The Smithsonian's diverse activities contribute to the nation's education and research goals in smart ways. Construction— Our fiscal year 1970 construction request consists of only the most essential improvements and additions to the Smithsonian's physical plant.
PREPARED STATEMENT
We are informed that most of these additional parts will become part of the new building to be provided by Congress. This is another proof, we believe, of the tangible profitability of investing public funds in the institution's programs.
L969 APPROPRIATION AND 1070 BUDGET REQUEST SALARIES AND EXPENSES
About two million dollars worth of work related to the zoo's 10-year construction program approved in i£§ is being delayed, such as the construction of public service hygiene, which contains much-needed visitor guidance and a restaurant. Anacostia Neighborhood Museum—to continue the successful operation of a community museum located in a low-income urban area, Freer GalleryofArt—to continue research, exhibition, and public service.
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S. NATIONAL MUSEUM-OFFICE OF DIRECTOR GE NERAL OF MUSEUMS
The publicity given to this act and the wide notice it has received of the Smithsonian Neighborhood Museum, its Folklife Festival, its leadership in computerization studies, cataloging, collection management, and new experimental exhibits and presentations, have increased requests for assistance in development and reorganization of museums almost every time. State and many. Their advice has been sought by international organizations such as UNESCO and the International Council of Museums and by governmental governmental institutions.
S. NATIONAL MUSEUM-OFFICE OF EXHIBITS 1969
Among the non-Smithsonian museums assisted by the Office of Exhibits last year was the Charlestown Children's Museum and Planetarium. W. Assistance was also provided to the orientation courses conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for coordinators of overseas exhibitions, and.
S. NATIONAL MUSEUM— CONSERVATION ANALYTICAL LABORATORY
The exhibits and research programs of the Smithsonian depend on the shipment of collections, field equipment, supplies, and other objects. A number of notable studies and exhibitions have been initiated in connection with the commemoration of the events leading up to the American Revolution.
3) MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
The museum has dedicated a position and funds to the study of the culture of Spanish America. Through the loan of objects, the museum has established an exhibition on the African cultural background of the American Negro.
4) MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Sana beekeeping in the period 1775-1783 takes place with special emphasis on the impact of the revolution on agriculture. Need for augmentation.—The acquisition of national natural history collections is the primary responsibility of the Natural History Museum.
5) NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
Successful continuation of the program, including the loan of items for display to organizations throughout the United States and abroad, requires funds not currently available in the museum's budget. Xeed for Increase.—After adding space science and technology to the museum's responsibilities (Public Law 89-509, approved July agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in March 1967, provided for important and space artifacts developed by NASA.
6) RATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD
Approximately 75,000 people have enthusiastically visited and used the museum since its opening in September 1967. Continued access to initial private support is unlikely as the museum assumes a less experimental aspect.
7) ANACOSTIA NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM
Oriental objects of the highest quality and artistic importance are purchased to enhance study collections and for public display. Need for Increase.- The most notable recent event connected with the National Collection of Fine Arts was its public opening on -May Over 1,000 paintings and sculptures for the first exhibition must be cataloged, conserved and researched to prepare an illustrated catalogue. In order to complete the accelerated program and meet the planned construction deadlines, the current small staff needs to be augmented. Additional curator, curatorial assistant, researcher, administration. 797 Radio astronomy (1 position $15,000) 1 • rations of discrete spectral lines can provide data on processes at the atomic and molecular scale and the study of quasars (quasi-stellar radio sources and. 799 oooooo The historical roots for a program in ecology span almost the entire span of the Smithsonian's 122 years, particularly with reference to the. A [uU-time resident manager is required to ensure protection of the Land against poachers and vandals.and to supervise the daily care and maintenance of the facilities. In order to provide the scientific community with the means to respond quickly to these events, the Center for Transient Phenomena was established in fiscal year 1968. The increasing communication traffic of the Center is an unnecessary burden on the facilities of this office. The Smithsonian Research Grants Program was established in fiscal year 196G to provide funds for research and education in fields of interest to the scientific staff. The Smithsonian Research Awards Advisory Committee reviews all proposals and recommends that support be given to those of greatest scientific merit. The Smithsonian seeks to serve the academic community as a national center of research training in various fields of excellence, thus extending on a broad front the benefits of public investment in its