Note: It is projected that all Grants will be obligated by June 30, 1975. Total NOTE: Applications pending Connecticut (4), $10,990 and Ohio (1) $5,000. Total Application 503 $2,106,394 508 Mr. EVANS. What is the authorization level of the State grants-inaid program and the State project matching grants program? Mr. GOODRICH. Congressman Evans, the ARBA is authorized a sum not to exceed $1,375,000 annually through fiscal 1976 for the State grants-in-aid program. As for the State project matching grants, Public Law 93-179 authorized $20 million for such purpose, of which $11 million was appropriated by the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1974. Mr. EVANS. What are the functions and activities of your regional offices? Mr. HALL. Mr. Congressman, as you know, the ARBA has regional offices in the 10 Federal regional areas. Our regional people work with the State and local government commissions in planning and implementing their programs. They conduct or attend a multitude of local sessions to stimulate increased participation. The regional offices also overview and recommend approval of grants. Our directors are always available to provide guidence to citizens ranging from small groups to State Governors. As members of the Federal regional councils and the Federal executive boards, the 10 regional directors have been able to generate valuable assistance from the local Federal communities. Mr. EVANS. Thank you, Mr. Hall. That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. Mr. YATES. If there are no further questions, the committee stands adjourned. We thank you all for coming before us and telling us about what you have been doing and what you propose to do. Good luck to you. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1975. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION WITNESSES EUGENE J. KEOGH, CHAIRMAN EDWARD S. PEETZ, MANAGER, NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING & DESIGN TEAM, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mr. YATES. We are honored to have with us today one of our most distinguished former colleagues, the gentleman from New York, Mr. Eugene Keogh, whom I rise to greet. It is nice to see you. Mr. KEOGH. That is an understatement, I assume. Mr. YATES. That is true. You know all the gentlemen on the committee. Mr. McDADE. We should let the record show the Republican members wish to join in your understating welcome. We are glad to see you. Mr. KEOGH. I mean not to arouse any antipathy on the part of the senior ranking minority member of your subcommittee, Mr. Chairman, but I daresay they are more expert at understating than we are. Mr. McDADE. Except when it comes to the budget, Gene. Mr. KEOGH. Then only in particular instances. Mr. Chairman, may I present to the subcommittee Mr. Edward Team of the National Park Service, of the Department of Interior of the Government of the United States. Mr. YATES. We are delighted to have him with you. Do you have a statement you want to read? OPENING STATEMENT Mr. KEOGH. I do have a statement I would like to read, Mr. Chairman. Mr. YATES. Very well, you may proceed. Mr. KEOGH. I open it by expressing my deep appreciation for the opportunity to be here and to meet with your distinguished subcommittee in my capacity as chairman of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission. As you undoubtedly know, the Commission has been in existence for a number of years and has been earnestly striving to discharge its primary function of undertaking the preparation and completion of an adequate and suitable memorial to the late President Roosevelt. The record indicates that the Memorial Commission has met with a number of understandable delays. It was finally decided that we should seek the participation of the Secretary of the Interior in the planning and design of the Memorial. To that end, the Congress enacted Public Law 92-332 of the 92d Congress, which was approved June 30, 1972. This joint resolution specifically authorized the participation of the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of the Commission, in the planning and designing of a national memorial. The resolution authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the originating resolution of August 11, 1955. Mr. YATES. Only 20 years? Mr. KEOGH. Depending upon what calendar you use, Mr. Chairman. Mr. YATES. Right. Mr. KEOGH. It was indicated in the support of the joint resolution that the estimated cost to the Department of the Interior to initiate the planning process, determine the concept and obtain a reasonably accurate estimate of the cost of construction was $175,000. By direction of the Commission, I sought to have the Secretary of the Interior include the funds in its fiscal 1974 budget. As a result, the National Park Service reprogramed $175,000 from other projects and made it available for the preliminary planning of a memorial to the late President. With the Commission's unanimous approval, and under its direction, the National Park Service entered into a contract with Lawrence Halprin & Associates of San Francisco, Calif., to proceed with the planning of the memorial, and he presently is doing that. The Memorial Commission has unanimously decided that the Memorial should take the form, essentially, of a rose garden with sculpture in the site set aside by act of Congress for the memorial. It is generally conceded that this decision of the Commission has met uniformly wide support and very little, if any, opposition. We are here today, Mr. Chairman, to seek an appropriation in the amount of $6,000 requested to continue the Commission's oversight |