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Mr. Bauer. Have you considered the Coast Guard in your picture 

 of ocean surveys ? 



Mr. AVakelix. I am not sure that we have requested the Coast 

 Guard for membership. 



Might I go over with you the su<rg:ested membership without the 

 names, Mr. Bauer i 



On the Ocean Survey Advisory Panel, the Xavy has rei)resentatives 

 from the Office of the Chief of Xaval Operations, the Office of Xaval 

 Eesearch, and the Hydroiirraphic Office; Commerce: the U.S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey ; the Weather Bureau ; and an obsei-^^er from the 

 ^Maritime Acbninistration; from Interior, the Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries, the U.S. Geological Survey ; from the Treasury we have a 

 representative of the Coast Guard as a member; then two observers, 

 one from the Science Foundation and one from the Atomic Energy 

 Commission. 



Mr. Bauer. How many of those groups are actively engaged in 

 ocean oirraphic survey Avoi-k at the moment ? 



Mr. Wakelin. Well, the Navy, certainly ; the Department of Com- 

 merce, certainly; the Coast Guard and the Interior Department, of 

 course, make use of the surveys provided by Commerce and by the 

 Navy. 



Mr. Bauer. Would you talk, ]Mr. Secretary, to the permanency of 

 this Committee in view of the fact that it was created by executive 

 desire and we have an election coming up shorth'. My thought is, if 

 ocean surveys are going to be planned for KJ years, the permanency 

 feature of the Committee is certainly important. Do you agree ^ 



Mr. Wakelix. Yes. Actually, the Committee repoi-ts to the Fed- 

 eral Council for Science and Technology. This is a body representing 

 the various agencies and departments of the Government interested in 

 science and teclmology in their own departments. 



I would believe that such a bod}- would not necessarily have to 

 change with the acbninistration. 



Mr. Bauer. I think that the permanency feature is the one thing 

 that this bill tried to accomplish. However, I rather feel that perhaps 

 at this time it might be well to put into the record, Mr. Chairman, a 

 letter with respect to coordinating committees, signed by Rear Admiral 

 Bemiett which was sent to our counsel by the legislative liaison on the 

 19th of March 1959. 



Admiral Bennett came to the conclusion, and I will quote from 

 paragraph 2 : 



The conclusions given in enclosure ( 1 ) — 



which I shall read shortly — 



represent the results of the first meeting of Government agencies to consider 

 the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences. As an alternative 

 to the formation of a new committee, as discussed in conclusion 3, it is proposed 

 that the Coordinating Committee on Oceanography simply enlarge itself, and 

 take over. It is likely that the CCO will act for, and report directly to, the 

 newly established Federal Council on Science and Technology. In this case 

 there would be no requirement for a new group. 



Is that your thinking, sir ? 



Mr. Wakelix. Well, yes. The CCO actually is an informal body, 

 Mr. Bauer, as you know, which is not constituted by Executive action.- 



