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before proceeding with the development of these programs and as p. 

 consequence the responsibilities for planning these programs on an 

 interim basis until this issue on NOAA is determined have been as- 

 signed within the Government on a lead agency basis, responsibility 

 for drafting legislation for the State authorities with the Department 

 of the Interior ; preparation of plans for coastal laboratories with tlie 

 Department of the Interior; the preparation of plans for the pilot 

 study of lake pollution with the Office of Science and Teclinology 

 later to be assigned to the operating agencies, and the study of arctic 

 ecology, a matter of interest to a nuniber of Federal agencies, to be 

 coordinated by the National Science Foundation. 



I want to say one thing further though, that this is not going to be 

 done just in Washington. The Commission quite adroitly consulted 

 vrith you and your colleagues as they developed their plans and so have 

 the Federal agencies historically as they have developed plans. 



I think you see a growing interest in this matter of partnership 

 intensifying the desire and need for consultation with representatives 

 of the State government. So I am sure that the Department of the In- 

 terior for example, will increase within the next 2 nionths is con- 

 sultation with you as individual States action collectively through 

 the Council of State Governments and other such councils, even consid- 

 ering local and municipal affairs. 



I would like to conclude, and then open this meeting for discussion 

 with just one comment, if I may, to you. Because I think most of you 

 in the audience are officials of State governments, I feel that you have 

 a special responsibility and special opportunity in this matter and I 

 will tell you why. 



We have a problem that has developed as a consequence of neglect, of 

 ignorance, and just plain human greed. Someone has to look out for 

 the public interest. I believe the officials of State governments have 

 wanted to do this. We want to make this possible. 



I think that you as individuals have a further opportunity now to 

 articulate some of your vision and some of your dreams as to ways 

 and means to see some of these goals in understanding a very complex 

 institutional framework that right within your own State government 

 I imagine involves the same bureaucratic rivalries that exist right 

 here in Washington between our agencies, conflicts between public and 

 private interests, and the need for political courage to make your 

 recommendations stick. 



To do this, however, means more than simply desire. It means 

 knowledge. Here, I think you see a pattern reflected in all of these^ 

 including the fifth of these proposals by the administration, to pay 

 more attention to the environment anct to undertake that research 

 necessary in order that we can assess the impact of man on our eco- 

 system. 



This is not an easy job to do and there are not many equipped yet to 

 do this, and it is going to be necessary during the months and years 

 ahead to understand better the kind of skills and intellects and talents 

 needed for this job and this is where the sea grant program will be so 

 very important. 



We are going beyond science. We are using science and this is a 

 message that I, not as an oceanographer, but as a practitioner of this 

 limited art of science policy, am trying to communicate in every way 

 possible, that science is for people, and it is through an example in 



