Se hat tart ORs tee Dale ag Pilate Rs aE Talhey tk q tee Do ea y tee pe Bak E PRY RY Eee » CONF DENTTAL: moe Foes fr. : a bey ie ge ANNEX FCDA BUDGET PROPOSAL (This is written in response to the President's reque st to prepare a budzet proposal for the first step in the init Aation of the program suggested in the Report of the Panel on t he Human Effects of Nuclear Weapons Development. It is a staf f effort, but has been worked out in conjunction with the Panel Chairman who concurs that it is consistent with the spirit of the Panel's discussion of the program. ) It is recommended that tnis responsibility be assigne the Executive Office of the President, reasons: within for the followhnz (1) The effort, to be effective, should have on it t he stamp (2) It will be necessary to bring about an effective of Presidential leadership. partnership of top-level zovernmental’ and non-governmen pal leaderShip. Solicitation of such non-zovernmental lea lersnip will be more likely to succeed if it emanates frpm the (3) Governmental participation will need to come from a great many departments and agencies and will therefore require coordination from the Executive Office, The budget requirements for the first steps are modes} +. The following is recommended for the first six months (minimal provision of twice this budget should be inade for fis¢al year 1958): Tr eed > lhlae prea” . ie uray. athe z www is th ey te EN Executive Office, ) CONFIHENTIAL« Mae By Boa fe ene tena TS a program of widespread group discussions to involve our people in the broad issues of national security and lasting peace, ut stated that it did not attempt to develop details. The firs imple~ menting step, therefore, should be to work out the bapic details of the progran. ee ater ee ce ee eee The Panel in its report (page 14) offered an idea for