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makes things go sour, and I have seen nothing that suggests to me 

 that Malta is interested in anything except developing a more intelli- 

 gent, rational approach to the disposition of these resources. 



The last point I wanted to make was that if the resources that are 

 exploited should accrue to the United Nations and used for the devel- 

 oping countries, and purely hypothetically, if this should become the 

 source, for example, to fund the United Nations development program 

 to replace the $185 million that was pledged recently, then it seems to 

 me that the United States stands to be the major beneficiary since we 

 are the major donor in the development programs. 



So that the only way one can say that the rich nations are being 

 cheated if the U.N. gets this money is to say that the rich nations other- 

 wise have no intention of doing anything to help the world, and I 

 know that some people would just as soon forget about the world. But 

 it was interesting when the foreign aid bill went through the House 

 that the voluntary contributions to the United Nations was one of the 

 few items that was not cut. 



So there is some support in trying to build an international com- 

 munity. I have to go and if I ask you another question I won't get 

 out of here. 



Thank you very much. 

 Mr. Fascell. Mr. Gross? 



Mr. Gross. Thank you, Mr, Chairman. I would like to get one thing 

 squared away that I am always curious about. 



Mr. Danzig, have you or your law firm in New York done any con- 

 tract, consultant, or research work for the Federal Government? 

 Mr. Danzig. No. 



^Ir. Gross. You, Mr. Christy, your firm ? I believe you are a research 

 associate for Resources For the Future, Inc. Do you hold any con- 

 tracts with the Federal Government for 



^Ir. Christy. In a sense 



Mr. Gross (continuing) . Consulting or research work? 

 _ Mr. Christy. Yes, we do. I personally am, as you will see from my 

 biography, in a consulting capacity with the Marine Science Council, 

 and with the sea grant college program, and also a member of the 

 Economic Panel for the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



Our organization is doing a cooperative project with the Office of 

 Science and Technology on decisions with respect to the resources. Our 

 organization, by the way, is a nonprofit, private corporation, under- 

 taking research on national problems. 



Mr. Gross. Yes; we have considerable experience with nonprofit 

 research organizations. I happen to be on the Manpower Utilization 

 Subcommittee and we find them numerous, working with the Federal 

 Govemrnent. I will not go further into that at this time. 



Mr. Eichelberger, how much authority would you vest in the United 

 Nations over the deep sea bed ? 



Mr. Eichelberger. I would establish a United Nations agency, or let 

 us say, an authority which might be more effective, that would coordi- 

 nate the work of the specialized agencies. It would have, dealing with 

 the problem of fisheries, quite a different problem from the problem 

 of the resources of the seabed. Let us approach the fisheries for the 

 moment. 



