NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1965 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 



Washington^ D.G. 



The subcommittee met at 10 :10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 1334, 

 Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Bob Casey, of Texas, 

 presiding. 



Mr. Casey. The committee will be in order. 



I am ;pleased to have our colleague. Congressman Van Deerlin, of 

 California, present, who wants the privilege of introducing some of his 

 fine people from California, 



He also has, like most of us, more things than he can do, and he 

 has to get on to another committee meeting, which we well understand. 

 So, Congressman Van Deerlin, we are pleased to recognize you for the 

 introduction of some of your California friends. 



STATEMENT OF HON. LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, A REPRESENTATIVE 

 IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OE CALIFORNIA 



Mr. Van Deerlin. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I know that the subject of oceanography is one that knows no 

 bounds and certainly not the bounds of my home community. It 

 just happens that in the hearings that you scheduled this morning 

 you have called generously upon expert opinion from within my com- 

 munity and, therefore, I feel especially privileged to be able in advance 

 of their several appearances this morning to present them on behalf of 

 San Diego, Calif. 



The first witness whom you are going to hear is Dr. John Clark, 

 who speaks not for San Diego this morning, but for the National 

 Association of Manufacturers. His firm has been making a study for 

 the NAM in this very vital field. 



You are going to hear from the new president of our chamber of 

 commerce, Mr. James Gillean. He actually comes not from the city 

 of San Diego, but from iho, city of La Mesa, but they regard him so 

 highly they elected him president of the San Diego Chamber of 

 Commerce anyhow. 



With him is the chairman of our chamber's oceanography subcom- 

 mittee, Fin Claudi-Magnussen. And also on the agenda are additional 

 witnesses. One of them is Dr. W. M. Chapman, who speaks for Van 

 Camp today, but who is 18 years a San Diegan. 



You are also going to hear from an executive of the Westinghouse 

 Electric Corp., J. H. Clotworthy. The company's studies in this field 



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