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OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1960 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee on Oceanography 



OF THE Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington, D.C. 



The siibcominittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 219, 

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

 subcommittee) presiding. 



Present: Representatives Miller, Oliver, and Dorn. 



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

 Bauer, consultant to the subconnnittee, and \\illiam B. Winfield, 

 chief clerk. 



Mr. Miller. The connnittee will be in order. vSickness has hit 

 some of the committee this morning. Some of the other members 

 are en route. We will get underway. 



Toda}^ we are continuing the examination of our oceanographic 

 assets which are under control of agencies of the Federal Government. 



Our first subject will be the weather. The very able Chief of the 

 U.S. Weather Bureau, Dr. F. W. Reichelderfer, will make the presen- 

 tation . 



Following this, we shall hear from the Beach Erosion Control 

 Board, whose responsibility is to keep our seas from devouring our 

 beaches. 



The committee will then meet in executive session. 



Dr. Reichelderfer, if you will come forward, we wUl be very glad to 

 hear from you. 



Mr. Reichelderfer. Thank you. 



STATEMENT OF FRANCIS W. REICHELDERFER, CHIEF OF BUREAU; 

 ACCOMPANIED BY JACK C. THOMPSON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 

 (TECHNICAL PLANNING); WILLIAM H. HAGGARD, ASSISTANT 

 TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF BUREAU; AND M. ROLAND LARO, EXEC- 

 UTIVE OFFICE, WEATHER BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



Mr. Reichelderfer. Mr. Chairman, I would like to introduce the 

 representatives of the Bureau who came with me in case the questions 

 go beyond my immediate knowledge. 



In the center is Mr. J. C. Thompson, who is the head of our plan- 

 ning operation, and he is here in particular because he has been working 

 with the Interagency Coordinating of Oceanography and has been 

 right in the middle of this program. 



