MARINE SCIENCE 
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961 
U.S. Senate, 
ComMitrre or [nTersTATE AND Foreign COMMERCE, 
| Washington, D.C. 
The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a.in., in room 
5110, New Senate Office Building, Hon. Warren G. Magnuson (chair- 
man of the committee) presiding. 
Tho CoatrMan. The committee will come to order. 
We have a substantial list of witnesses for today. The Chair wants 
to say that the President of the United States is going to send up a 
message either today or Monday to the Congress on this whole ques- 
tion of oceanography. Iam familar with portions of the message and 
the general aspects of the message. It may have the effect of not 
necessarily changing the administration in this field of oceanography, 
but at least I don’t think we should make a decision until we get the 
message from the President. 
_ I do want to create a good record here in all fields of oceanography— 
and many of our witnesses are in special fields—so-that we will have 
that for the floor. As far as I know, most of the members of the 
committee favor this bill in general. : 
Tf we can devote our testimony today to the need for oceanography, 
and the need for more research in marine science, and maybe file what 
we have in the record regarding the administration until we get the 
message from the President to correlate it, it will help. 
é Dr. Henderson, I know you have to get away. We will call on you 
rst. 
This is Dr. Joseph Henderson, director, applied physics laboratory, 
University of Washington, Seattle. 
It is good to see you. 
STATEMENT OF DR. JOSEPH E. HENDERSON, DIRECTOR, APPLIED 
PHYSICS LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, 
WASH. 
Dr. Henverson. It isnice to see you, Senator. 
My name is Joseph E. Henderson. I am professor of physics and 
director of the applied physics laboratory at the University of Wash- 
ington. I am very pleased to appear before this committee to provide 
information which will, I hope, contribute to the passage of much- 
needed. legislation in the field of federally sponsored oceanographic 
research. 
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