COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1969 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on 



Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.G. 



The subcommittee met at 9 :40 a.m., pursuant to call, in the Caucus 

 Room, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 

 man of the subcommittee) , presiding. 



Present: Representatives Lennon, Garmatz, Rogers, Downing, 

 Karth, St. Onge, Feighan, Mosher, Pelly, Keith, Schadeberg, Dellen- 

 back, and Goodling. 



Staff Members Present: Thomas A. Clingan, Jr., counsel, Robert 

 J. Abies, chief counsel, and Robert J. McElroy, chief clerk. 



Mr. Lennon. May I have your attention, please. Ladies and gentle- 

 men, I want to open by extending to all of you a very cordial and 

 hearty welcome. 



We are delighted and honored to have you, ladies and gentlemen, 

 with us this morning. It is my pleasure now to present to you the 

 distinguished Chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com- 

 mittee for his welcome. This distinguished gentleman has been a mem- 

 ber of this committee since back in the forties, and he was the ranking 

 majority member for a great many years of that time. 



He became chairman of this committee on January 10, 1966. 



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

 the wide spectrum of legislative authorization jurisdiction that this 

 committee has. Chairman Garaiatz, the chairman of the full commit- 

 tee, has under his direct supervision and control, the Subcommittee on 

 Merchant Marine, the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Con- 

 servation, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Geodetic Survey, and 

 Navigation, the Subcommittee on Panama Canal, the Subcommittee 

 on Oceanography, and the Subcommittee on Maritime Education and 

 Training. 



It is my great pleasure now, ladies and gentlemen, to present to you 

 our distinguished. Chairman, the Honorable Edward A. Garmatz. 



STATEMENT OF HON. EDWARD A. GARMATZ, CHAIRMAN, COM- 

 MITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, U.S. HOUSE 

 OF REPRESENTATIVES 



Mr. Garmatz. Thank you very much. 



Ladies and Gentlemen. Mr. Lennon, your program chairman for this 

 conference, tells me that we are honored by the presence of many dis- 

 tinguished representatives of our coastal and Great Lakes States and 



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