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greatest admiration for the work you have done. We want to assist 

 you in any way we can. 



To me, one of the most significant statements you made appears 

 toward the end of your statement on page 13, where you suggest that 

 this committee may be of service in trying to provide further facilities 

 for the training of oceanographers. I assure you the committee will 

 undertake this, and we may call upon you and your Committee for 

 advice because of your great knowledge, and see if we cannot give a 

 push to this effort, 



I am hopeful that before the month is out we will have on the Presi- 

 dent's desk a bill making it legal for the Coast Guard on its own initi- 

 ative to enter the field of oceanography. I can foresee that perhaps a 

 number of young Coast Guard officers can be sent in the future to 

 oceanographic institutions just as you send young naval officers to 

 management schools or to engineering schools for their further train- 

 ing. I think this then will be a source of additional information or 

 additional competent data in this field. 



I think we all recognize the fact that we need some standardization 

 in calibration and instrumentation. I know that you are well on the 

 way to doing this, just as we have established a fine oceanographic 

 center under the hydrographer. I want to congratulate Admiral 

 Stephan, whom I see here, for what he has done in this field. Yet 

 some of us want to make sure that in the future we will maintain and 

 continue for an indefinite time the very fine work that you, as Assist- 

 ant Secretary of the Navy and Chairman of this Committee, initiated. 



Mr. Wakelin. Thank you, sir. 



Mr. Miller. Mr. Dingell, have you any questions ? 



Mr. Dingell. No questions at this time, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Miller. Mr. Pelly? 



Mr, Pellt. Mr. Chairman, I share your feeling of pleasure at 

 having the Secretary here. We are all very much interested in this 

 subject. 



I read in the morning paper that a very distinguished admiral of the 

 Navy, Admiral Rickover, has made some rather caustic remarks re- 

 garding the training that our young prospective naval officers are 

 receiving at the Academy. Nothing in the nature of oceanography is 

 taught at the Naval Academy, is there ? 



Mr. Wakelin. Not as such, Mr. Pelly. There are some courses at 

 the postgraduate school at Monterey, which include both meteorology 

 and oceanography. However, there are at the Naval Academy three 

 courses in oceanography which are offered to qualified midshipmen. 

 These are, in a sense, elective courses. Also, considering the practical 

 aspects of education at the Academy, courses such as seamanship and 

 navigation lean heavily on certain aspects of oceanogTaphy. 



Mr. Pelly. I was struck by your testimony with regard to the 

 need for training scientists and for helping out in connection with the 

 educational institutions where they do teach oceanography. I have in 

 mind one in Seattle, the University of Washington, where there is ap- 

 parently a great need for additional facilities. I believe this adminis- 

 tration has provided some financial assistance looking toward ex- 

 panding that work. 



My perplexity is in how best can the presently existing educa- 

 tional institutions get the support of the Government for the assist- 



