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four or five institutions. I need not mention the institutions. You 

 people are all familiar with them. They are up in this noitheast 

 corner up here. Of course, Ave drift into that i)attern but we should 

 liave a spread. 



Mr. Brown. My other comments on the doubling of basic research 

 activities, survey ing- and so forth involve tinancing so perliaps I should 

 go ahead and for the record put in the second two recommendations 

 and then discuss those all in terms of financing of new research ships, 

 facilities, and so forth. 



Our third recommendation is that the United States should expand 

 considerably its support of the applied marine sciences particularly 

 in military' defense, marine resources, and marine radioactivity. 



Our fourth recommendation is that the Navy and the National 

 Science Foundation should each finance about 50 percent of the new 

 basic research activity, except ship construction; the Navy should 

 finance 50 percent of the new research ship construction, with the 

 Maritime Administration and the National Science Foundation shar- 

 ing the remainder. 



The Navy, through the Hydrographic Office, should finance 50 per- 

 cent of the deep ocean surveys while the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 should finance the balance. 



The Na\^ should sponsor completely all military research and 

 development operations. 



The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries should finance the greater 

 part of the recommended ocean resources program. 



The Atomic Energy Commission should finance the major part of 

 the research dealing with the problems of radioactive contamination 

 of the ocean. 



The National Science Foundation and the Office of Education 

 should sponsor jointly the proposed program for increasing scientific 

 and technical manpower in the marine sciences. 



Elforts aimed at fostering international cooperation in the marine 

 sciences should be sponsored by the Department of State, the Inter- 

 national Cooperation Administration, and the National Science 

 Foundation. 



Other agencies should take responsibility for certain aspects of the 

 proposed program, particularly the Public Health Service, the Geo- 

 logical Survey, and the Bureau of Mines. 



Concerning- the practical applications of oceanography, I read with 

 great interest your statement concerning the 



The Chairman. Well, before we leave that, would you say that any 

 bill should give any of these agencies, or a combination, or any one 

 agency, the broad authority to participate with private institutions, 

 such as universities, Scripps, Woods Hole, or the rest, regardless 

 of 



Mr. Brown. I believe all Government agencies with legitimate in- 

 terests in oceanography should be authorized to enter into contracts 

 and so forth and to giVe research grants to private institutions. 



The Chairman. I think the committee will look very favorably upon 

 that in any legislation. 



Mr. Brown. Even though the agency concerned does not have a 

 research organization of its own, by entering into contracts and being 

 empowered to give grants it keeps in contact with current work and 

 with what is going on. 



