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Mr. Pollock. Yes. I just asked the gentleman to yield. I will have 

 questions later. 



Mr. Lennon. Doctor, in that connection, you have indicated that for 

 fiscal 1968 the funds allocated from the National Science Foundation 

 to the field that we are discussing aggregate between $38 and $40 mil- 

 lion, and that your total budget for the National Science Foundation 

 for fiscal 1968 is $500 million. 



Because of the interest in the matter by the members of the subcom- 

 mittee, and the questions raised by the gentleman from Florida, as to 

 the ratio of the funds allocated, it might be desirable, unless you have 

 objections, and then we could get it from some other source, if you 

 would put in the record not a line-by-line itemization of your half bil- 

 lion dollar budget, but your major categories of the $500 million 

 budget, as it may be related to the $38 to $40 million in the field of 

 marme sciences, which you are discussing now. 



Are there any other questions ? 



Mr. Pelly. Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. Would that be too burdensome for you to do that ? 



Dr. Robertson. No, sir. We can do that. 



I would like to point out in this general connection that much of our 

 work in other fields of science, including physics, chemistry, and bio- 

 logy, supports our entire effort in marine science, although it is not 

 listed as oceanography. 



We could not get ahead in oceanography unless we had people work- 

 ing in these supporting fields, so that in the broadest sense, if our only 

 objective was advancement in oceanography, we would still want to 

 support a lot of work in biology, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, 

 which necessarily undergirds the oceanographic work itself. 



Mr. Lennon". This subcommittee is called on to answer inquiries 

 from the members of the full committee on this subject matter. If we 

 had such a breakdown, and a summary of what you have just said fol- 

 lowing that breakdown, we could then answer the questions that come 

 to us not only from members of the full committee to the members of 

 the subcommittee, but from other Members of Congress. 



I think it would be helpful to all of us. 



(The information follows:) 



DISTRIBUTION OF NSF ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR 1968 FUNDS FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS IN MARINE 

 SCIENCES, AS RELATED TO THE TOTAL NSF BUDGET 



[In millions of dollars] 



Basic research project support 



Specialized research facilities and equipment -.- 



National research programs ..- 



National research centers -- 



National sea-grant program - 



Computing activities in research and education - 



Institutional support for science 



Science education support 



Science information activities.. 



International cooperative science activities 



Planning and policy studies 



Program development and management 



Total 506.2 38.0 



