throughout calendar year 1965, the demand upon this Service for assistance reached unprecedented levels. During recent years there has been an increasing demand by congressional offices for more work under short deadlines, for individual assistance, for research in greater depth, for draft statements, translations, and assistance in answering constituent inquiries. In the past years we have managed to absorb heavier workloads by various improvements in efficiency, but we have reached a point where the quality of our service is suffering and will continue to decline further unless considerable relief is provided. We estimate that more than 75 new positions are needed to improve the Service to the point of bringing it up to acceptable standards. Since it is not realistic to attempt to add this many positions to our present authorized complement of 228 in 1 year, I am asking for 46 additional positions at this time.

DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS

The sale of catalog cards more than pays for itself. For years it has returned to the Treasury substantially more than the amount appropriated for this service. In the fiscal year 1965 the net income amounted to 115 percent of this appropriation, and in 1966 it is estimated that it will also be approximately 115 percent. For 1967, I am requesting 39 new positions at a cost of $206,000 and $159,000 for increasing printing costs. The card distribution service volume continues to increase more rapidly than predicted. No doubt as a result of the impetus given libraries by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act, and the Library Services and Construction Act, the demand for catalog cards is exceeding the previous year by 10 to 15 percent. It is very difficult to estimate adequately what the demand for cards will be be in 1967, when an even greater impact of these programs will be felt. In the current year, a contingency fund of $200,000 has been provided to be used for unanticipated increase in business. It now appears that all, or substantially all, of the contingency fund will be used this year. The use of this $200,000 should return approximately $230,000 to the Treasury if, as we fully expect, the ratio of return continues to be 115 percent.

BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTION

I am asking for a $70,000 increase in books for the general collection to continue the efforts to acquire materials in all areas and subjects of current interest; to provide for price increases of books and materials; and to fill serious gaps in the collection as ascertained by acquisition

surveys.

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND

The increase I am requesting for books for the blind is $415,400. The demands for this service continue to rise and we have extended and improved the service considerably in recent years. A $200,000 increase is needed for talking-book machines. Half of this will go for tape-cassette machines, a new program for serious readers of specialized work, and the other half for additional talking-book machines

for new readers and to replace some of the older machines. $167,000 is asked for much-needed- additional books in braille and sound re-. productions. Seven new positions at a cost of $37,000 are also requested for this program.

SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM

Of the $873,700 requested for the special foreign currency program, $75,700 or less than 9 percent is for hard-dollar support. The remaining $798,000 is for excess foreign currency. This program acquires material for the Library of Congress as well as for other U.S. libraries. In 1965 about 75 libraries received comprehensive sets from various countries and 300 libraries received selected sets of materials in the English language. During the coming year it is planned to continue all aspects of the program in those countries now covered and to initiate new programs in Ceylon, Guinea, Poland, Tunisia, and Yugoslavia, where excess currency is available. In Poland and Yugoslavia there is a well-developed press and an opportunity to acquire materials of considerable value needed by the American research community. Programs were requested for these two countries in previous years, and, since the requests were passed over without prejudice, I have decided to include them again with the hope that I can make a better case for them this time. While the volume of publications in Ceylon, Guinea, and Tunisia is not as large, much-needed material from these areas is difficult to obtain through normal channels. Of the soft currency requested, $578,000 is for these new countries and $220,000 is needed for expansion of the existing programs.

In closing I should like to stress again that some of the increases requested are for activities that return money to the Treasury, thus reimbursing the Government for a considerable part of the Library's expenses. In fiscal year 1965 the Copyright Office and the card distribution service between them accounted for miscellaneous receipts to the Treasury in the amount of $5,600,000 or 23 percent of the direct appropriation to the Library as a whole. These receipts are expected to reach $6,100,000 in 1966 and $6,350,000 in 1967.

I wish to thank you for this opportunity to present and explain the requests of the Library of Congress. My staff and I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have and to elaborate upon the details of this statement as they are represented in the justification book. Mr. ANDREWS. Thank you very much, Doctor.

COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BUDGETS, FISCAL YEAR 1966-67

We will insert the summaries on pages 1, 2, and 3, of the justifications at this point in the record.

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TABLE I.-Comparative summary of appropriations and appropriation estimates (figures adjusted by action of the House on pay supplementals)

TABLE II.-Summary of budgeted positions, 1965, 1966, and 1967

NOTE. The total number in each instance includes the full-time equivalent of part-time positions.

TABLE III.-Summary of increases and decreases requested, fiscal year 1967-Continued