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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Materials concern telecommunications, saline water conversion, Special Assistant for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner as Chairman of PSAC, a report on Project Rover, committees of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, and a memorandum of a conversation between Science Advisor to President Eisenhower George Kistiakowsy and President of the Foreign Service Educational Foundation Paul H. Nitze. Also included in this folder is a review of the FY 1962 military budget and a report titled, "Major Actions of the President's Science Advisory Committee, November 1957-January 1961."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Materials consist of a report by the National Science Foundation titled, "Federal Funds for Science: IX. The Federal Research and Development Budget, Fiscal Years 1959, 1960, and 1961."
Collection
USBOB
Records 1953-1971 (bulk 1960-1963). Microfilm copies of chronological correspondence file of the Director, and records of subordinate divisions consisting of legislative files, executive orders, bills, and vetoes. Hard copy includes memorandums for the President, Director's chronological correspondence file, memorandums, reports, minutes, records of actions, and publications relating to the President's Council on Youth Fitness, the Federal Radiation Council, the President's Science Advisory Council (PSAC), the Federal Council for Science and Technology, the President's Committee to Appraise Employment and Unemployment Statistics (Gordon Report, 1962), the Committee on Financial Institutions, and other topics.