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TENOC, it was assumed that with the Navy takino; the lead, other 

 organizations would contribute to the expansion over and above that 

 supported by the Navy. This indicates that TENOC is recommend- 

 ing a slightly greater expansion than the Academy of Sciences : 



(1) Capital improvements (shore facilities) : Million 



TENOC $12.81 



NASCO 8. 25 



(2) Capital improvements (ships) : 



TENOC 51.60 



NASCO 27.30 



Comparison of number of ships : 



TENOC NASCO 



500-ton class 4 2 



1,200-ton class 10 5 



3,000-ton class 4 1 



Total 18 8 



(3) Education program : 



TENOC (to produce 175 Ph. D.'s in 10 years 4. 25 



NASCO (recommends a program sponsored by the National 



Science Foundation) 



(4) Research budget : 



TENOC (includes ships and aircraft operation new devices re- 

 search) 125. 00 



TENOC 10-year Navy total for research 193. 66 



NASCO : 



Nevs^ devices 50. 20 



Ship operation 12.45 



Shore operation 37. 20 



Total 99. 85 



NASCO, 10-year Navy total for research 135. 40 



In addition, the NASCO report recommends the following expendi- 

 tures of Navy funds for survey work and for military research and 

 development : 



NASCO (survey) : Million 



Capital (ships) $41. 10 



Capital (shore) 4. 14 



Operations 37. 80 



Total 83.04 



NASCO (military R. & D.) : Capital (ships) 59.30 



NASCO 10-year total Navy funds for all oceanography 277. 74 



In the TENOC report, it was recommended that the Hydrograpliic 

 Office and the Navy Laboratories submit their own recommendations 

 for expansion. These are in preparation. 



To summarize the comments, I consider the NASCO report to be 

 a realistic and necessary program of expansion that is desirable not 

 only from the Navy's standpoint, but also from a national aspect. To 

 do anything less than has been recommended would seriously jeop- 

 ardize our international position in the field of oceanography. 



In addition to meeting the challenge of the NAS report on oceano- 

 graphy, the Department of the Navy through the Office of Naval Re- 

 search has been active in organizing interdepartmental coordination 

 in this field. In 1956 we established the informal Coordinating Com- 

 mittee on Oceanography which is now examining the NAS report and 

 is to make recommendations to the Federal Council on Science and 



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