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Mr. Miller. And it stops them from getting it too far down the 

 ladder, 



Mr. Morris? 



Mr.Vanik? 



Thank you very much, Professor. And I appreciate your fine 

 statement. It has given us a lot to think about. 



Professor Lewis. It was a privilege, sir. 



Mr. Miller. Dr. Frank Olson, Radio Corp. of America. 



Doctor, would you state for the record your name and affiliation and 

 some of your background ? 



STATEMENT OF DR. T. C. W. OLSON, RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA, 

 PRINCETON LABORATORIES 



Dr. Olson. My name is F. C. W. Olson. I am employed by the 

 Radio Corp. of America in the advanced military systems group. 



My background is, briefly : I got a bachelor's degree in mathematics 

 from the University of Chicago in 1933 ; worked 8 years as a physicist 

 for the American Can Co. ; 1 year with Stewart -Warner Corp. ; 3 years 

 in the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific^ Re- 

 search and Development during the war on an air sterilization project ; 

 1 year as assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois ; 3 

 years as research associate at the Stone Institute of Hydrobiology on 

 Lake Erie; 7 years as professor of oceanography at Florida State 

 University ; 3 years at the Mine Defense Laboratory in Panama City, 

 as head of the Oceanographic Branch; and about a year and a half 

 now with RCA. 



Mr. Miller. We welcome you and your rich background. Doctor. 



Dr. Olson. May I make one statement to clarify my position here ? 

 I have been asked to read a statement which was prepared for me, and 

 it is this : 



I have been asked to appear before you today to give the members 

 of this committee the benefit of many years of experience which I have 

 had in the field of oceanography. In appearing before you, I am 

 doing so in my individual capacity, rather than testifying on behalf 

 of my employer. 



My testimony expresses my own personal views, and has not been 

 checked with and does not necessarily represent the views of my 

 employer. 



Mr. Miller. We appreciate that. 



Doctor, do you wish to make a statement with respect to oceanog- 

 raphy ? Are you familiar with the bill that we have before us ? 



Dr. Olson. I have been following quite a few of these bills, and 

 quite a few of the developments, and up until now I have been quite 

 disappointed. I read the Miller bill last Friday, and I am happy to 

 state that I expressed my opinions publicly before coming here, and I 

 thought the bill showed signs of great wisdom and understanding. I 

 am very pleased with it. I think that it is one of the few bills that 

 seems to be completely devoid of any hysteria or any shotgun effort, 

 trying to catch up with the Russians. I think that this more than 

 anything else will satisfy the needs of our country. 



1 think that is all I can say about my general opinion of the bill 

 right now. 



