OCEANOGRAPHY H 



Bonner to Dr. Harrison Brown, Chairman, Committee on Oceanog- 

 raphy, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, 

 Washington, D.C., reads as follows : 



Deae Doctor : Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of November 27, rela- 

 tive to S. 2482, to remove geographical limitations on activities of the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey. I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter, and 

 your offer of Committee on Oceanography repi-esentation in the event of hearings. 



When I liad the pleasure and privilege, together with members of our 

 Special Subcommittee on Oceanography, to join with yoiu- group at Lubec, Maine, 

 last summer, I recall that this subject was an item on your agenda. >Following 

 that meeting our subcommittee chairman, Representative George P. Miller, 

 introduced a bill to accomplish that purpose. Subsequently, I introduced a 

 similar measure, when the administration forwarded a draft bill to the Congress. 



Circumstances in the closing weeks of the session denied us the opportunity 

 to liold hearings on the legislation, although we did take action in the committee, 

 ordering the bill reported, following the Senate action. Upon learning that the 

 matter was not noncontroversial we withheld reporting the bill to the House, 

 pending an opportunity to hold hearings on it in January when Congress recon- 

 venes. I understand that committee counsel, Jack Drewry, explained the back- 

 ground of this situation to you when he and Congressman Oliver attended your 

 committee meeting in Pasadena in October. 



It is my intention to schedule a hearing on the legislation as soon as feasible 

 after the beginning of the next session. I think it will be appropriate and 

 desirable to receive testimony from .someone on behalf of your committee. I will 

 see that you receive adequate notice of the scheduling of the hearing. 



With kindest regards and best wishes for a very happy Christmas and New 

 Year. 



Sincerely, 



Herbert C. Bonner, Chairmati. 



Mr. Miller. For the convenience of the members I have had dupli- 

 cated and distributed to each desk a copy of the pertinent provisions 

 of law which will be affected by the bills under consideration today. 



We have a number of important witnesses from the cognizant 

 departments this morning, and we are privileged to have with us Dr. 

 Eog-er Revelle, a member of the Committee on Oceanography of the 

 National Academy of Sciences, and the distinguished director of 

 Scripps Institution on Oceanography. 



May I say that Dr. Revelle was a wonderful host when Mr. Pelly, 

 Mr. Bauer, and I had an opportunity to visit with him this summer. 

 He has come to Washington to attend an important committee meeting 

 of the National Academy of Sciences Oceanography group. Accord- 

 ingly, in view of his commitments and the great interest in this sub- 

 ject on the part of the NASCO Committee, I am going to ask that 

 Dr. Revelle appear first. 



STATEMENT OF DR. ROGER REVELLE. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCES, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, COMMITTEE ON 

 OCEANOGRAPHY 



Dr. Revelle. This is such an important subject, Mr. Chairman, 

 that I am quite glad to spend all the time that is necessary that will 

 be of use to the committee. 



Mr. Miller. May I just say this in passing. The Honorable John 

 J. Allen, Jr., Under Secretary of Coimiierce for Transportation, was 

 to appear this morning and I had a call from him just a few minutes 

 ago that he was called to the White House on a transportation prob- 

 lem and could not be with us this morning. 



