cannot be bought on the open market. This is a unique reservoir of material. Mr. WELSH. The Navy Yard Annex has a vast stock of catalog cards. It would be disastrous if there were a fire in that building. Mr. STEED. Are you in a position during times of stress, such as we referred to, to augment your guard force, take emergency steps to give added protection which might be required? Dr. MUMFORD. We can cancel leaves, normal annual leaves, and we can employ the people overtime. That would help to some degree. Mr. STEED. Do you have any plans for extra protection which you can call upon? Mr. BERRY. We have had excellent cooperation from the military authorities and the city police, as well as the Capitol Police. We have been assured of immediate support from the Capitol Police if it should be necessary. FOUR POSITIONS-BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION Mr. STEED. There is an item for four positions at $45,536 for the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Has Congress appropriated the money for this Commission? Is it in action? Dr. MUMFORD. The Commission has been appointed and it has met, but no appropriations have yet been made for it. Mrs. HAMER. The authorization bill has passed and a request for an appropriation has been made. The authorization is for $450,000 but none of that money, of course, could be spent by the Library of Congress. That is simply for the administrative costs of the Commission itself and no money has yet been appropriated. Mr. STEED. What would be your involvement in the work of the Commission? Mrs. HAMER. The librarian, of course, is a member ex officio of the Commission itself, and he is, to quote the law, "authorized and requested to cooperate with the Commission, especially in the development and display of exhibits and collections, and in the development of bibliographies, catalogs, and other materials relevant to the period of the Revolutionary War." As I told the committee last year, Mr. Chairman, the Library of Congress is most anxious to get started on what we consider to be one of its main contributions, not to the Commission itself but to the country at large-the States and the communities that will be planning and developing their own bicentennial celebrations. We feel that the field in which we can initially make a major contribution is by developing guides to the collections relating to the Revolutionary War period that are in the Library of Congress. Many of them are unique. As you know, I am sure, we have the original papers of General Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many important papers of General Nathanael Greene, John Paul Jones, the Compte de Rochambeau, and the Marquis de Lafay ette. We do not have either of the major bodies of the Lafayette papers, but we do have source materials relating to him and to many other patriots. We also, of course, have many special materials, such as maps and music, and a very comprehensive collection of printed materials relating to this period, both contemporary and later publications. We have planned a program that will proceed by phases, if we have your support, which provides for the publication, first of all, of a reading list that will be of general utility. It is not designed for the specialist in the period but is rather for the general reader. We hope that it will help to answer, for example, your constituents questions. It lists general materials about the Revolution and then, under several major headings, it gives selected books that would be of particular use for going into a subject, such as military operations or diplomacy. There is also a section on books for young people. We have completed this first bibliography, or general reading list, and it is about to go to press. We are requesting for the purpose of continuing this program of description and publication, four additional positions. The two bibliographers requested (a GS-12 and a GS-9) would be specialists in American history of the Revolutionary period, and would be assigned to the General Reference and Bibliography Division to work at first on a detailed, annotated, and scholarly bibliography. It would be called "Independence and the American Revolution." The third position requested would be a manuscript specialist in the period of the Revolution, who would work on another projected guide, entitled "Revolutionary America, Contemporary Sources in the Library of Congress," with emphasis on the life and times as well as on the political and military aspects of the period. The fourth position requested would be a map specialist, a historical cartographer, who would work on very important Revolutionary War map collections, for example, the Atlantic Neptune charts. This is a famous series of maps covering American coastal areas and waters, made for the use of the British Navy just before the Revolutionary War and used by that Navy during the struggle. We have the finest collection of these charts in this hemisphere. We also have many other pertinent cartographic materials. In the Rochambeau papers, for example, we have maps done by the French engineers, who were expert cartographers. This colored reproduction I have here is a facsimile of the plan of attack on Yorktown that was submitted by General Washington as part of his report to Congress. The map was prepared under the direction of one of the French engineers. It shows the fortifications at Yorktown that were held by the British under Lord Cornwallis. The French fleet. under Admiral DeGrasse, was in the Chesapeake Bay, forming an effective blockade on the water side. Baron von Steuben joined forces with Lafayette at Williamsburg, while Rochambeau and Washington swiftly moved down from New York thus isolating the British forces on this peninsula (indicating). United in a truly allied operation, they decisively defeated the British at Yorktown. First, as I have said, the Library hopes to be able to publish descriptive materials of a bibliographic nature. Later on, we hope to publish facsimiles of the kind