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entitled U.S. Activities in Spacecraft Oceanography. It might be help- 

 ful to you gentlemen if you obtained a copy of that. 



Now, the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Mosher. Do you have any 

 questions ? 



Mr. MosHER. Mr. Chairman, it seems to me we just heard a very fas- 

 cinating and useful statement. I will not ask any questions, but I ask 

 the privilege of making this rather personal comment : Several of us 

 have been working with Dr. Seamans over the years and we all regret 

 that he is leaving the Government service. I think his leaving is a tre- 

 mendous personal loss to those of us who work with him and a loss to 

 the Government. I am sorry to see him go but I think we owe him a 

 great debt of gratitude for his contribution in his very important lead- 

 ership in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 



Dr. Seamans. Thank you. 



Mr. Lennon. The gentleman from Florida. 



Mr. Rogers. If I might be permitted to pass since there is a member 

 from the other Legislative Committee present. 



Mr. Pelly. Mr. Chairman, I want to second what Mr. Mosher said 

 about the loss to our space effort as a result of the resignation of Dr. 

 Seamans. 



I am sure, though, that, although we ourselves will lose this con- 

 tact, wherever Dr. Seamans is located others will benefit. 



It has been a great privilege for all of us to work with Dr. Seamans. 



I was particularly interested in the final statement and message 

 you left with us — your insistence that agencies of the Government must 

 work together. I think that is extremely important. It also is very 

 timely since the future development of oceanography is now in the 

 making. 



I have a special personal interest because of the commercial fishery 

 industry in my district and your statement concerning the possible 

 exploration of the ocean for fishery resources. Again I know that the 

 work that is done by NASA in this field will be helpful to the Bureau 

 of Commercial Fisheries. 



I am hopeful that developments will be made along this line because 

 of the importance of the fisheries as a source of protein and food for 

 exploding populations. For this reason your testimony was of special 

 significance to me. 



I want to thank you for a very fine statement. I hope the members 

 of this and other committees will not lose contact with you, and that 

 you will be back in the future. I hasten to add that we also will be 

 here to continue this very interesting and exciting association we have 

 had in the past. 



Dr. Seamans. Let me say — as you know, I have a great interest in 

 the space program but I also have a great interest in oceanography 

 and some intimate understanding of it by virtue of sailing up and 

 down the east coast from time to time. 



I am delighted to see the way in which these efforts are coming to- 

 gether. I think more and more we will find that there is almost a con- 

 tinuant from the ocean to the air to space. I think I speak now more in 

 scientific terms than technology, though the technology will have a lot 

 in common as well. 



Mr. Pelly, There was an article published in this month's issue of 

 Fortune magazine entitled "Megalopolis Comes to the Northwest." 



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