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Third supplemental appropriation f o r 1951. Estimates of additional requirements for fiscal year 1951 were set forth in Staff Papers AM: 198/56, 198/57, 19/58, The President transmitted estimates f o r AEX amounting t o $5l,3OO,OOO t o the Congress on April 2, and supporting justif i cations were submitted tothe Congress on the following day. Hearings on 1952 budget. Meetings with members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee t o brief them on the scope, direction, and trends of major AM: programs s t a r t e d February 21, were continued on March 5, and concluded March 12. which the Senators could evaluate the 1952 M g e t estimates. ings on the 1952 appropriation w e r e held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on March 1 4 and 15. the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, March 7 a d 12, t o discuss budget "he aim wasto provide background against AXC representatives met with members of
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Commission Review of Finance Work The Controller and the branch chiefs of t h e Division of Finance met with the Commission on W c h 21 t o discuss the work of the Division. The interchange of comment w a s stimulating and helpful. expressed a desire t o discuss the hual Financial Report later. Production cost accounting. Following the Finance meeting with the Commission, the General Wager transmitted memoranda t o Managers of Operations concerned with production, expressing the desire of the Commission t o proceed with developing a production cost system and stating that Finance people should be authorized t o have access t o quantitative data, except stockpile, where necessary. mew accounting reports. The first monthly highlight financial were put into effect but without changing its basic form. Many suggestions from recipients of the new report Progress continued on the revision of the budget and reporting by offices, functions, type, and use s t a t u s as of June 30, 1950, was drafted t o supplement the Controller's Annud Financial Report. A detailed report an investment i n plant and equipment Insurance negotiations during the month chiefly concerned du Pont, Proctor and Gamble, Dow Chemical, and McGraw Construction. Washington representatives visited offices of Traveler's Insurance t o audit claims arising a t the Hanford project under the General Electric contract and visited Santa Fe to assist in settlement of approximately 80 propertydamage claims resulting from the Las Vegas tests. Representatives of the Accounting Systems and Internd. Auditing Branches started the audit of source and fissionable materials accountabil it y procedures for the calendar year 1950. Reports were completed on a special investigation of security a t SFOO, inspections of procurement practices of the Dayton Area Office and of a contractor, and special investigations at OR00 and SROO. Improved building services. A meeting w a s held with representatives of Public Building Service t o determine what could be done t o improve efficiency of service t o AM: buildings. Property and supply. A conference on property and supply
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management was held i n Washington t ions offices were represented. (0 the week of March 5 , 1951. A l l operaA statement giving the background on the Hanford purchase i n 1948 of 358 war-surplus trucks from Green Brothers inLos Angeles was prepared. AEc's action i n the purchase appears t o have been entirely justified. .Real estate. Work c,ontinued on acquiring real estate for the Savannah River project, f o r project "A," fora radio station site near Las Vegas, the southern end of the Hanford project. authority t o dispose of a portion of the at Hanford were finally successful. f o r the Raw Materials Laboratory, and for roads and a bridge at The year-long efforts t o get Ringold Power Distribution Line I Comic at i,on s. Plans were under facilities for the testing site near Las way f o r permanent. telephone Vegas and for the Savannah River Transportation. A t the request of the Civil Aeronautics Board that AM= designate a representative t o handle its requests for new and additional air services, William L. Rice was designated. Records management. A preliminary manual on the operation of records centers developed by the SFOO w a s (listributed t o all operations offices for review and comment. J o i n t Conference on Document Control at Chicago, March 1 5 and 16. Progress Reports and Statistics AEC records officers participated i n the Progress reporting. The Commission received the first status report on atomic energy activities of the Department of Defense from MLC. The procedure was established f o r AM: staff participation i n preparing the new monthly report by MLC t o the Secretary of Defense on AM: activiContract reporting. The AM: report t o GSA on prime contract awards from October t o December 1950 was accompanied by a letter pointing out that any AEC report dealing only with prime contracts was inadequate and possibly misleading, since small business received more than 30 percent of the t a t a l dollar value of subcontract awards during the 18 months ended December 31, 1950, while only4 percent of the prime-contract total went t o small business.