Admiral COUSINS. Poseidon deployment will commence in January 1971 with the departure for patrol of U.S.S. James Madison (SSBN 627). Conversion will be completed with the deployment of [deleted]. The deployment schedule for the intervening ships follows:

Senator Ellender. The subcommittee will recess until 10 o'clock in

the morning.

(Whereupon, at 3:40 p.m., Thursday, April 30, the subcommittee was recessed, to reconvene at 10 a.m., Friday, May 1.)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1971

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1970

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, at 10:15 a.m., in room S-126, the Capitol,

Hon. Allen J. Ellender presiding.

Present: Senators Elsender and Young.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT A. FROSCH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)

ACCOMPANIED BY:

REAR ADM. E. A. RUCKNER, U.S. NAVY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF
NAVAL OPERATIONS (DEVELOPMENT)

REAR ADM. T. D. DAVIES, U.S. NAVY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT

REAR ADM. T. B. OWEN, U.S. NAVY, CHIEF OF NAVAL
RESEARCH

MAJ. GEN. L. METZGER, U.S. MARINE CORPS, DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF (R.D. & S.), HQMC

REAR ADM. W. D. GADDIS, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET
AND REPORTS, OFFICE OF THE NAVY COMPTROLLER

BUDGET REQUEST

Senator ELLENDER. The subcommittee will come to order. The next appropriation to be considered is "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy," for which $2,197,300,000 is requested.

At this point in the record there will appear certain program and

financing information from the justifications.

(The information follows:)

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Financing:

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