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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASH-INGTON2
8-39297 /ag
JAN 2 0 194 4
The smarabia I20*
The Secretary of the Interiare
4 dear Lr. Senttarys
There bas been considered letter dated Jam y 4, 1944 froa the
ActngU Deputy Administrator, Solid Fve2a Adaiatratica for Wars,
Depatment at the Intertars as ftawas
Setion 601, Title VI, of the ftonm Act (Jane 30, 2932, 47
Stat. 417) povides that too departmate or cattss of the Gvemmat
opSratig Wder separate appropisausI an eMter into an agaeinOt
for the prerage of prely pe anal services tV thw pesemal of
me deparnent or office for the prternme of the wA of the other
for which relauremeat or transfer of appreopriatlon ma be aede, not
to sseed the regular salarIs and auttsd espenes if ay of the
personnel lsnad, coverlag the period involved. It bas been hed by
the comptrolla Gewnral (A 591, 13 0. 0. 234, 237) that to sveh eas
these ahould be a written order or agreanat In Sa signed br the
responsible administrative officer of each of the doetmets or
atftnes eneerned, and sed agrvmat sedAd be ataohed to the reqast
for transfer of approprstions or venher for re abreua for fillng
in the aft ie of the Coptalr General,
For the purpose of flannotg the necessary aminisattw and
other epenea of the Government incident to the taking eer of the
oal mis for Government operation on May 1, 193# an a)Uotamt of
$10,000,000 wan made to the Seetary of the luteria ftrm the
Bsrgency Funi for the Preaident (is Exhibit 7 attahed). Originafl,
the work incident to the taking over of the aias was oeared out by
the staffs of the Solid Fuels Administration for War and the Bitaninez
coal Division* The latter has sincs been liquidated. A21otnts
made by the Searetary trot the $20,000,000 fund to each of thme unie
of the Department to supplement, wherse ncessitated by the w work,
funds already available to them.
alater it wes detemined to 1 adminsitrativwly sona to areate a
separate agency within the Department to earzy an the fedmeal opeation
of the alma an there was anuarding]y created on July 1 1943, the
Coal mines Admiaistration. It was intended, howevers that the Coa
m Ines Administration also should maba use of ertain services of the
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