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Mr. Dingell. He has no other responsibility? 



Mr. Wakelin. He may have, but I don't think he has time to 

 fulfill anything else except this particular role. 



Mr. Dingell. Well, in what you are talking of, he is shortchanging 

 the Government with regard to one responsibility or the other, be- 

 cause he doesn't have time enough to carry them both out, am I 

 right? 



Mr. Wakelin. As far as I know, he has been delegated to work in 

 the Office of Naval Research for me, and the ICO, and he reports to me. 



Mr. Dingell. This is his principal job in the Government. Then 

 he has no other job. 



Mr. Wakelin. That is correct. 



Mr. Dingell. Now who else do you have, full-time staff, in ICO? 



Mr. Wakelin. We don't have anyone else full time, with the ex- 

 ception of Comdr. Steven Anastasion, who spends a major fraction 

 of his time as my special assistant. A very able man. Exceptionally 

 fine, and an outstanding officer. 



Mr. Dingell. True, I agree. Does he have other responsibilities 

 in the Government, too? 



Mr. Wakelin. Only as I delegate the responsibilities to him. 



Mr. Dingell. But his responsibilities are as your aid? 



Mr. Wakelin. He is one of my aids, yes. 



Mr. Dingell. Now this has been very helpful, but as to meetings 

 of ICO, is there any regular schedule of meetings for ICO? 



Mr. Wakelin. There isn't any regular scheduled group of meetings, 

 Mr. Chairman. As the pressure of work builds up we convene the 

 ICO. 



Mr. Dingell. Approximately how often does the ICO convene for 

 meetings? 



Mr. Wakelin. Of the order of once every 1 or 2 months, as a full 

 committee. Of course, the panels are in conference a great deal of the 

 time in between the ICO meetings. 



Mr. Dingell. I see. Now is there an attendance taken at ICO 

 meetings? 



Mr. Wakelin. Yes. 



Mr. Dingell. Do you always have a quorum, and what constitutes 

 a quorum? 



Mr. Wakelin. We are not organized on a quorum basis, with 

 respect to parliamentary procedures, but usually we have representa- 

 tives, in fact, we always have representatives from each of the depart- 

 ments. If they are not members of the ICO, their alternates come. 



Mr. Dingell. Do you have designated members of the ICO who 

 are supposed to attend meetings of ICO? 



Mr. Wakelin. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Dingell. Do these members generally attend? 



Mr. Wakelin. Yes. In fact, they almost always attend. 



Mr. Dingell. Now can you tell us what subprograms under the 

 national oceanographic program have been worked on by ICO? 



Do you have any subprograms under that that have been worked on 

 by ICO? 



Mr. Wakelin. I am not sure I understand the question. 



Mr. Dingell. Or subdivisions of the major programs that have 

 been worked on by ICO itself? 



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