NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 519 



STATEMENT OF LELAND J. HAWORTH, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL 

 SCIENCE FOUNDATION; ACCOMPANIED BY RICHARD G. BADER, 

 PROGRAM DIRECTOR, OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM, DIVISION OP 

 MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE; WILLIAM BENSON, 

 HEAD, EARTH SCIENCES SECTION, DIVISION OF MATHEMATICS 

 AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE; AND HARVE CARLSON, DIRECTOR, 

 DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES 



Mr. Ha WORTH. Mr. Chairman, I would like to also have Dr. Harve 

 Carlson, Director of the Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, 

 also come up. Dr. Carlson is our representative on ICO. 



Mr. Casey. We are delighted to have you this morning, Doctor, and 

 your colleagues, and we will look forward to your contribution to this 

 hearing in which we are trying to give a little impetus and attention 

 to — oceanography — and, of course, we have lots of proposals as you 

 know, before us; any views that you have will be most welcome; 

 whether we agree with them or not, they will be welcome because we 

 know they will be of a constructive nature. 



Mr. Ha WORTH. Thank you. I believe you have my prepared state- 

 ment before you. 



Mr. Casey. You can read it or we will be pleased if you would like 

 to just summarize it and place the whole thing in the record; anyway 

 you want to present it. 



Mr. Ha WORTH. I think unless you feel pressed for time, I would pre- 

 fer to read it. 



Mr. Casey. You have all the time you need. 



Mr. Ha WORTH. Thank you. 



Mr. Chairman, may I express my appreciation for this opportunity 

 to appear before the Subcommittee on Oceanography, House Commit- 

 tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to discuss the state of ocean- 

 ography and the ways to strengthen our Nation's efforts in the study 

 and exploration of the oceans and the exploitation of their resources. 

 That oceanography and the results that grow from oceanography are 

 important has been increasingly recognized in recent years. 



In particular, the Members of Congress have demonstrated that 

 they are vitally concerned with the future of oceanography and all its 

 implications. Even a cursory study of the chronology of legislative 

 events from 1958 to now indicates that you have attempted to insure 

 that the United States has a strong, viable oceanographic program, one 

 not limited merely to further development of those areas in which 

 steady progress has occurred, but one that will encompass and im- 

 prove the areas of endeavor that have not received the attention they 

 rightfully deserve. It should be a program directed toward objectives 

 which will not only be beneficial to the national interests, but to man- 

 kind as a whole. 



Let me discuss briefly what I believe to be the principal substantive 

 aspects of such a program. Broadly speaking, they are of three over- 

 lapping kinds. All are necessary to accomplish our ends. First, there 

 is the science of the oceans — the understanding of the processes that oc- 

 cur, the applications of and the relationships between the laws of na- 

 ture that bring about the countless, incredibly complex, phenomena 

 within the waters and between those waters and the atmosphere above, 



