PREFACE 



A Report to the President From the National Council 

 on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, 

 April 1970 



This Report to the President on Marine Science Affairs is prepared in ac- 

 cordance with Public Law 89-454, the Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment Act of 1966, which states that the President shall transmit to the Congress 

 an annual report including (a) a comprehensive description of the activities and the 

 accomplishments of all the agencies and departments of the United States in the field 

 of marine sciences during the preceding fiscal year, (b) an evaluation of such activities 

 in terms of the objectives set forth pursuant to Public Law 89-454, (c) such recom- 

 mendations for legislation as the President may consider necessary or desirable for the 

 attainment of the objectives of Public Law 89-454; and (d) an estimate of funding 

 requirements of each agency and department of the Federal Government for marine 

 science activities during the succeeding fiscal year. 



The Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act was amended by Public 

 Law 89-688, the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966, which also 

 requires an annual report by the President on Sea Grant colleges and programs. 



This Report on Marine Science Affairs is submitted to the Congress in response 

 to both requirements. It was prepared by the National Council on Marine Resources 

 and Engineering Development. The Council, located in the Executive Office of the 

 President, is composed of : 



chairman : 



Spiro T. Agnew, the Vice President 



members : 



William P. Rogers, the Secretary of State 



John H. Chjifee, the Secretary of the Navy 



Walter J. Hickel, the Secretary of the Interior 



Maurice H. Stans, the Secretary of Commerce 



Robert H. Finch, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 



John A. Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation 



Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission 



William D. McElroy, Director, National Science Foundation 



OBSERVERS : 



Thomas O. Paine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space 



Administration 

 S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 

 John A. Hannah, Administrator, Agency for International 



Development 

 Robert P. Mayo, Director, Bureau of the Budget 

 Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors 

 Lee A. DuBridge, Director, Office of Science and Technology 



EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: 



E. L. Dillon, Acting 



(Edward Wenk, Jr., until January 31, 1970) 



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