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1. The accelerated development of inarine resources. 



2. The expansion of knowledge relating to the marine environment. 



3. The encouragement of private investment in marine enterprise. 



4. The preservation of American leadership in marine science and 

 technology. 



5. The advancement of education and special training in all fields 

 of science and engineering that bear upon the oceans. 



6. The mobilization of the technical resources of the Nation, both 

 public and private, for the more effective utilization of the oceans. 



7. Cooperation with other nations and with international agencies 

 in marine affairs insofar as such cooperation proves to be in the 

 national interest, a very difficult problem indeed. 



Under Public Law 89-454 the Commission is charged first with the 

 task of examining the Nation's stake in the development, utilization, 

 and preservation of our marine environment. 



Second, the Commission is asked to review the state of all current 

 activities in the broadest domain of marine science, as well as those 

 contemplated for the future, and to assess their adequacy in meeting 

 the specified goals set forth above. 



Third, on the basis of these investigations, the Commission is re- 

 quested to formulate a comprehensive, long-term, national program 

 for the marine sciences designed to meet present and future national 

 needs in the most effective possible manner. 



And fourth, the Commission shall recommend a plan of govern- 

 mental organization best adapted to the support of the program. 



The Council and the Commission are complementary bodies, 

 although in certain areas their interests inescapably overlap. The 

 members of the Council represent at the highest level the major 

 Federal departments and agencies concerned with marine affairs. The 

 Council is directly concerned with current matters. It bears the 

 responsibility of coordinating marine programs and of advising and 

 assisting the President on a continuous basis. However, since it is also 

 charged with the shaping and strengthening of Federal programs for 

 the oncoming budgetary years, it must also initiate new activities and 

 engage in extensive surveys and forward looking studies. That is an 

 area, of course, where we come together. 



By contrast, the Commission is wholly free of operating respon- 

 sibilities. Our members represent diverse interests and areas of the 

 country. Three are drawn from the Federal Government, one is 

 commissioner of fisheries in the State of North Carolina, and the 

 remainder have associations with industry, with academic institutions 

 and the professions, and with organizations engaged in marine science 

 and technology. 



May I interpolate here and say that some are deeply and continu- 

 ously involved in marine affairs, and some such as myself, have had 

 in the past other interests more tangential to the problems of the 

 sea but perhaps even more directly related to the kind of issues with 

 which this Commission is charged. 



We are aided in our task by four Members of Congress, who serve 

 as our advisers: your distinguished Chairman, the Honorable Alton 

 A. Lennon ; and also from your subcommittee the Honorable Charles 

 A. Mosher ; from the Senate, the Honorable Warren G. Magnuson and 

 the Honorable Norris Cotton, We are fortunate in the support of a 



