REVIEW OF "OCE/illOGRAPHY 1960 TO 1970" 



MID COi'MEITTS on THE 

 IlITERAGEIICY COMIITTEE 00 OCEAIJOGR/'iPHY 

 FISCzX YEaR 1962 PROGRAI^l 



I. ILTTRODUCTIOLJ 



The first chapter of the Committee on Oceanography report 

 Oceanography 1960 to 1970 - "Introduction and Svunmary of Recom- 

 mendations" was presented to the Government agency sponsors, 

 the scientific community and the Congress in February 1959. 

 During the past two and one-half years chapters on basic re- 

 search, resources, defense applications, artificial radioactiv- 

 ity, now research ships, engineering needs, education and man- 

 power, Ofirian-wide eurveys, international cooperation and a 

 summary oil the sta^MS of U. S. oceanography in 1958 have been 

 prepared and widely distributed. 



The scientific community, the government agencies and the 

 Congress have all reacted to these reports, and a great deal of 

 public xnrerest in oceanography has developed. Bills on ocean- 

 ography have been introduced in the House and the Senate, Con- 

 gressional hearings have been held, and several Senators and 

 Congres.^nen have played an active role in investigating the 

 country's needs in the marine sciences and in encouraging 

 cooperative planning and budgeting by the Federal agencies. 



At the same time, we have seen the development of a new 

 way of coord;'.. -.at inq and planning the support of an area cutting 

 across mai-^y nrency L.ines. The Interagency Committee on Ocean- 

 ography of the Federal Council on Science and Technology, under 

 the able chairmanship of Secretary Wakelin, has been instrumental 

 in developing a strong core of responsible leadership and 

 effective coordination of the various agency programs in ocean- 

 ography. 



At this time, it seems both appropriate and useful to 

 review our two and one-half year old Report and to make specific 

 comments on the recent report of the ICO, "United States national 

 Oceanographic Program, FY 1962." Since these two reports are 

 organized differently we have not tried to review them both at 

 once. Because both reports are concerned with a national effort 



