NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 115 



will inevitably have to be made for one reason or another, but we will 

 do the best we can to accommodate to the convenience of the busy per- 

 sons who may wish to appear and present their views. 



I might say that it is almost impossible to have a committee meeting 

 convened of the Congress and expect to have even all the members of 

 this subcommittee present. The Coast Guard Subcommittee, of which 

 several members of this subcommittee are members, is in session. The 

 Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee is in executive session, 

 with several of the members who are to appear before this subcommit- 

 tee, and on this committee, there, some on the Armed Services Com- 

 mittee, and here, there, and yonder. 



However, before we hear our first witness today, I want to make an 

 announcement. 



For the past 6 years we have been privileged to have attached to our 

 staff a man of very unusual talents, ability, and creative energy, Capt. 

 Paul Sherman Bauer, of the U.S. Naval Eeser^^e, retired. I regret 

 this morning to announce that Paul will be leaving us on September 1. 

 I hope these hearings will be concluded and positive legislation passed 

 through the Congress before we have to lose him — and in honor of 

 his splendid achievements and service to this committee. 



Captam Bauer first came with our committee in 1959, at the very- 

 beginning of the concept of a national oceanographic program. We 

 have been fortunate indeed in having his services as a consultant on 

 oceanographic, fisheries, and other teclmical matters since that time. 



A successful businessman in his native Massachusetts, he has in 

 recent years devoted almost full time to the cause of science. Oceanog- 

 raphy and the other earth sciences have been his specialties. 



In addition to his valuable contributions to this subcommittee and 

 to the full Committee on JMerchant Marine and Fisheries, he has also 

 served as professor of earth sciences at the American I^niversity here 

 in Washington ; participated in numerous technical meetings of value 

 to the work of this committee, and published, as some of you laiow, 

 several very important papers. 



He brought to the committee a long background of technical and 

 scientific achievement. He is wise in the ways of Government — which 

 has been invaluable to us as we have tried to unravel the mysteries of 

 what has been going on in oceanography and to determine the course 

 we should take for the future. 



While I can fully appreciate Panl's desire to devote more time to 

 his personal business, I want to express my personal regret and the 

 regret of the full committee at losing him. 



It has been a very fruitful period in the development of a true 

 oceanographic program since he came with us. 



Agam I say, Paul, in behalf of the committee, I wish you well in 

 your new activities, and hope that we may call upon you from time 

 to time for your most wise and able counsel. 



We are delighted to have today as the first witness the distinguished 

 Senator from the State of Alaska, a former Member of the House, 

 Senator Bob Bartlett. 



Do members of the committee have copies of the Senator's statement ? 



Senator, we welcome you back to from whence you came. We are 

 delighted to have you back. 



