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Mr. McKernan. I should like to introduce, Mr. Chairman, some 

 of the members of our panel who are here. 



Mr. Gilbert Jaffe, of the Hydrographic Office of the Navy. Perhaps 

 Mr. Jaffe would stand, so you can see what good-looking men we have 

 on this panel. 



Mr. Goodheart, from the Department of Commerce, Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey in the Department of Commerce. 



Lt. Comdr. R. P. Dinsmore, U.S. Coast Guard. 



Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, from the National Science Foundation. 



Mr. Dingell. Dr. Ray is well known to the committee. 



Mr. McKernan. And today we also have Mr. F. D. Jennings, of 

 the Office of Naval Research. Yesterday he was away on an official 

 visit and wasn't here. It is wonderful to have him here. 



And yesterday, at least, we had an observer from the National 

 Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography, Mr. Richard 

 Vetter. I am not sure whether he is here this morning or not. Per- 

 haps he will come in later, Mr. Chairman. 



All of these people, in addition to myself, will be pleased to con- 

 tribute toward a more complete record of our hearing. 



Mr. Dingell. Ladies and gentlemen, you are most welcome. 

 The committee is happy to have you here, and we look forward to 

 hearing from you. 



Mr. McKernan. I am a member of the Interagency Committee 

 on Oceanography, and am Chairman of the Panel on Equipment, 

 Facilities, and Instrumentation. I have a prepared statement which 

 I submit for the record. If there are no objections, I will briefly 

 discuss my remarks in this paper. 



Mr. Dingell. Without objection, so ordered. 



(The statement referred to follows:) 



Statement of Donald L. McKernan, Chairman, Interagency Committee 

 on Oceanography, Panel on Facilities, Equipment, and Instrumentation 



purpose and objectives 



Mr. Chairman, the Panel on Facilities, Equipment, and Instrumentation is one 

 of the newer panels of the Interagency Committee. It was organized in January 

 1961 to insure coordination between Government agencies, private oceanographic 

 institutions and industry in the development of instruments, procurement of 

 major items of equipment and construction of shoreside facilities. The principal 

 objective of the panel is to give impetus to development of instruments and 

 instrument systems for oceanographic research and surveys. 



Last year we believed that plans for new techniques and new ways of obtaining 

 oceanographic information were not proceeding as rapidly as they should. There 

 was a need for new instruments to be placed on research and survey ships which 

 were scheduled for construction. We recognized progress being made in other 

 fields of science as a result of close work with industry. Following this example, 

 we believed industry know-how had to be applied to oceanographic instrumenta- 

 tion so that rapid advances could be made. There were a number of instrumen- 

 tation problems before us, and our panel was organized to meet them. 



PANEL MEMBERSHIP 



Representation on the panel is from all member agencies of ICO which have 

 operational requirements in oceanography. In addition, liaison is obtained with 

 non-Government scientists through a representation from the National Academy 

 of Sciences Committee on Oceanography. Membership on this panel is by desig- 

 nation from each agency. Special care has been taken to insure that, where 

 possible, instrument specialists serve on the panel. 



