I don't have to remind yon, ladies and gentlemen, that this same 

 admonition applies equally to our Great Lakes. 



■ Against this background, the Congress is being asked to move toward 

 the establishment of a more rational management system. While we 

 are armed with excellent studies and recommendations from several 

 sources on management and development of the coastal zone, we have 

 found that there are many unanswered questions as to how those rec- 

 ommendations are to be translated mto specific legislative language, 

 either at the State or Federal level. 



For this reason we have invited you to this conference and through 

 this proceeding, contacts and discussion, we hope to obtain information 

 that will lead us one step further, and perhaps it will be a jumbo step, 

 toward developing a sound management system. 



It is significant that represented in this room are a number of differ- 

 ent points of view. I am cognizant of that. 



We are honored with the presence of people from the coastal and 

 Great Lakes States representing a wide variety of governmental func- 

 tions. We have persons who are familiar with the specific problem of 

 small subdivisions. Others have already come to grips with the broad 

 coordinating problem of interstate and regional organization. 



We have people from universities, research institutions, and indus- 

 tries. We also have distinguished members of the executive branch 

 of the Federal Government. We welcome them here too. 



Some States have already studied or are in the process of studying 

 their coastal zone problems and their contributions will be most im- 

 portant to this conference. We believe too, ladies and gentlemen, that 

 there is a goal to be attained, simply by bringing this group together, 

 as part of an educational process for what each of you can contribute 

 to one another's understanding of mutually conflicting interests. 



Second, we have asked you to come to educate us, to assist us in wres- 

 tling with some of the questions of policy and detail that are plaguing 

 us. Your collective wisdom and judgment will be valuable to the legisla- 

 tive input. For this reason we will raise some of the broadest and most 

 penetrating questions about what we are all here about, the coastal 

 zone. 



In the interests of time, I will not attempt to enumerate the many 

 coastal zone problems that will be considered, but I want you, ladies and 

 gentlemen, to know that the Oceanography Subcommittee, and each 

 and every member thereof is vitally interested in these problems and 

 is determined, if humanly possible, with your help, to move ahead to 

 solutions. 



On behalf of the subcommittee, I welcome jow and wish you well 

 in jouv endeavors and want you to know that we appreciate your inter- 

 est, your time, your dedicated assistance. 



iSTow, in closing, I want to stress and make crystal clear one point : in 

 all of the deliberations of this subcommittee, which go back almost 11 

 years, the Subcommittee on Oceanography has always acted in a com- 

 pletely bipartisan manner. It is significantly acting the same way now. 

 I think it wpuld be interesting to you, ladies and gentlemen, to know 

 that every single member of this subcommittee joined in the sponsor- 

 ship of the legislation that was introduced to implement the Stratton 

 Commission report relative to Government structure. For we are in- 

 terested, I assure you, solely in what is best for your and all our national 

 interests. 



