CARL HAYDEN, Antz, CHAIMDARN SEP 5 1967

RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA.
ALLEN J, ELLENDER, LA,
LISTER HILL, ALA.

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, ARK,
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, WASH,
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, FLA.
JOHN STENNIS, MISS.

JOHN 0. PASTORE, F.1.

A. &. MIKE MONRONEY, OKLA,
ALAN BIBLE, NEV.

ROBERT C. BYRD, W. VA.
GALE W. MCGEE, WYO,

MIKE MANSFIELD, MONT.

£. L. BARTLETT, ALASKA
WILLIAM PROXMIRE, WIS.
RALPH YARBOROUGH, TEX.

MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK.

KARL E. MUNDT, 8. DAK.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, MAINE
THOMAS H. KUCHEL, CALIF.

SOnDON ALLOTT, COLD. Wnited States Denate

CLIFFORD P. CASE, N.J.
JACOB K. JAVITS, N.Y. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

August 30, 1967

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Professor Joshua Lederberg
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Dear Professor Lederberg: —

I appreciate your thoughtful views about the issues
posed in funding our space activities and will have them in
mind when the Senate Appropriations Committee considers

the supply bill for the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- oS
ministration a few weeks hence,
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As you note, the fiscal pressures upon the Congress [=
and the Executive Branch are heavy, indeed, and a multitude Wry
of desirable projects and programs require intense evaluation

in the interest of prudence and sound policy,

Since the Budget requests were submitted, Congress
has concluded that certain intended activities in the space
field should be retarded or deferred and the President, as
you may have learned from news dispatches, concurs in
various reductions by the House in funds for NASA operations.
The matter of flexibility in reprogramming appropriations is
receiving thoughtful attention from members of the Subcommittee
reviewing the pending measure, Incidentally, the bill does allow
limited transfers for approved purposes although money was denied
for a number of contemplated activities, the urgency of which was
not persuasively shown,

I want to see all justifiable support provided for efforts of
promise and given deserved priority, so I shall review the Sub-
committee conclusions and recommendations carefully.

Sincerely yours,

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THOMAS H, KUCHEL
K:Fu United States Senator