STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE 

 ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL 

 FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



FRIDAY, MARO % 1962 



House of Representatives, 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Subcommittee on Oceanography, 



Washington, D.C. 

 The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 219, 

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

 presiding. 



Mr. Dingell. The Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries Committee will come to order. 



We are honored to have as our first witness this morning Mr. Robert 

 B. Abel, Assistant Research Coordinator of the Office of Naval 

 Research. 



Mr. Abel, you are most welcome, and we are happy to have you. 

 Mr. Abel. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



STATEMENT BY ROBERT B. ABEL, SECRETARY, INTERAGENCY 

 COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL 

 FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



Mr. Abel. Gentlemen, I am most grateful for the privilege of 

 appearing before you as Secretary of the Interagency Committee on 

 Oceanography. The working group of the Interagency Committee 

 on Oceanography might be considered the staff arm of the ICO. Its 

 present membership includes : 



Chairman, Research Panel, Dr. A. E. Maxwell (Office of Naval 

 Research), and Dr. I. E. Wallen (Atomic Energy Commission). 



Chairman, Surveys Panel, Dr. H. B. Stewart, Jr. (Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey). 



Chairman, Ships Panel, Comdr. R. J. Alexander, of the Office 

 of the Chief of Naval Operations. 



Chairman, Manpower and Training Panel, Dr. B. C. Dees 

 (National Science Foundation). 



Assistant Chairman, Instrumentation and Facilities Panel, 

 Mr. H. H. Eckles (Bureau of Commercial Fisheries). 



Comdr. S. N. Anastasion, assistant to Dr. Wakelin, the Chair- 

 man of the Interagency Committee. 



Dr. John Lvman, National Science Foundation. 

 Mr. Robert B. Abel, ICO Secretary. 

 In beginning, I should emphasize that this group is not a formally 

 constituted body as are the advisory panels. As has been noted in 



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