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fruits of engineering research that may aid their practice and as well advice and 

 guidance to those of us in Government. 

 Sincerely, 



Edw^ard Wenk, Jr. 



List of Professional and Industrial Organizations to whom letters were ad- 

 dressed inviting recommendations regarding the Federal Government's program 

 in marine sciences : 



Academy of Underwater Photographers. 



American Geological Institute. 



American Institute of Biological Sciences. 



American Society of Limnology & Oceanography. 



American Society for Oceanography. 



Institute of Navigation. 



International Oceanographic Foundation. 



Marine Technology Society. 



National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography. 



National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ocean Engineering. 



Underwater Society of America. 



The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 



National Security Industrial Association. 



Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO. 



Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. 



Hayden, Stone, Incorporated. 



American Bar Association. 



American Society of Civil Engineers. 



American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 



National Oceanography Association. 



National Association of Manufacturers. 



Council of Oceanographic Laboratory Directors. 



American Petroleum Institute. 



American Mining Congress. 



Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 



Mr. Rogers. Let me ask you how many are on the staff of the Council. 

 How many people do you have to help you on your staff? 



Dr. Wenk. The total staff allowance by the Bureau of the Budget 

 is 20. Of these, if I recall correctly, 11 are professional and nine are 

 secretarial assistants. 



Mr. Rogers. Can you call on the various departmental people to 

 come in and help on specific problems if you need them? 



Dr. Wenk. Indeed we can and do. 



Mr. Rogers. I notice one of your staff members that I have known 

 is Glenn Schweitzer. I commend you for your good choice. I know 

 his background and think he is an excellent member for you to have. 



Dr. Wenk. I appreciate that. I know he appreciates your comments. 



We have been enormously pleased to have the Secretary of State's 

 concurrence on Mr. Schweitzer joining us. We have wanted a multi- 

 discipline approach. We have lawyers and economists and Mr. 

 Schweitzer is a foreign affairs specialist. 



Mr. Rogers. Let me ask you about getting into these contracts. What 

 procedure do you use? How did you decide who is most qualified to 

 carry out these contracts ? Would you let us know who is doing each 

 contract ? 



Dr. Wenk. I can add this information to the list. 



In the first instance, we tried to identify these problem areas de- 

 serving of priority attention, and this was done in consultation with 

 the agencies and outside consultants. 



Secondly, we tried to identify a list of qualified bidders, then in- 

 vited bids from this selected list. 



