Executive Order 11022 of May 14, 1962, to: (a) maintain continuing review of Federal responsibilities relating to aging, and make recommendations to the President, (b) seek appropriate coordination of Federal programs on aging, (c) promote exchange of information relating to aging among Federal agencies and between them and other public and private agencies and organizations, and (d) prepare an annual report on Federal activities on aging.

President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports

Seventh and D Streets SW., Washington,
D.C. 20202. Phone, 202-962-8765.
Executive Director.-C. Carson Conrad.

The Council was established by Executive Order 11562 of September 25, 1970, to develop and coordinate a national program for physical fitness and sports.

President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board

297 Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20500. Phone, 202-456-2270. Executive Secretary.-Gerard P. Burke.

The Board was reconstituted by Executive Order 11460 of March 20, 1969, to (1) advise the President concerning the objectives, conduct, management, and coordination of the various activities making up the overall national intelligence effort, (2) conduct a continuing review and assessment of foreign intelligence and related activities in which the Central Intelligence Agency and other Government departments and agencies are engaged, and (3) report to the President concerning the Board's findings and appraisals, and make appropriate recommendations for actions to achieve increased effectiveness of the Government's foreign intelligence effort in meeting national intelligence needs.

The

President's Science Advisory

Committee

White House, Washington, D.C. 20506. Phone, 202-395-3520. Executive Officer.-D. Z. Beckler.

The Committee was established by the President on April 20, 1951, within the Office of Defense Mobilization. The Committee was reconstituted as the President's Science Advisory Committee and an enlarged membership was announced by the White House on November 22, 1957. Its transfer to the White House was effective December 1, 1957. The purpose of the Committee is to advise the President in matters relating to science and technology. The Committee Secretariat is provided by the Office of Science and Technology.

Trade Expansion Act Advisory Committee

1800 G Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20506. Phone, 202-395-5114. Chairman.-Carl J. Gilbert.

The Committee was established by Executive Order 11075 of January 15, 1963, pursuant to section 242 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 878; 19 U.S.C. 1871-1873), to make

recommendations to the President on basic policy issues arising in the administration of the trade agreements

program.

United States Advisory Commission on Information

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20547. Phone, 202-6325227.

Executive Secretary.-Nancy B. Chappelcar.

The Commission was established by act of January 27, 1948 (62 Stat. 10; 22 U.S.C. 1466), to recommend to the Director, United States Information Agency, policies and programs for carrying out the purposes of the act

concerning international information activities. It recommends to the Director policies and programs for carrying out this act. The Commission also submits periodic reports to Congress giving its evaluation of the agency and recommending improvements in the information, education, and cultural programs.

United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs

Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520. Phone, 202-632-2764. Director.-James A. Donovan, Jr.

The Commission was established by act of September 21, 1961 (75 Stat. 532; 22 U.S.C. 2456), to formulate and recommend to the President policies for exercising his authority under this act, to appraise the effectiveness of programs carried out pursuant to it, and to report thereon to the Congress and the public in the United States and abroad to develop a better understanding of and support for the programs authorized by this act.

United States National Commission for UNESCO

Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520. Phone, 202-632-2762. Executive Secretary.-Raymond F. Kohn.

The National Commission was established by the act approved July 30, 1946 (60 Stat. 712; 22 U.S.C. 287m287t). It consists of 100 members, 60 representing national voluntary organizations interested in educational, scientific, and cultural matters; 25 local, State, and Federal officials; and 15 other distinguished citizens.

The National Commission acts in an advisory capacity to the United States Government in matters relating to UNESCO. It is the principal agency of liaison and information between IINESCO and the American public.

The National Commission meets annually. It sponsors National Conferences (usually biennial), symposia and meetings-of-experts on UNESCOrelated subjects. Its secretariat is furnished by the Department of State.

United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission

705 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63101. Phone, 314-231-0545.

Chairman, Executive Committee.-James M. Douglas.

The Commission was established by act of June 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 968), to formulate plans for constructing and entirely completing a permanent memorial on the Mississippi River, at St. Louis, Mo., to the men who made possible the territorial expansion of the United States, particularly Thomas Jefferson and his aides, Livingston and Monroe, who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, and the great explorers Lewis and Clark, and the hardy hunters, trappers, frontiersmen and pioneers,

and others.

Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission

Commerce Building, Washington, D.C. 20230. Phone, 202-967-2845. Federal Cochairman.-Thomas F. Schweigert.

Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 552; 42 U.S.C. 3121) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate economic development regions. Following such designation, the Secretary invites the States of the region to establish a regional commission. The Upper Great Lakes Region, consisting of 119 counties in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin was designated on March 3, 1966. The Commission was formally organized on April 11, 1967. Members are the Federal Cochairman and the Upper Great

Lakes Governors. The Governors elect one of their members to be the Commission State Cochairman.

The purpose of the Commission is to develop long-range, comprehensive economic development programs for the region, to coordinate Federal and State economic development activities in the region, and to promote increased private investment. Federal policy guidance is provided by the Secretary of Commerce and coordination of Commission and Federal agency plans and programs is achieved through the Federal Advisory Council on Regional Economic Development.

Veterans Day National Committee

1006 Veterans Administration Building, Washington, D.C. 20420. Phone, 202389-2512.

Chairman.-Donald E. Johnson.

The Committee was established by Proclamation 3071 of October 8, 1954, to coordinate at the national level necessary planning for the proper and wide-spread observance of Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day). Pursuant to act of June 28, 1968 (82 Stat. 250; 5 U.S.C. 6103 note), the fourth Monday in October will be a national holiday (commencing October 25, 1971), in order that the Nation pay homage to veterans of all wars and reconsecrate itself to the task of promoting an enduring world peace.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

950 South L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, D.C. 20024. Phone, 202-484-2600. General Manager.-Jackson Graham.

The Authority was created effective February 20, 1967, by Interstate Compact by and between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, pursuant to act of November 6, 1966 (80 Stat. 1326; 40 U.S.C. 672).

The Authority's primary function is

to plan, develop, finance, and provide for the operation of a rapid rail transit system to serve the entire Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Zone. On October 1, 1967, the Authority became the successor in interest of its predecessor agency, the National Capital Transportation Agency (see appendix A).

A 97-mile regional Metro system was adopted by the WMATA Board of Directors on March 1, 1968. On February 7, 1969, the Board adopted a Revised Plan and Program. The Metro is to be 98 miles long, of which 47.2 miles will be in subway. It will include 37.7 miles and 44 stations in the District of Columbia, 30.1 miles and 20 stations in Virginia, and 29.9 miles and 22 stations in Maryland. Estimated 1990 annual public transportation patronage is 350 million. The capital cost of Metro is estimated at $2.98 billion of which more than $835 million will be paid by revenue bonds. Under the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969, the Federal share will be $1,147.0 million (including $100 million Federal grant authorized in 1965). The local net project cost will be $573.5 million to be allocated among the member jurisdictions. The entire Metro will be completed in 1979 with first service scheduled in the downtown portion by late 1973.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission

1625 Eye Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20006. Phone, 202-382-4865. Executive Director.-Melvin E. Lewis.

The Commission is an instrumentality of the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, created by and through an interstate compact approved by Congress on September 15, 1960 (74 Stat. 1031; 40 U.S.C. 651 note), and is charged with the duty of the regulation and improvement of transit and the alleviation of traffic

congestion within the Washington Metropolitan District on a coordinated basis without regard to political boundaries within the Metropolitan District.

Water Resources Council

2120 L Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20037. Phone, 202-254-6303. Director.-W. Don Maughan.

The Council was established by the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 244; 42 U.S.C. 1962a), to maintain a continuing study of the adequacy of supplies of water necessary to meet the requirements in each water resource region in the United States,

of the relation of regional or river basin plans and programs to the requirements of larger regions of the Nation, and of the adequacy of administrative and statutory means for the coordination of the water and related land resources policies and programs of the several Federal agencies. The Council also reviews the plans of the river basin commissions and transmits these plans with its recommendations to the President for his review and transmittal by him to Congress. It administers a program of Federal financial grants to States to aid them in comprehensive water and related land resource planning.

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