Summary of International Geophysical Year Projects Affected by Recent Department of Defense Fiscal Actions
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OCR Page 1 of 8National Science Foundation
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
3481M0
BY
Washington 25, D. C.
October 25, 1957
SUMMARY OF IGY PROJECTS
AFFECTED BY RECENT DOD FISCAL ACTIONS
IGY Program and Funding
Institution
Summary of Problem
DOD Funding
1. Rocketry Program
(i) Fort Churchill: IGY
Geophysics Research
The Department of Army has
An additional amount
projects 10.5 6, 7,
Directorate (GRD);
advised that support render-
of $545,000 is required
14 & 16 ($1,630,000)
Naval Research Lab-
ed the Ft. Churchill facil-
to continue operation
oratory (NRL) ; Signal
ity is to be curtailed for
of Ft. Churchill --
Corps Engineering Lab-
lack of funds. The effect
$395;000 for FY 58 and
oratories (SCEL) Bal-
of this action would be the
$150,000 for FY 59.
listic Research Labor-
substantial elimination of the
Present Army budget pro-
atories (BRL)
entire US IGY Rocketry Program
vides $700,000 for sup-
for which the U.S. IGY Nation-
port of Ft. Churchill --
al Committee has provided
$600,000 for FY 58 and
$2,529,800 to carry out; seri-
$100,000 for FY 59.
ous damage to national prestige
and US rocketry progress; and
sharp reduction in international
commitments undertaken by the
USNC-IGY Committee.
(ii) 10.20 Alphatron -
University of Michigan
The principal support for this
A total of $261,180 is
Sphere Experiment
IGY project is provided by the
required to complete this
($75,500)
Geophysics Research Directorate
project: $191,575 for
(GRD) under contracts (Nos.
work in connection with
AF19 (604)-545 and AF19(604)
Contract AF19(604)-999
999) . GRD has deferred allo-
and $69,605 for contract
cation of funds past critical
AF19(604)-545.
date of October 1, and Univer-
sity of Michigan officials have
advised that available funds
under the IGY grant are insuf-
ficient to permit continuation
of this project past December,
1957. The delays in funding
will cause elimination of 17 or
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