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organization. And we will fail unless we give to you a proposed plan 

 of organization which will carry on what the Council has demonstrated 

 can be done, whether through that medium or some other. 



Now, secondly, in laying out our panels we specifically omitted a 

 panel on organization because we consider that to be the responsibility 

 of the entire Commission. Each panel has been asked to consider not 

 only the special technical aspects of its assigned area, but also relevant 

 managerial or organizational factors. As we gather interim data from 

 these panels, the Commission as a whole is now beginning to try to 

 construct a plan of organization. 



Mr. Dow. Dr. Stratton, that is very reassuring. I like your thinking 

 along that line. I hope that will continue to guide your efforts. 



Thank you, Dr. Stratton. 



Dr. Stratton. Thank you, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Off the record. 



(Off the record.) 



Mr. Downing. Dr. Stratton, I want to compliment yon and the mem- 

 bers of the Commission and congratulate you on this report you have 

 given us today. It is most enlightening and interesting and reassuring 

 to us that some progress is actually being made. I have only two 

 questions. 



One is, is there any consideration being given by your Commission 

 to the legal aspects of oceanography ? Does that fall within your pur- 

 view ? It may not. 



Dr. Stratton. Yes, it does, sir, and the chairman of our international 

 panel is Professor Auerbach of the School of Law of the University 

 of Minnesota. We are very much concerned with the legal aspects. 

 They emerge from a variety of directions, as you recognize, not onlv 

 at the international level but also with respect to the encouragement of 

 private investment. I presume this is the sort of problem that you 

 have in mind. 



Mr. Downing. Yes, and then, too, the international aspects. 



Dr. Stratton. The international panel is directly concerned with 

 the legal matters. 



As I say. Professor Auerbach is himself in the field of international 

 law. Mr. Jaworski of Texas is also a lawyer, and he, too, is involved 

 in the consideration of these problems. 



Mr. Downing. Thank you very much. Doctor. 



Mr. Eeinfcke. I would like to congratulate vou also along with your 

 committee. You have done a wonderful job. The completeness of your 

 report seems to inspire more speeclies than questions here this mornins;. 

 Sometliing that has been touched on before and I think needs to be 

 touched on more is the question of jurisdiction between the Council 

 and the Commission. I know you are beins; romanced by the Council 

 and I think in some respects some of your findings or at least jurisdic- 

 tion is being usurped by the Council. 



I would be interested in knowing, recognizing this is a delicate ques- 

 tion for you, whether or not you feel you do have a complete degree of 

 freedom of action and that your recommendations are being kept as 

 Commission recommendations or whether you feel some of these ideas 

 are being picked up along the way and are being endorsed into reports 

 such as the one introduced in March by the Council. 



Dr. Stratton. You are asking me a difficult question in the presence 

 of these gentlemen here. 



