SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1966 



U.S. Senate, 

 Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges 

 OF THE Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 



Washington^ D.C. 



The special subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, in room 4232, New 

 Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m., Senator Claiborne Pell (chairman) 

 presiding. 



Present: Senator Pell (presiding). 



Committee staff present : Fitzhugh Green, special assistant to Sen- 

 ator Pell ; Stewart E. McClure, chief clerk; Roy H. Millenson, minor- 

 ity clerk. 



Senator Pell. The third session of the Special Subcommittee on 

 Sea Grant Colleges will resume its hearing today. We will be terminat- 

 ing at 12 in deference to the funeral of Senator McISTamara. So I trust 

 we can get through the scheduled witnesses this morning. 



Are either Representative Clausen or Representative Keith here? 



Pending their arrival, we will go on with the executive branch and 

 private witnesses. 



The first witness this morning, then, will be Captain Snyder of the 

 Interagency Conunittee on Oceanography, who is appearing in behalf 

 of Mr. Morse, and Mr, Abel is with him, a fact of which I am glad. 



Captain Snyder, will you proceed ? 



Captain Snyder. Good morning. Dr. Morse is still on the sick list 

 He sincerely regrets his inability to appear this morning. 



He did write this statement and, with your permission, I will read 

 it as if he were here. 



Senator Pell. All right. 



STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT W. MORSE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

 OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT), AND CHAIRMAN 

 OF THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY, AS 

 PRESENTED BY CAPT. J. EDWARD SNYDER, JR., U.S. NAVY, AC- 

 COMPANIED BY ROBERT B. ABEL 



Captain Snyder. Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee- 



Senator Pell. Excuse me. If anybody in the back of the room can't 

 hear, raise your hand. 



Will you talk more into the microphone, Captain, and raise your 

 voice, and if you can't hear me, let me know, too. 



Captain Snyder, It ^ives me great pleasure to appear on behalf of 

 the Interagency Committee on Oceanography (ICO) to discuss the 



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