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B. National Zoological Park (Continued)

Brought Forward - $79,100

For purchase of animals - 19,000

At the present there is only $6000 available for the purchase of animals which is insufficient to maintain our stock. $25,000 per year would compare with amounts expended by other zoos of similar size and would be a reasonable fund for the National Zoological Park. 

Total - $98,100

4. Why the Smithsonian Needs Unrestricted Funds

A.  [[underlined]] To Grasp Opportunities. [[/underlined]]

Opportunities of knowledge are like others; they must be seized or lost. In 1908 President Roosevelt offered to include Smithsonian zoologists in his African Expedition to collect specimens for the National Museum. The Smithsonian had no available funds. The Secretary solicited help from private sources [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]].  He got some money, but not enough to take full advantage of this chance.

B.  [[underlined]] To Undertake New Projects. {[/underlined]]

The unrestricted income from Smithson's bequest was what made possible the activities out of which grew the National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Smithsonian Deposit in the Library Of Congress, the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Fisheries, and the Bureau of American Ethnology. For years past the Smithsonian's unrestricted funds have not been adequate to modern conditions. To that extent it's creation of great public services has come to an end.

C. [[underline]]To Plan Large Scale Researches Extending over Terms of Years[[/underline]].

In 1848 the Smithsonian began the organization of the first continent-wide meteorological service in history. It maintained this service for 22 years, obtaining results which now form a considerable portion of the foundation meteorological science. The success of this long term investigation led directly to the creation of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Without the assurance of continuing income the Institution could not have initiated this project.

D. [[underline]]To Experiment and Explore wherever the Best Results may be Obtained[[/underline]].

Science cannot be limited by political boundaries because the animals, plants, winds, rocks,which it studies are not limited by such boundaries. In expanding in 1918 its researches on the sun's radiation,