AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS

Senator ^Bible. What funds

are

available

^to

the Smithsonian other than those that

are

contained

in

the Appropriation Act

Mr ^Ripley. We ^{have grants and}

^gifts

^{which we}

^receive

^from

agencies and foundations, which we seek

in

order

to

maintain the high

level

of our research work. tw+™. V™t

Senator ^Bible.

^I

want you

^to

^supply

^it

^{for the}

^record,

^Doctoi,

^but

what do they

^total? . ,c f ^- 1o,i

Dr Ripley. I would say the

^total

grants,

in fiscal

year

1968, totaled

$4,900,000:

contracts totaled

$5,830,000.

So the

total

of those two

fig-

ures

is

over $10

million.

(The information ^follows

:)

GrantstotheSmithsonianInstitution.Fiscal

Year

196S Granting Agency

Actualamount

Department

^{ofDefense «.«,.->} _fi(K)

Ecologyof tropical delta forest ^*--'

s1;^,

Miscellaneous

"

^{^} _^

Total,

Department

^of Defense ⁴²

^

^41:'

National Aeronautics

and

Space Administration^:

Satellite tracking

program *

^{«» •}

Recovery of meteorites

mv.ikv

Total, National Aeronautics

and

Space Administration 4,647,204

NationalScience

Foundation ^

ana

Systematic

study—

Antarctic biology

g.

^<*"

Undergraduate

^research

program

^-*<«j™

Miscellaneous small grants ^~A-

y*

Total, National Science

Foundation

^{90. °74}

Department

^ofHealth, Education,

and Welfare

^:

Postdoctoral in education ^**>

£"

Pit vipers of the

world ""

^-uo

Total.

Department

^{of Health,Education,}

and Welfare

^45,117 09 240

Miscellaneous grants

o-^^u

Total ^{Grants, fiscal}year 1968 4,907.548

847

Contractsto theSmithsonialInnutrition, FiscalYear1968

ChranUngAgency ^. ,

.... , . Actualamount

National.\<ronautie and Space Administration:

Historical artifacts

$j^

672

Interdisciplinary

communications

"~~~~~~"

145 ₃₈₆

Argon measurements

on lunar material. __ZZ loo'non Analysis of lunar samples

"

61 ooo Mineralogic investigation of lunar samplesZ_Z_ I __Z___ 44 ooo

Badio

meteor researdi a«w*nXri

cope

-___"'

_I

_2m

_2r-

Miscellaneous

ZZ-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ _a&sS

Total, National Aeronautics and

Space

Administration _1,700,07$

Department

ofDefense

:

Development

of NCBr-315

and

:;04 ^<

r

^(.,.,

Migratory birds irj northeast Africa _{__ 75} 000

Pacific birds

program

_{318 460}

Mosquitoes in southeast Asia Z__Z__ZZ ₁₈₉

Disease In overseas areas ZZ__Z__ ^"

177040

Mammalian

ectoparasites in Venezuela Z ZZZ~ZZ_" 174!560

Miscellaneous Z Z^ 176 880

Total,

Department

of Defense _] 207 740

Atomic Energy Commission

:

Properties of pnycobiliprotein 27 13£

Radiation

and

plant metabolism Z_Z ^22'478

Total,

Atomic Energy Commission

_4<) gjja

Department

of Interior Miscellaneous gc 504

National ScienceFoundation:

Sorting and recording of collections

from

t;>;.a.r.p

123 104

Science information

exchange

_{2 350 000}

Miscellaneous _{Z Z _Z~} ^'

18

Total, National Science Foundation 2,494 014

National Capital Region:

Summer

In the Park-- 100 qqq

Miscellaneous _ZZZ 210'077

TotalContracts,fiscalyear 1968 o~830~7o9

BEXEFICIAKy OP ENDOWMENTS

Senator Bible. Are you the

beneficiary

of many endowments

that

are

left

by extremely wealthy

people,

or are you remembered

in ^'

of people who

die

and _{leave big}

estates?

Dr. Ripley, Very seldom. Unfortunately,

wre

don't have any alumni.

We have only the occasional beq

nest

or

gift.

However, our present investments which are

the result

of

these sorts

of

gifts

have a market value of about $32

million, as I recall.

Senator Bible. A few people remembered you.