I have just shown. However, we want to issue, not just single facsimiles of this nature, but portfolios of facsimiles which we would like to produce inexpensively enough so that they could be used as teaching materials throughout the country. I personally feel that it is very important that if we are going to celebrate this bicentennial-and the country is going to celebrate it-that our citizens and our schools have sources to depend upon other than leftover Fourth of July orations, that we can go to original materials and reliable secondary sources and can understand by study of them the ideas that motivated the American Revolution, the forces that were at work for and achieved independence. The Library's bicentennial program, as planned, would also include lectures and major exhibits on significant topics or anniversaries. Leadtime is of primary importance to us, because it takes several years to compile a major biliography and to get it published. We feel if these publications are to be of real use to the country they ought to come out before 1976, rather than afterward, and that, sir, is why we are making a plea for these four positions now. Mr. STEED. Do you have any questions? Mr. LANGEN. I think the subject has been sufficiently covered. TWO POSITIONS-FEDERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, Mr. Chairman. May I request that pages 94-96 be placed in the record? This relates to two positions being requested for the Federal Library Committee. Mr. STEED. All right. Without objection we will make those a part of the record. The Federal Library Committee was establishd in March 1965, as an interagency committee under the joint auspices of the Bureau of the Budget and the Library of Congress. The Librarian of Congress was designated as Chairman The Council on Library Resources, Inc., provided funds to support through June 1968 two positions: the executive secretary and his secretary. The Federal Library Committee is composed of representatives of the three national libraries, a representative of each cabinet agency, and representatives from six independent agencies selected for 2-year terms on a rotational basis Representatives of other agencies participate through membership on tack forces dealing with specific problems or activities. The Federal Government spends approximately $150 million annually on its library service. The Committee's primary objective is the improvement and the coordination of library service within the Federal Government through elimination of unnecessary duplication of services, a general increase in efficiency, and improvement in administration. It is charged with recommending policies and other measures: (1) to achieve better utilization of Federal library resources and facilities, (2) to provide more effective planning, development, and operation of Federal libraries, (3) to promote optimum exchange of experience, skill, and resources among Federal libraries, and as a consequence, (4) to promote more effective service to the Nation at large. The Committee has developed a guide for more efficient procurement of library materials, a code for lending materials among Federal libraries, and a compilation of laws and regulations affecting Federal libraries. It has made a statistical survey of special libraries in Government and is engaged in a series of studies leading to development of a more effective library program for providing information to the Federal Government. As the largest Federal library, the Library of Congress is gaining the most from the Committee's accomplishments. Funds are now requested so that the Federal Library Committee may become an integral and permanent part of the Library's operations. It has been requested to act in this capacity by the other Federal agencies forming the Committee. Executive secretary, GS-15.-The Federal Library Committee functions through interagency task forces to gather information and develop programs and policies to achieve its objectives. The executive secretary conducts the continuing work of the Committee, secures the cooperation of Federal agencies through the task forces, and in general is responsible for successful completion of the tasks approved by the Committee. Secretary, GS-7.-To assist the executive secretary, a secretary, GS-7, who has responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the office, is requested. She will handle correspondence, prepare the documentation and maintain records for each of the various task forces, compile a monthly roster of position vacancies in Federal libraries, and maintain a mailing list of Federal libraries and information centers. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COPYRIGHT OFFICE Mr. STEED. Let us turn to page 118 and take up the Copyright Office. This item is for salaries and expenses of that Office. Whereas the formal budget request is listed at $2,978,000 the reduced estimate is cut by $100,000. Is that the suggestion? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. STEED. That would bring the Copyright's Office current request to a figure of $2,878,000. We will insert pages 118-121 of the justification material. Funds are requested to cover the cost of within-grade in- Salaries Personnel benefits Total 2. Pay above the stated annual rate_ Fiscal year 1969 requires the payment of salary funds for 1 day in excess of the stated annual rates, or a total of 261 days. Fiscal 1968 had only 260 days, therefore funds are requested for the additional day in 1969. 3. Annualization of pay increase... Public Law 90-206 granted pay increases to Government employees effective the first day of the first pay period after Oct. 1, 1967. The Library's first pay period began Oct. 9. 1967, and the computation for the supplemental to cover these pay costs was based on this beginning date. This rerequest is necessary to provide for the pay raise for a full year covering 7 pay periods from July 3 through Oct. 8, 1967, inclusive. Salaries Personnel benefits Total.. 39,591 2,705 42.296 +9.079 +31.522 27.69 31.2 |