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Interest and concern is being shown. 



Let me commend the Coast Guard, too, for something- I have so 

 long hoped for, and that was the proper, deserving acknowledgment 

 of the Coast Guard, 



I think the two issues of Life magazine graphically depicted the 

 missions and roles of the Coast Guard. I don't know who your public 

 relations officer is now. Admiral Smith, but I congratulate him. He 

 has finally succeeded in getting the public recognition of the Coast 

 Guard that I have been trying so hard to get. The Coast Guard rightly 

 deserves it. 



I think the pictures are true to life and depict the hazards towhich 

 the Coast Guard is subjected. I have an idea that a lot of these pictures 

 will be framed and put on the wall of homes of interested Americans. 



Mr. Peljoy. I would like to commend the admiral for the work of 

 the Coast Guard in protecting our marine resources. I refer particu- 

 larly to your apprehension of Eussian and Japanese fishing vessels 

 in our waters. 



As I have indicated before, I hope you will continue to utilize your 

 great organization to protect what we now have, as well as to dis- 

 cover what we may harvest from the ocean. 



I certainly wish you had sufficient cutters and, also, encouragement 

 from the administration to go down and protect our fishing boats 

 which are being illegally seized on the high seas and fined by certain 

 South American countries. 



I share the chairmaai's feeling of enthusiasm for your very fine 

 organization. 



Admiral Smith. Thank you, Mr. Pelly. The Coast Guard will con- 

 tinue our enforcement on the east and west coasts and in Alaska of our 

 laws. 



It is true that we have not proceeded in soutliliern waters for this 

 same purpose for reasons with which I am sure you are fully familiar. 



Mr. Pelly. The reason given to me is that it is not our policy to 

 meet force with force. But I think if we had a cutter down there, we 

 wouldn't have these seizures and harassments. All we would have to 

 do is show a little force. 



It is unthinkable to me as an American that when a ship flies the 

 American flag, she doesn't have protection on the high seas. 



Mr. Lennon. The gentleman from Virginia. 



Mr. Downing. I have no questions. I would like to compliment the 

 admiral. 



Mr. Keinecke. I would like to compliment the admiral, par- 

 ticularly on the overwhelming cooperative attitude of the Coast Guard 

 that it takes toward other agencies interested in oceanographic work. 



This has been pretty lacking in the case of many other agencies 

 which have opened their programs. We are deeply grateful for this. 



Thank you. 



Mr. Lennon. The gentleman from California. 



Mr. Hanna. I would like to have the admiral expand on two 

 phrases that interested me in his speech. 



One of them, I think, refers to what the gentleman from California, 

 Mr. Reinecke, was speaking about. He used the phrase "user oriented." 



The other phrase that I would like to have you clarify is the phrase 

 ^'cost effectiveness on a systems basis." 