research. The institution makes a distinctive qualitative contribution to the future supply of teachers and scholars. This will allow for an increase in the number of students and schools served. The number of large halls available for guided class visits will . is also expanded. Currently ten halls are available. An additional $316,000 is requested for emergency payment. The requested increases are necessary for the Department of Building Management to provide minimum protection, operation and maintenance services for more than 3,000,000 square feet of specialized laboratories, offices, libraries, reference collections, exhibits. and other public areas and support facilities located in 15 different locations. This department needs to increase its staff and support fund resources to meet the growing demand for its services. The increase is related to additional or renovated building space acquired by the Smithsonian. Sir, some funds have been carried forward and deferred to future years and will be available for liabilities in future years. INTRODUCTION OF ASSOCIATES FAVORABLE REACTIONS TO THE SMITHSONIAN We have a lost town in my state that he reached in the days when he explored Colorado and went down to virgin Colorado, and, of course, it's all covered in water now because of the construction of the Hoover Dam. DECREASE IN VISITS IN 19 66 AND 19 68 Senator Bible. How many did you have last year ? UPSWING IN VISITS SINCE APRIL 19 6 8 NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK AS PART OF THE SMITHSONIAN One day I will come out and talk to the manager of the zoo while I talk to my relatives out there. It is one of the most recently discovered meteorites ever found within 4 days of reaching the earth. INSTANCES OF VANDALISM HIRSHHORN CONSTRUCTION SPECLVL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM SALARIES AND EXPENSES NECESSARY PAY COSTS FINE ARTS AND PORTRAIT GALLERY JURISDICTION OVER THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Is the National Gallery of Art under your jurisdiction at all ' NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL BALANCE OF REQUESTED INCREASES RENWICK GALLERY OF ART RADIATION BIOLOGY LABORATORY RADIATION BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM For example, you conduct research into the effect of sun rays on the skin that causes skin cancer. SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEFERRALS OF INCREASES I also ask all budget workers the exact same question and I see no point in giving you new positions when you have x number of them frozen. We were instructed by the Bureau of the Budget to build the budget now before you, for 1970, in 1969, if the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act would not be the law of the land after July 1st. If the law stands, we will not be able to fill the positions that we justify. We have been instructed to include the positions as the positions are not technically taken by us. Those positions were authorized by Congress and they are still there. REOPENING OF BUILDINGS MUSEUM ASSISTANCE NEEDS I think you're saying there's a need there, but I think it's a need that's not quite as high priority-wise. TRAINING OF MUSEUM TECHNICIANS ANACOSTIA NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM ETHNIC CULTURAL HISTORY NUMBER OF FROZEN POSITIONS SALES COUNTERS LOAN OF SPACE ARTIFACTS This must come entirely out of the foundation's support, if we can find it. I don't think you included any amount in your proposed raise that you previously testified to cover raises. JOSEPH H. IIIRSHHORN MUSEUM MOUNT HOPKINS OBSERVATORY, ARIZONA TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE STAFF CANAL ZONE MEDICAL EXPENSES AND TUITION 859 (The information follows :) COST TO OPERATE BARRO COLORADO ISLAND, PANAMA CANAL RADIATION BIOLOGY LABORATORY, ROCKVILLE, MD CHESAPEAKE BAY TENTER FOR FIELD BIOLOGY OFFICE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF MAN ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER 863 (The information follows :) OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Senator Bible. Now getting to the Woodrow Wilson International This is partly because we felt we could not afford to ask for more money to maintain the Smithsonian as a whole. Clerk-typist: assists visual information specialist - access to cataloging and distribution of audiovisual material, correspondence, answering machine. Projection Equipment Operator: Maintains and operates audiovisual equipment — film and slide projector, tape recorder, film cleaning equipment. Visual Information Specialist: develops and maintains the Institution's audio-visual library - slides, films, recordings and photographs - to serve requests from educational institutions, civic organizations, staff faculty, members. These include activities such as the constellation of exhibitions and special presentations in the history of science and art for the education and enjoyment of the public; installation of the special laboratory. ARCHEOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES [Grant expressed in U.S. dollars] 20.Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard) Center of To continue studies of the unique but rapidly disintegrating Byzantine Studies; American Academy Integrative Roman and Byzantine Mosaic Historian. 