STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE 

 ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL 

 FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1962 



House of Representatives, 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Subcommittee on Oceanography, 



Washington, D.C. 



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

 219, House Office Building, Hon. John D. Dingell (acting chairman) 

 presiding. 



Mr. Dingell. The subcommittee will come to order. 



The Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries has been conducting a general oversight 

 on the conduct of the ICO. We are honored to have with us this 

 morning a group of distinguished witnesses from the Interagency 

 Committees on Oceanography. 



Our first witness is Mr. D. L. McKernan, Chairman of the Equip- 

 ment and Facilities Panel. Mr. McKernan is also Director of the 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



We are privileged to have you with us, Mr. McKernan. You are 

 certainl}' most welcome. 



Do you have anyone with you that you would like to have sit 

 with you today? 



STATEMENT OF DONALD I. McKERNAN, CHAIRMAN, INTER- 

 AGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY PANEL ON FACILI- 

 TIES, EQUIPMENT, AND INSTRUMENTATION, ACCOMPANIED 

 BY GILBERT JAFFE, HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, U.S. NAVY; 

 A. J. GOODHEART, U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, 

 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; LT. COMDR. R. P. DINSMORE, 

 U.S. COAST GUARD; DR. DIXY LEE RAY, NATIONAL SCIENCE 

 FOUNDATION; AND F. D. JENNINGS, OFFICE OF NAVAL 

 RESEARCH 



Mr. McKernan. Mr. Chairman, I have a number of members of 

 my panel who are specialists in this field, and perhaps if technical 

 questions come up during the course of our discussions this morning, 

 it might be well if I simply introduced them, and then if you wouldn't 

 mind, we could call on them to give you more complete information 

 on any subject that you desire. 



Mr. Dingell. That would be fine. 



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