
employed inside continental United States, by agency. Table II
shows personnel employed outside continental United States,
by agency. Table III shows total personnel employed inside
and outside continental United States, by agency. Table IV
gives by agency the industrial workers employed by the Federal
Government. For purposes of comparison, figures for the
previous month are shown in adjoining columns.)
According to monthly personnel reports submitted to the Joint
Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures the
total Federal personnel for the month of April increased 19,559 from
the March total of 2,030,861 to the April total of 2,050,420. (See
table III.)
Exclusive of the National Military Establishment there was an
increase of 11,893 from the March total of 1,184,916 to the April
total of 1,196,809.
Total employment for the National Military Establishment showed
an increase of 7.,666 from the March figure of 845,945 to the April
figure of 853,611.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense increased 76 from the March
figure of 751 to the April figure of 827,
The Department of the Army reported an increase of 4,594 from the
March figure of 389,956 to the April figure of 394,550. Inside con-
tinental United States the Army increased its civilian personnel
4,169; outside continental United States it increased 425.
The Department of the Air Force increased civilian employment
1,974 from tale March figure of 115,331 to the April figure of 117,305.
Department of the Air Force figures cover civilian personnel within
the United States only.
The Department of the Navy reported an increase of 1,022 civilian
employees, from the March figure of 339,907 to the April figure of
340,929.
INSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
Federal personnel within. the United States increased 18,305 from
the March total of 1,801,989 to the April total of 1,820,294. (See
table I.)
Excluding the National Military Establishment, personnel inside
the United States increased 10,873 from the March total of 1,130,417
to the April total of 1,141,290.
Total civilian employment within the United States for the National
Military Establishment for April was 679,004, an increase of 7,432
over the March total of 671,572.
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FEDERAL PERSONNEL, iARCII-APRIL 1948
The Office of the Secretary of Defense increased 76 from the March
figure of 751 to the. April figure of 827.
Departnie'nt of the Army personnel within the United States in-
creased 4,169 from the (arch figure of 259,601 to the April figure of
263,770. g
The I. of the Air Force increased civilian personnel within
the United States by 1,974 from the March figure of 115,331 to the
April figure of 117,305.
The Navy Department within the United States increased its civil-
ian employment by 1,213 from the !larch figure of 295,889 to the
April figure of 297,102.
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
Outside continental. United States, Federal personnel increased 1,254
from the March total of 228,872 to the April total of 230,126. (See
table II.)
Ali increase of 1,020 was reported in the overseas civilian employ-
ment of the departnients and agencies other than the National Mili-
tary Establishment , from the `March total of 54,499 to the April total
of 55,519.
Total overseas civilian employment for the National Military Estab-
lisbnient increased 234 from the March total of 174,373 to the April
total of 174,607.
The Department of the Army reported an increase of 425 civilian
employees overseas, from the Marchfigure of 130,355 to the April
figure of 1:30,780.
The Department of the Navy decreased its overseas civilian em-
ployment 191 from the March figure of 44,018 to the April figure of
43,827.
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOY TENT
Total industrial employment during the month of April increased
5,857 from the March figure of 558,585 to the April total of 564,442.
(See table IV.)
The departments and agencies, exclusive of the National Military
Establishment, increased their industrial employment by 1,218 from
the March figure of 20,577 to the April figure of 21,795.
The National Military Establishment. increased its total industrial
employment 4,639 from the March total of 538,008 to the April total
of 542,647.
The Department of the Army increased its industrial employment
2,339 during the month of April from the March total of 233,144 to
the April total of 2:.35,483. Of this net increase 2,728 was within
continental United States, while outside continental United States
industrial employment of the Army Department decreased 389.
The Department of the Air Force industrial personnel inside United
States, reported separately this month for the first tune, increased
1,327 from the 'March total of 67.899 to the April figure of 69,226.
The Department of the Navy increased its industrial employment.
973 from the March figure of 2'36,965 to the April figure of 237,938.
The term "industrial employees" as used by the committee refers
to unskilled, semiskilled, skilled, and supervisory employees paid by
the t