NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 205 



Vine, WHOI. Liaison members : John Craven, Department of the Navy ; Gordon 

 Lill, NSF. Consultant : Russell Keim, SIO. 



Ocean-Wide Surveys. — Warren Wooster, Chairman, SIO ; Maurice Blackburn, 

 SIO ; Charles Drake, LGO ; Richard Geyer, Texas Instruments, Inc. ; Bruce 

 Heezen, LGO ; H. H. Hess, Princeton University ; Columbus Iselin, WHOI ; John 

 Knauss, University of Rhode Island ; Henry Stommel, MIT ; Victor Vacquier, 

 University of California, San Diego, Calif. 



Radioactivity in the Marine Environment. — Donald Pritchard, Chairman, 

 John Hopkins University ; James Carpenter, Johns Hopkins University ; Dayton 

 Carritt, MIT; Edward Goldberg, SIO; John Isaacs, SIO; Bostwlck Ketchum, 

 WHOI ; Fritz Koczy ; Frank Lowman, University of Puerto Rico ; T. R. Rice, 

 BCF ; Milner Schaefer ; AUyn Seymour, University of Washington. 



Research Ships. — Paul Fye, Chairman, WHOI ; Fritz Koczy ; Donald Pritchard. 



Mr. Lennon. So, we are a little bit interested to know when these 

 panels were organized, who composes their membership, and, since 

 constantly in our letters from the agency, they always say that the 

 very matter that the Congressman So-and-So proposes or Senator 

 So-and-So proposes by his bill has been and is mider sutdy. So, we 

 would like some answers soon as to when they are coming up with 

 these questions that are proposed in these bills, on which the depart- 

 ments always say, "Well, they are under study by a panel that is set 

 up to do exactly what this bill says." 



All right. 



Thank you. 



Mr. Keith? 



Mr. KJEiTH. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Secretary. 



Dr. HoLLOMAN. Good morning, sir. How are you this morning? 



Mr. Keith. Nice to see you again. 



Dr. HoLLOMAN. Glad to see you, sir. 



Mr. Keith. If I may say to my chairman and to those interested 

 in oceangraphy, I regret my inability to have been present earlier, but 

 there are matters of great importance before the Commerce Committee 

 on which I serve, and one of those is a subject very dear to the heart 

 of Mr. Hollomon, and I have been working in his vineyard in the 

 Commerce Committee rather than here in oceanography. 



Dr. Hollomon. I appreciate that, sir. 



Mr. Keith. I have filed a bill which has been reviewed by the de- 

 partments and which is contained, together with departmental reports. 

 On page 41, the discussion deals, primarily with getting into the busi- 

 ness of determining the resources that are claimed by reason of legis- 

 lation which the Congress passed a year ago ; namely, the exploitation 

 of the Continental Shelf, which is the area outlined on the map ap- 

 pearing to my left. 



(The map referred to appears on p. 158.) 



Mr. Keith. And, as you can see, that is a very extensive area, and 

 those of us who filed that legislation which gave us as a nation, rights 

 which have been recognized internationally, feel that we should at 

 least get a stake in these new resources. We, in our bill, utilized 

 existing agencies pretty much in accordance with your philosophy. 

 In our bill, certain of these areas fall within the jurisdiction, I would 

 say, which you would claim for the Commerce Department. 



Dr. Hollomon. Or for Interior. 



Mr. KJEiTH. Or for Interior. Certainly, those above the ocean bed 

 fall into your bailiwick. 



Dr. Hollomon. Yes, sir. 



