OCEANOGRAPHY 21 



Mr. DiNGELL. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. 



Mr. Miller. Mr. Counsel ? 



Mr. Drewry. Dr. Revelle, let me see if I understand your position 

 entirely. The position of your Committee is that this additional au- 

 thority will more effectively allow the Coast Survey to participate on 

 an overall long-range planned progi-am ; is that correct? 



Dr. Revelle. That is correct. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Drewry. At the present time, the Coast Survey, acting under 

 statutory authority, is statutorily lunited as to its fielcl of operations ? 



Dr. Revelle. It is not quite certain that it is but the Coast Survey 

 interprets it that way. 



Mr. Drewry. Althougli it is interpreted that way, never the less 

 they have worked on a cooperative arrangement with the Department 

 of Defense ? 



Dr. Revelle. Wliat they have done is this : They have made their 

 ships and men available to tlie Department of Defense provided the 

 Department of Defense put up the money and in accordance with very 

 close direction by the Department of Defense. 



Mr. Drewtjy. So, still thinking of the Coast Survey's relationship to 

 the Department of Defense, this would allow the Coast Survey and the 

 Hydrographic Office together to say, "Here is a project that we can 

 both work on. I will go to my appropriations subcommittee for 

 money and you go to yours," rather than to have it all come out of 

 Navy and then be on a reimbursable basis ; is that correct ? 



Dr. Revelle. That is connect. I am not sure that I quite under- 

 stand what this means in terms of budgeting, but I think that what it 

 means is that the Coast Survey budget would be based on the planned 

 survey program and come before you gentlemen for authorization and 

 before the appropriate subcommittee for appropriations whereas, in 

 the case of the Navy, most of these things are decided internally 

 within the Navy simply because it is such a small part of the overall 

 Navy budget. 



Mr. Drewrt. Now, Mr. Pelly brought up a point which is a very 

 important point in our holding these hearings. In this bill, in its par- 

 ticular language, it says that the Coast Survey may conduct activities 

 without regard to geographical limitations set forth in the existing 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey authority in connection with projects des- 

 ignated as essential to the national interest by the head of an executive 

 department or agency. 



Is there not a possibility that within that language the thing that 

 I believe you are interested in could be frustrated by, let us say, the 

 Department of Agriculture wanting to have them perform functions 

 relating to some new concept of planktonic food or something of that 

 sort, while the Geological Survey is saying that it is essential in the 

 national interest to do certain work to find out about the mineral dis- 

 tributions, the Navy is saying, "We want you to help us locate sea 

 moimts in connection with ASW, or something." Is there not danger 

 in this rather simple language if the head of any executive department 

 or agency is empowered to proceed without coordination ? There is 

 certainly no coordination provided for in this language. 



