556 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



(The following letter was received for insertion in the record:) 



National Science Foundation, 

 Washington, D.G., September 9, 1965. 

 Mr. John M. Deewkt, 



Chief Counsel, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 

 House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 



Deajb Me. Drewy : This is in reply to your telephone request of August 20, 1965, 

 for further information on the Foundation's plans for providing funds for the 

 analysis of data and publication of the results of the U.S. participation in the 

 International Indian Ocean Expedition. 



As Dr. Bader pointed out in his testimony on August 18, it is the Foundation's 

 normal practice in making research grants to provide sufficient funds to carry a 

 given project through publication. In the case of the Indian Ocean Expedition, 

 however, the funding has been on an annual basis, and this has appeared as a 

 line item in our budget request. For a number of reasons it was decided not 

 to continue this line item in our budget beyond the period of field operations in 

 the Indian Ocean. Therefore, although some preliminary analysis and publica- 

 tion has been accomplished, the bulk of that work remains to be done, and funds 

 for it must come from our general research budget. 



As shown in the table we submitted for the record, the total U.S. expenditure 

 for the IIOE to date approximates $21 million, of which the Foundation has pro- 

 Added about $16 million. As a result of these expenditures, the various investiga- 

 tors have amassed a great deal of valuable material that awaits study and analy- 

 sis. We estimate the total cost of analysis and publication at about $5 million, 

 of which $2.5 million would be for physical oceanography (including geological 

 and geochemical work), $2 million for biology, and $0.5 million for atmospheric 

 studies. Except for some of the biological studies, most of this work could 

 probably be done in 2 to 3 years if sufficient funds are available. 

 Sincerely yours, 



William E. Benson, 



Head, Earth Sciences Section, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division. 



Mr. Casey. Our next witness is Mr. David H. Frantz, Jr., president 

 of Ocean Research Equipment, Inc., Falmouth, Mass. 



Dr. Frantz, we welcome you here this morning. I understand that 

 you are a friend of our colleague. Congressman Keith. He is in an- 

 other committee in an executive session but we will let him know you 

 are before us, so if he can get loose I know he wants to be here if he 

 possibly can. 



I think in that regard I imagine he has seen your statement so we will 

 let you go ahead and give your statement while we are waiting to see 

 whether Congressman Keith can be in attendance. 



STATEMENT OE DAVID H. EEANTZ, JR., PRESIDENT, OCEAN 

 RESEARCH EftUIPMENT, INC. 



Mr. Frantz. All right, sir. For the record, Mr. Chairman, it is 

 "mister," not "doctor." 



Mr. Casey. All right. 



Mr. Frantz. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate being invited to comment 

 on the oceanographic bills being discussed by this committee. My in- 

 terest in a strong Federal oceanographic program is that of an engi- 

 neer, a small businessman, and of an alumnus of a scientific institution, 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where I functioned not as 

 a scientist but as an engineer attempting to provide the tools of the 

 trade to the oceanographer. 



I see, in a number of the bills being considered, and in a number of 

 statements that have been made before this committee, a failure to rec- 

 ognize a pitfall, a pitfall which is causing controversy where no con- 



