EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY 11 



young in our efforts to inject industrial know-how into our programs 

 and that such effort as we have been able to take has been primarily in 

 the field of instrumentation. There are other activities in progress, 

 however, which I would like to highlight. As you know, there is in 

 existence a National Security Industrial Association. This organiza- 

 tion was established originally as the Navy Industrial Association, and 

 broadened to include the other two services and the Marine Corps, 

 following its initial establishment by Mr. James Forrestal, Secretary 

 of the Navy during World War II. 



The NSIA is a nonprofit association representing all of industry 

 without regard to special interests or to corporate size. It serves as a 

 means by which the full spectrum of American industry can be con- 

 centrated on the vital problems affecting our national security. You 

 can see from this that its principal concern has been national defense 

 and the Defense Establishment. 



Recently, the Antisubmarine Warfare Committee of XSIA organ- 

 ized an oceanography task team chaired by Dr. Alfred J. Carsola, 

 of the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. This group had its first meeting at 

 the National Oceanographic Data Center on January 17-18, 1962, and 

 received information on the Navy's total program in oceanography. 

 I think, Mr. Chairman, because of my very intimate association with 

 the ICO and with the Federal program in oceanography, I flavored 

 my remarks, presented to this task team in its opening session, to sug- 

 gest a broad view of oceanographic investigation by this industrial 

 team. In this message, I said, after noting the Navy's special interest 

 in the whole field of oceanography: 



Perhaps you might consider at some future time a still greater enlargement of 

 oceanographic perspective for this group. You are aware, I am sure, of the pro- 

 nouncements by the Congress and the President that oceanography is an area of 

 vital national interest. In addition to its defense aspects related to the security 

 of our country, it has significance in our national programs relating to welfare and 

 economy, both domestic and international. 



The staff of the ICO has discussed this concept thoroughly with 

 the NSIA people. It is interesting to note that at this first session 

 of the oceanography task team, representatives from the Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries, the Corps of Engineers of the Army, NASA, 

 AEC, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Department of State, 

 as well as the staff of this committee were present. The task team 

 has indicated to me what is in essence a followup on this broader 

 perspective. On April 20 they will conduct their second meeting 

 under the sponsorship of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Further- 

 more, I understand they are considering a visit to Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution. The ICO staff is further exploring the 

 possibility of a joint meeting between this group and the National 

 Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography. I feel that 

 this NSIA group may serve to be our principal contact with industry 

 at some future date just as NASCO is our associaton with the scientific 

 community now. 



One final item, Mr. Chairman, before I conclude. I would like to 

 recommend that your committee consider hearing from Dr. Woodrow 

 C. Jacobs, the Director of the National Oceanographic Data Center. 

 The Data Center is not only working extremely well in the coordina- 

 tion of data acquisition and dissemination among the Federal agencies 

 and the scientific community, but is also taking the lead in this 



