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branch and the Congress and insuring that the people of the United States understand 

 and can participate in the affairs of the Federal agencies that are the sponsors of 

 research and development. I have tried in all of my own work to keep in mind some of 

 the important observations that you made those many years ago. 



Smith went on to become Assistant Director for Natural Resources 

 and Commercial Services of the Office of Science and Technology 

 Policy. 



CHAIRMAN MILLER AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 



Before Congressman Miller became chairman of the committee in 

 September 1961, he began as the ranking majority member to tilt the 

 committee's influence toward firmer support of international coopera- 

 tion. Miller was far more comfortable with visitors from other coun- 

 tries than Brooks. Also, he loved to travel, to give speeches, and to 

 extend greetings at international conferences and on foreign visits. In 

 1960, Miller traveled to the 11th annual meeting of the International 

 Astronautical Federation in Stockholm, Sweden. Although somewhat 

 miffed that he was not officially on the program and found that com- 

 mittee staffer Spencer M. Beresford was ticketed to deliver two papers 

 on "High-Altitude Surveillance in International Law" and "Principles 

 of Spacecraft Liability," Miller used the opportunity to cement rela- 

 tionships with scientists from many nations. He also spent considerable 

 time on behalf of the committee in a series of conferences to stress the 

 importance of the American scientific attache program, which in 

 1960 had been extended to only ten of our embassies. Miller urged 

 expansion of the program to advise our ambassadors on matters of 

 science policy, as well as establish a liaison with scientific organiza- 

 tions and developments in foreign countries. 



RADIO ASTRONOMY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND WEATHER SATELLITES 



In 1961 and 1962, the Hechler subcommittee held a series of three 

 hearings on radio astronomy, communications satellites, and weather 

 satellites, in the course of which a number of recommendations were 

 made to expand the work in these three areas for the benefit of people 

 throughout the world. In March 1962, Hechler was disturbed by 

 remarks made by Sir Bernard Lovell, director of the Jodrell Bank Ex- 

 perimental Station, before the committee's Panel on Science and Tech- 

 nology to the effect that radio astronomers were subjected to many 

 atmospheric interferences from man's increasing use of the radio 

 spectrum. The subsequent hearings zeroed in on this point, and in its 

 report the subcommittee recommended that more bands be allocated 

 by the International Radio Conference for the exclusive use of radio 



