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HKI t; a`?(F130 ICJIL C"iYlm YpIGN fOGi~r OV a IOWNEWSLETTER O ~~1~ ~~~~ ~ ~ aYI~ICAN /OC16TY O°" /NY,YCAYOt ANO FISEB -Yua8lYOlrw t"RRUNt4u FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY .rplcu..awwn°w,er ..wuwotvoolm ' . : . . ~. . _'i. 9860 Rockville Pike. Bethezda, Maryland 20014 I I Volume 8, Number 3 • s Office of Public Affairs - Robert H. Grant, Director • 301 -530•7075 March 1975 THANK YOU The February 1975 NEWSLETTER, page 1, covered the Administration's request for budget rescissions for the NIH 1975 budget. H.R. 4075, the budget rescission bill which affected HEW and, consequently, NIH, was disapproved on March 10 as a result of a full House vote--371 to 17. At present, it is antic- ipated that the Senate will vote to support the House. The President's request, therefore, will die. On or about March 18, NIH will begin sending notices on all grants and awards which have been held in abeyance awaiting action of the Congress. Because of the congressional action against the President's request, some revisions will be necessary in the 1976 appropriation, at least to the extent of the $351 million of resttired funds. The National Correspondents, the Executive Committee, and other members of the constituent Societiea of FASEB are to be congratulated for their quick and responsive appeals to members of the Congress. OFFICE OF The Office of Public Affairs of FASEB has been in existence since PUBLIC AFFAIRS 1968 under its first director, Robert H. Grant. A prime activity of the Office 1-.as been to keep the members of the constituent Societtes, through the Public Affairs Committee and the National Correspondents (350), infc+rmed as to key legislative and administrstive issues which affect the biomedical sciences. The FASEB NEWSLETTER and the Public Affairs insert In FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS are used as a mechanism to keep the entire membership advised on public aff airs issues as they affect science. The Public Affairs Committee of FASEB was created at about the same time as the Office of Public Affairs. It is comprised of an appointed member of each Society In the Federation, four members-at-large, the President, and the Executive Director of FASEB. Close interaction is developed between the Office of Public Affairs and the Public Affairs Committee to provide a responsive interface between the Federation, members of the constituent Societies, and the American public and its congressional representatives. Mr. Robert H. Grant will retire as Director of the Office of Public Affairs effective April 30, 1975. His successor, Mr. Walter J. Ellis, moves to FASEB follow- ing a distinguished career as a public affaits officer with the Department of Defense. It is important for members of FASEB to make themselves known to Mr. Ellis as individuals and as Society representatives. In this way the established momentum of the Office of Public Affairs can be maintained and expanded to deal with ever- occurring new challenges. Mr. Ellis will be attending the Annual Meeting and may be contacted at Haddon Hall.