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intorest and initiative required for leadership in studies on specialized craft 

 for research, biolosjical resource studies, deep sea dredging, offshore drilling, 

 factory ships, and otlier new types of work craft which use the ocean for something 

 more than a highwayr Imaginative leadership in this area is needed but this does 

 not imply control. 



Bureau of Standar ds 



The Bureau of Standards has done some excellent work in oceanography 

 but the Bureau should assume more responsibility in the quality control of 

 oceanographic instruments and measurements. This might include monitoring 

 any national calibration facilities for oceanographic instruments and serving as 

 an advisory' center for other such calibration facilities — whether private, 

 governmeni. or coinmercial. 



