OCEANOGRAPHY 1961— PHASE 3 



THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.C. 



The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to adjourmnent, Hon. 

 Charles A. Vanik presiding. 



Present : Representatives Vanik, Ellsworth, and Morse. 



Present also : John M. Drewr}^, chief counsel ; Paul S. Bauer, staff 

 consultant, and William B. Winfield, chief clerk. 



Mr. Vanik. The committee will be in order. 



Today we shall hear from the Navy concerning some of the details 

 of their oceanographic program which are germane to H.R. 4276. 



The hydrographer of the Navy will present information on the 

 National Data Center for Oceanography, which is currently operating 

 as a result of a joint venture agreement which has already been placed 

 in the record. I feel that the establishment of this center is a most 

 laudable achievement on the part of Admiral Stephan. The gromid- 

 work was laid by the preceding hydrographer, our good friend, Cap- 

 tain Munson. Admiral Stephan on taking office took the ball, ran 

 with it, and made a touchdown. I also expect to hear from the hydrog- 

 rapher about his thinking about the problem of instrumentation. 



Then Admiral Coates, the Chief of Naval Research, will discuss in 

 detail some of the areas in which the Office of Naval Research is 

 active in the study of the aquatic environment. Certain elements of 

 the TENOC program mentioned by Secretary Wakelin will be con- 

 sidered. 



We then shall hear from Dr. Paul Fye, the able director of the 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, that great contribution of 

 New England to the science of the sea. 



Finally Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, Chairman of the National Academy 

 of Sciences Committee on Oceanography, will discuss the proposed 

 legislation, H.R. 4276. 



I want to point out to our witnesses today that our distinguished 

 chairman, the Honorable George Miller, of California, had a mis- 

 fortune in his family and could not be here. We regret his inability 

 to be present on the occasion that this testimony is presented. 



Now the first witness is Rear Admiral Stephan. 



Will you proceed. Admiral? 



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