Coixzczxon of O'hablesLa:ng

Fbeeb

Dr. Ripley. Half of that endowment comes from the

will

of Charles

Lang Freer, who

left

us the

collection in

the Freer Galler

half

is

made up of

bequests, gifts, v ariou _ jJfj

•j.-',

758— m—

pt.^1-

Encouragement

^of

^Donors

I

feel

very strongly,

^as

I am ^{sure the Senator}

^{does, too, that}

^we

should encourage

^this

kind of

thing.

Senator Bible.

I

agree 100 percent with you.

Dr. Ripley. The ^butter

^gets

thinner every

^year.

Senator ^Bible. An ^awful

^lot

^{are competing lor that}

^butter.

^{It you}

are a graduate of any of these

universities,

you

get aletter

every month

for either

your mother's club or your

father's

club or your son

s

club or the endowment, or they

will

name

a

building

after

you

it

you give

$100,000,

and they

will

name two ^buildings

^after

you

it

you give them

a

half a million

^dollars.

m '_

I don't

say

it is

bad.

I just

say you have got to have

a lot

of money

to

withstand the various drives that are on And

VTn'l

f 1! v children,^all

of whom, unfortunately, went

to different

schools-,

f

they had

all

gone

^to

^the same

^{school, I}

^{could have} narrowed

^it

down

^{a bit}

and

just

have one

at

my ^doorstep

^{all the time.}

Hll.LWOOD

Dr ^Ripley. We ^did

^{receive the gift}

^of Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather

Post's estate here,

Hillwood. On ^{her death there}

^will

^be

^a

^{bequest which}

wUl be administered for the

^benefit

of the

estate, soit will

not cost the Taxpayers any money

^atall.

^This

^is

^quite

^clear

m ^the

^setting

^{up ot her}

"seStoBmuB. ^That

^is

^going

^to

take care of the operation and maintenance?

Dr. Ripley. Yes, Senator.

Senator ^Bible. That

will

be refreshing.

Dr. Ripley. That

is

the

sort

of agreement we

^like.

PERSONNEL and salapjes

Senator Bible.

I

notice you propose an increase of 119 positions over the number that were authorized m

^fiscal

^year

^1969.

^{In view ot}

these

limitations which you ^{have already}

testified to,

would you ^be

able to

employ those

if

they are allowed?

Dr. Ripley. We are requesting pay increases and positions

also,yes.

Senator Bible. 119

positions,ifI

am well advised.

Dr Ripley. W

^Te

^have

^lost

135 positions due

to

the

fact

that we had vacancies in

effect

when the Act came through on July

1.

In addition,

we

lost all

the new

positions.

Senator Bible. How many ^{people do} you have ^there now

^l

Dr. Ripley. We have about 1,813— a

little

over

1,800 at

the present

time. . _

Senator Bible. Total employed by ^the Smithsonian*

Dr. Ripley. ^Yes, permanent.

.

Senator Bible. That includes your Canal Zone, tropical

research,

and everything?

Dr. Ripley. That includes everything.

849

Personnel Basis

foe 1970

Budget

Senator Bible.

I can't

quite understand why you are asking for new

positions now

if

you are allowed increases

in

1969 which you

can't

use because $9 million was

frozen.

Dr. Ripley. I would

like to

ask Mr. Bradley

to

speak

to that.

Mr. Bradley. Mr. Chairman,

^if

I may, our budget

is

put up on

precisely

the same personnel

basis as

the

rest

of the budgets that have been coming before you.

Senator Bible. I ask every budget

^officer

precisely the same question,

too,

and I don't

see

any sense

in

giving you new positions when you have got x number of them

frozen.

So you go ahead and

justify yourself. I

ask everybody the same

question.

Air.

Bradley. In the current

fiscal

year we have frozen,

soto

speak, over 150

positions.

We were instructed

to

include the positions

since

the positions technically have not been taken from

us.

Those positions have been authorized by the Congress, and they are

still there.

But

the money

is

not going to be there for them.

Senator Bible. You don't have anybody

in

that position

?

Mr. Bradley. Right, we don't have anybody

in

those

positions.

We were instructed by the Bureau of the Budget

to

build the budget now before you, for

1970,

on 1969

asif

the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act

is

not going

to

be the law of the land

after

July

1.

If the law

persists,

then we

shall

be unable to

fill

the positions that we are

Justify ing.

Senator Bible. Very good.