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Center. In the case where work is done for parties outside of the Government, 

 such work shall be performed through, the Navy "Working Fund if such work 

 is not considered a sale of a publication. Receipts from work done for third 

 parties shall be used to reimburse the National Oceanographic Data Center for 

 the work done. 



(h) The Center shall not duplicate the functions of other official repositories 

 such as the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Smithsonian 

 Institution and similar agencies. The Center shall be cognizant of other sources 

 of relatable information for referral purposes. Only data authorized for release 

 to the public shall be retained in the Center repository. 



(i) The Center will notify the Archivist of the United States of its holdings. 

 As the oceanographic data retained by the Center do not, however, come within 

 the definition of records as contained in the Act of July 7, 1943, 57 Stat. 380, 

 as amended, (44 U.S.C. 366-80), no other disposition of reports will be required. 

 (j) The Center shall provide all secretarial services required by the Advisory 

 Board. 



(fc) The Center is authorized to reimburse the National Academy of Science* 

 for the cost of the services of the two nongovernmental representatives. 



(I) The Center shall on 30 June of each year submit a written report to all 

 the contributing agencies as listed in paragraph 3 herein. The format of this 

 report will be established by the Advisory Board. 



6. Except as otherwise provided herein, this agreement shall remain in full 

 force and effect until terminated by written agreement of the parties hereto. 



In witness whereof, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands on this 

 the 23d day of December 1960. 



William B. Fbanke, 



Secretary of the Navy. 

 Frederick H. Mueller, 



Secretary of Commerce. 

 Alan T. Waterman, 

 Director, National Science Foundation. 

 Fred A. Seaton, 



Secretary of the Interior. 

 Robert B. Wilson, 

 Acting Chairman, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. 



Mr. Bauer. Let me ask you, Mr, Hughes, suppose the next Presi- 

 dent does not want an Oceanographic Data Center ; we wouldn't have 

 one, would we ? 



Mr. Hughes. A short answer to your question is, no, we would not. 

 I would like, though, to point out if I might, and elaborate briefly on 

 my comment to the chairman, that I think even Presidents are not in 

 a position to move on a completely arbitrary and unilateral basis. 

 The very existence of a center of this sort, its establishment, its staff 

 and machinery which go to make it up, are some assurance of its con- 

 tinuance, and coupled also with this assurance is, we feel, the assur- 

 ance of continued Government interest as well as scientific interest. 



Mr. Bauer. However, it could be wishful thinking. 



Mr. Hughes. It could be. 



Mr. Bauer. Now, under the terms of the current interagency agree- 

 ment with respect to the Oceanographic Data Center, any contribut- 

 ing agency can withdraw from contributing to the data center upon 

 reasonable notice ; is that correct ? 



Mr. Hughes. That is correct. 



Mr. Bauer. Supposing the withdrawal occurs. Wliere does the 

 money come from to keep the data center going? Say you have four 

 people contributing to the data center. One decides to pull out and 

 remove the funds ; what happens ? 



Mr. Hughes. I think the consequences of a fund withdrawal in this 

 circumstance are essentially the same as the consequences of any with- 

 <drawal of funds, no matter how this organization was set up. 



