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There were several unique characteristics of this first set of sub- 

 committee hearings: Chairman Scheuer conducted the hearings in a 

 panel form, with several witnesses at the table at the same time; 

 Scheuer allowed other subcommittee members, like Blanchard and 

 Beilenson, to preside over some of the hearings; he insisted that wit- 

 nesses summarize their statements orally to speed along the time when 

 the members could get to the questions which concerned them (Scheuer 

 even resorted to an unprecedented placement of his own opening state- 

 ment into the record, an opening statement which included the 

 phrase: 'Twill 'practice what I preach' with my opening statement"). 



This desire to get into problems whenever they arose perhaps 

 accounted for another jurisdictional clash with the Committee on 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries, whose chairman, Representative 

 John M. Murphy (Democrat of New York) grumbled to Speaker 

 O'Neill that Scheuer's subcommittee was exercising "predatory juris- 

 dictional initiatives" in its Law of the Sea hearings. Scheuer responded 

 to Murphv somewhat tartly that his subcommittee was merely utilizing 

 its oversight jurisdiction. This time, Teague did not dignify Murphy's 

 jurisdictional protest, as he had on the nuclear theft issue, and the 

 Speaker did not interfere in the controversy either. By standing its 

 ground and brushing aside protests, the subcommittee strengthened 

 its position. The following year, the subcommittee could claim that 

 "support was provided to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 

 Fisheries" on the "Deep Seabed Minerals Resource Act" which came 

 out of the Merchant Marine Committee. 



In a letter to Secretary of State Vance following conclusion of the 

 hearings, Chairman Teague outlined some of the subcommittee find- 

 ings, including concern expressed by the scientists who testified that 

 the Law of the Sea conferees not surrender the freedom of scientific 

 research in coastal waters. Teague also intervened with the Speaker to 

 get Scheuer and Representative George E. Brown, Jr. (Democrat of 

 California) appointed as additional congressional advisers to the Law 

 of the Sea Conference delegation. Copies of the Teague-Vance corre- 

 spondence were forwarded to all the other congressional advisers and 

 Representative Paul N. McCloskey (Republican of California) re- 

 sponded to Teague: 



These issues are so complicated, and the balance between competing U.S. in- 

 terests so delicate, that I am delighted that your Committee is taking such a careful 

 and serious interest in the problem at this early date. 



COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 



In connection with its interest in international crime, the sub- 

 committee had a briefing on Interpol on May 25, 1977, shortly before 



