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propriate for every facet of the Federal Government, every nickel, 

 and they do not have the time to devote to, well we will not call it 

 legislative oversight, that is a rather harsh name, but a general inves- 

 tigation to determine the progress of a program that the Congress is 

 just as much interested in as is the executive branch of the Govern- 

 ment, I assure you. 



You say, too, further, that you would suggest, and I read on that 

 same page, on line 14 : 



I would suggest, however, that modification of the bills to provide authoriza- 

 tion of funds for general program administration would solve the remaining 

 problem of funding the trangagency studies requisite to good planning. 



I do not know when you prepared this statement. When was it 

 prepared. Doctor ? 



Dr. Morse. Tliis was first submitted last week, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Last week. 



In the report from the Navy, which you represent, as well as the 

 ICO chairman, a letter from the Department of Defense, on July 29, 

 which has not been very long ago, you did not raise this question at all. 



You gave carte blanche endorsement to 2218 without any suggestion 

 of a change or modification in it. 



I wondered what had happened since the 29th of July and, say, 

 about the fourth day of August when this text of the statement was 

 prepared ? 



Dr. Morse. The position I am trying to present to you, sir, on these 

 bills is not the Department of Defense's position, but the ICO position. 



Mr. Lennon. The Department of the Navy would not be different 

 from the ICO. 



Dr. Morse. I can pinpoint the Navy's position. 



Mr. Lennon. You are chairman of the ICO by reason of the fact 

 you are Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 



Dr. Morse. No, sir ; this is a separate appointment that Dr. Homig 

 makes. The ICO was set up by Jerry Wiesner and Jim Wakelin, 

 who was my predecessor, was the first appointment and when he left 

 Hornig appointed me to this position, but it was a separate — it is a 

 separate decision than being the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 



Mr. Lennon. Let me see if I can find the report on 2218 from Dr. 

 Hornig, I have it here if you would like to see it, this letter that he 

 did not make the suggestion that you just made in your testimony with 

 respect to modification of 2218. 



But I am glad to see that there is a little change m thinking, even 

 in the last 10 days. 



Now, let us talk about this suggestion, and I do want counsel to give 

 serious consideration to this, that you would suggest that the bill be 

 modified to provide authorization of fmids for general program 

 administration. 



You say that would solve the problem of funding these agency 

 studies, requisite to good planning. 



Do you mean an open-end authorization there, Doctor? 



Dr. Morse. No, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. I want to pin that down, it may be a good point we 

 could add to 2218. 



