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Dr. HoLLOMON. That is correct. 



Mr. Rogers. Now, you knew we had a study, a 10-year study, of 

 oceanographic goals. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Rogers. Do you think that has been adequate for the Nation to 

 meet its responsibility in tliis area '^ 



Dr. HoLLOMON. The President's Science Director has recently set 

 up a special panel of outside scientists to look at the oceanographic 

 program anew to see whether that is, in fact, the case. That panel is 

 now meeting 



Mr. RoGEKS. You are just now setting up a panel ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. No. It has been meeting this summer. 



Mr. Rogers. How often ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. I think they are in frequent session. 



Mr. Rogers. Once every 2 months? 



Dr. HoLLOMAN. Oh, no, sir. As I 



I stand corrected here. 



Admiral K!aro. They are having a meeting at the end of this month 

 to review another situation. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. They are meeting a week at a time, every month, or 

 10 days at a time, during the summer. I can't tell you the exact sched- 

 ule, but it is not just a once-every-2-months' kind of panel meeting; it 

 is a survey of the whole ocean. 



Mr. Rogers. Do you think things are going along pretty well about 

 oceanography, then, except we could use a little more money ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. And I think a clear assignment by Congress as to 

 responsibilities, possibly. 



I also believe 



Mr. Rogers. As to responsibilities ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes. This is the question that we were discussing 

 a moment ago. 



Mr. Rogers. You mean, this is your personal view you are giving 

 now? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes. 



Mr. Rogers. We do need to set forth some responsibilities. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes. I suggested that it might be a question we 

 would want to take a look at. I think also that Congress should look 

 at the problem of oceanography as a whole, some way of reviewing, 

 as I suggested, the whole program, in oceanography, 



Mr. Rogers. Do you think it would do us any good to have an expert 

 committee report to use after a thorough study on it ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. It might well be. 



Mr, Rogers. Would you be willing to go along with that ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. More importantly, I think that the Congress, which 

 looks at the oceanographic program in many diverse committees, might 

 well try to arrange a way to integrate its activities with respect to 

 oceanography. 



Mr. Rogers. You think that an expert committee recommending 

 how we should have an executive organization set up in order for us 

 to centralize our interests might be helpful ? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. If that is the way you think you should do it, I 

 don't know how Congress should act in this matter. But if that's 

 what you would think, I would agree that there needs to be some way 

 for the Congress to look at the oceanographic program as a whole. 



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