4. Smithsonian Institution, Office of An- Tostady. the rapidly disappearing crafts at the village level AmericaS'Institute of Indian Studies, To investigate^and excavation of cultural sites of the. 9 SmithsonianInstitution, Office of Anthro- To begin systematic collections of Indian folk art p| gy which is disappearing as village industry yields touring track. University of Michigan To continue taxonomic studies of Indian molluscs through karyotype analysis and the cytogenetics of closely related species that will contribute to medical, public health, and veterinary programs. To continue studies on the human-elephant relationship in Ceylon where the tame beast of burden is captured and trained to work with man after reaching maturity as a wild elephant, rather than after domestication as a young animal. PENDING PROJECTS 8.Yale University Measuring habitat conditions and distribution of wild ungulates in the Gir Forest, India – one of a series of ecological studies to be proposed for US-India IBP sponsorship and based in this unique tropical forest reserve. 1 University Museum University of Top prepares an exhibition catalogue, as the first scholar Pennsylvania, and the SmithsonianTrav publication a unique collection on Benares Hindu Eling Inhibition Service. ON-GOING PROJECTS Expenditures since the start of the program - that is, funds disbursed to our grantees and reported by American embassies abroad, aggregated through February 28, 1969. 11La' &i tlj consortium of American institute-. 21.Smithsonian Institution To continue the development of urgent anthropological research in surplus countries as part of the research program in changing cultures of the newly established Center for the Study of Man. Smithsonian Institution, Office ofOcean- Continue studies of benthic and planktonic osranhv and limnology bbogyofAdriaticSeainYugoslavia. 19.SmithsonianInstitution:NationalZoo- To provide additional grants to Smithsonian scientists 970 bO.UUU logical Park and Museum of Natural to increase the national entomological, botanical, 1969 50,uuu. To study the taxonomy and distribution of the poorly known microscopic marine fauna of the Bay of Bengal on the basis of marine sediment assemblages from the coastal region of eastern Pakistan. To investigate the plant ecology of the Laccadive Islands of India in collaboration with the Botanical Survey of India and to obtain a duplicate set of specimens for research collections from U.b. MUSEUM PROGRAMS Fiscal Year 1911. – Develop the area at the current location of the police station, cafeteria and duck ponds, including the construction of a new public restaurant building and duck ponds. Fiscal Year 1974. Develop the currently uninhabited area on the southern edge of the zoo, adjacent to Rock Creek. Fiscal Year 1973.—Develop the area now occupied by the present 78-year-old house for a modern large and small cat exhibit. Fiscal Year 1976.—Modernize and remodel the present small mammal building and the present monkey house for an improved animal exhibit. RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS With this important use in mind, the building has been painstakingly restored to its original state and is being prepared for an architectural grand opening in 1970. We believe that with the funds requested this year, namely $130,000, we can complete the planning, we will design the environmental and mechanical systems to be provided inside the buildings for the specific needs of the collections, and final drawings will also be prepared for a first grant to be built with funds to be requested in fiscal year 1971. 2 million per year to provide the facilities for adequate storage and proper care of the collections in the buildings. Museum and Research Unit, formerly housed in the Medical Museum building at Seventh Street and Independence Avenue, site of the Hirshhorn Museum. In order to meet the intentions of Congress and quickly proceed with construction of the Hirshhorn Museum, the Medical Museum must be moved to a temporary home until the new building at Walter Reed is completed. PUBLIC EXHIBIT SPACE Question An additional specialist is required to work on the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Legislation was introduced in the 91st Congress to acquire the sites in connection with the development of the Armed Forces Historical Museum Park. This will enable a number of definitive studies of the long-term ecological effects on the land areas and surrounding estuaries resulting from the use of land and the turnover in different land types ranging from agriculture to used wasteland. The center has the advantage of being close to both Washington and Baltimore and is therefore able to encourage participation from a large and diverse community. Continued encroachment on housing developments and industry increases the incidence of pollution and encroachment on the natural environment and will consequently seriously reduce the value of the center as a research facility. .11) JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
12) SMITHSOXIAX ASTROPHTSICAL 0BSEKVATOKT 1968 appropriation
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16) OFFICE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
19) SMITHSONIAN RESEARCH AWARDS PROGRAM
20) OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
22) WOODBOW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOB SCHOLARS 1968 appropriation
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UNIQUE RESEARCH PROGRAM
AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS
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ASSISTANCE FROM PRTVATE SOURCES
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS
MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND RELATED RESEARCH
ONGOING PROJECTS
PENDING RESEARCH PROPOSALS
NEW PROJECT PROPOSALS
NEW PROJECTS
NEW PROJECT PROPOSALS
SYSTEMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PAKE
HEATING SYSTEM CONVERSION
RENWICK GALLERY OF ABT
SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL EESEARCH INSTITUTE
JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
SUBCOMMITTEE RECESS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION
