OCEANOGRAPHY 



THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1960 



House of Representativis, 

 Special Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 



Committee on IVIerchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington, D.G. 



The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to adjournment, in room 

 219, Old House Office Building. Hon. George P. Miller (chairman 

 of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Present : Representatives Miller, Dingell, Oliver, Flynn, Pelly and 

 Curtin. 



Staff members present: John H. Drewry, counsel; Paul S. Bauer, 

 special consultant to subcommittee, and Frances Still, assistant clerk. 



Mr. Miller. The committee will come to order. 



The first witness this morning will be Rear Adm. Charles Pierce. 



Thank you, Admiral, for allowing me to bring you in this morn- 

 ing before the subcommittee. 



Admiral Pierce is Assistant Director of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, and will be assisted by Dr. Harris B. Stewart, of the Survey, 

 who is coauthor of the interesting recent paper on "Near Shore Ocean 

 Currents off San Diego, Calif." 



Admiral Pierce will be followed by Adm. James A. Hirshfield, 

 Acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and then we will hear 

 from Dr. Preston E. Cloud, of the Geological Survey, and finally a 

 presentation will be made by Mr. F. J. Agnich, vice president of the 

 Geoscience and Instrumentation Division of Texas Instruments, Inc. 



STATEMENT OF REAR ADM. CHARLES PIERCE, ASSISTANT DIREC- 

 TOR, TI.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY; ACCOMPANIED BY DR. 

 HARRIS B. STEWART, JR., CHIEF OCEANOGRAPHER, U.S. COAST 

 AND GEODETIC SURVEY 



Admiral Pierce. I have a brief statement on what activities we 

 conducted recently plus what our plans are in the future. 



Would you care to have me read it ? 



Mr. Miller. I think it would be well to have you read it. Admiral. 



Admiral Pierce. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, 

 I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you to testify regarding 

 the bills you are considering for the purpose of developing a pro- 

 gram in the field of oceanography and to tell you something of the 

 role of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in contributing to increased 

 understanding of the many unknowns still locked in the depths of our 

 great oceans. Unfortunately, Admiral Karo, because of a conflicting 



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