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mittee is familiar with all of these agencies involved, but you have the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser\dce. You have the U.S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, the Director of the Trust Territories who is concerned with the 

 problem of oceans which affect the Pacific coasts. You have the U.S. 

 Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the U.S. Bureau of 

 Standards, the Department of Justice which is working on the imme- 

 diately forthcoming meeting on the law of the sea. You have the 

 AEC on the disposal of radioactive waste. You have the National 

 Science Foundation and the Department of Health, Education, and 

 Welfare. You have the U.S. Air Force and the Navy and Army 

 involved. 



This gives you an idea of the number. 



Mr. Miller. About four- of those agencies are under the jurisdiction 

 of this committee. 

 We are privileged at having those four before us. 



We hope as we go on with the investigation to call in other agencies 

 so that we can get their reaction. 



You are, of course, familiar with the report of the Committee of the 

 Academy of Sciences which was headed by Dr. Harrison Brown, who 

 is present? 



Admiral Hayward. Yes, sir. 



Mr, Miller. Of course, that was the basis which inspired Mr. 

 Bonner to set up this subcommittee. 



Dr. Brown's committee made some very fine recommendations as 

 to the number of ships that we need in this field. We know that some 

 ships in other agencies are obsolete and have to be replaced but one 

 of the problems that is going to confront this committee is to deter- 

 mine how these are going to be fimded and in what agencies some of 

 them are going to be placed. 



This is really the first chapter of its report that we have but the 

 Academy report has been silent on that feature so that it is a question 

 of great concern to the committee. We do not expect you or any 

 one else to solve it but at the present time we are trying to accumu- 

 late enough data on which to come forward later with a very definite 

 program and at perhaps future times have people in here to justify 

 bills that I know will be introduced in the Congi'ess on this subject. 



I have nothing more right now. 



Mr. ToUef son, do you have questions you would like to ask ? 



I may say that we are very happy to have Mr. ToUefson here as 

 an ex ofiicio member of the committee who has a great interest in the 

 sea and everything to do with it. The name "ToUefson" at this time 

 implies this. 



Mr. ToLLEFSON-. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I know so little about this subject, Mr. Chairman, since this is my 

 first session with your subcommittee that I scarcely know what to 

 ask. 



I do have two or three questions which came to mind from listening 

 to your testimony, I gather that without any question our various 

 departments of Government have done a lot of research work in con- 

 nection with oceanography generally. Do I get the impression that 

 this work is going to be stepped up as a result of the cooperative 

 effort between the various agencies ? 



