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will be jointly funded by the Departments of Navy, Commerce, and In- 

 terior ; the National Science Foundation ; and the Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission. Tlie policies governing management, administration, and 

 operation of the center will be determined by representatives from the 

 sponsoring agencies mentioned above. 



This data center would be a truly wonderful establishment for the 

 scientific community. Whenever a scientist required information on 

 any particular part of the oceans he could call or write to the center 

 and the data would be furnished at a very nominal fee. 



A few short comments are also in order on the need for a National 

 Instrumentation Test and Calibration Center. Every scientific dis- 

 cipline requires a means for testing and calibrating its instruments. 

 The problem is very complex with oceanography because of the unique 

 nature of the oceans. The great pressures involved at depths, tlie 

 variable conditions of salinity and density which affect tlie acoustic 

 properties of sea water, and the difhculty of obtaining data from a 

 moving platform have imposed a terrific burden on oceanographic in- 

 strumentation. This is an immediate need for a national center where 

 oceanographers throughout the country can send their instruments for 

 test and calibration. It is essential that all instruments be calibrated 

 against a common standard so that under identical conditions each in- 

 strument will give the same readings. 



Since tlie Hydrographic Office is acknowledged to liave what is 

 perhaps the world's largest collection of oceanic data, is the chief user 

 of oceanographic data and instruments, and has important national 

 and international responsibilities in this regard, it appears highly 

 logical that the national data and caliliration centers proposed by 

 H.R. 12018 be established at tlie IT.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 



That completes my statement, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Balder. Admiral, we have heard testimony from several wit- 

 nesses to the effect that they favore-d tlie Hydrographic Office having 

 the data center, but they are somewliat concerned a]>out the question 

 of liow the. management of the data center would be run and how it 

 would be conducted. 



Would you talk a little more to just how you envision the manage- 

 ment of this data center would operate ? 



Admiral Hayward. In my statement the sponsoring agency is Dr. 

 Wakelin's group. They would review the proposals for the manage- 

 ment of it. 



From my own backgi'ound I would say we would have a scientific 

 director and he would be up in the same sort of box with a hydrog- 

 rapher and a deputy liydrogra})her. It would be definitely a tech- 

 nical problem. You would have to get a scientific director. 



The management is such that we would manage it in the same way 

 that many of these joint programs are managed. The actual policies 

 would be determined by the representatives of these sponsoring 

 agencies. The actual management of the funds and everything, after 

 they had been budgeted, probably would l)e the job of the Department 

 of the Navy. 



Mr. Bauer. In other words, it would not be in the nature of a joint 

 venture on the part of the civilian agencies and the Navy but it would 

 be under the direct management and control of the Navy with some 

 sort of advisory gi'oup, perhaps. 



