AQ NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
Dr. Waxettn. Usually the schedule is set by the deadlines that we 
have to meet in the program preparation, of either a program, a plan, 
orabudget. There are usually no set dates. 
Mr. Rogers. And who calls the meetings of your various panels? 
Dr. Waxetin. The panel chairman calls the meeting. 
Mr. Rocrrs. Do you designate a chairman ? 
Dr. Waxketin. Yes, and I convene the meetings of the Interagency 
Committee on Oceanography. 
Mr. Rogers. You have developed some staff for your Interagency 
Committee ? 
Dr. WakeELIN. Yes. 
Mr. Rocrrs. This is good. What does that consist of? 
Dr. Waxettn. I think that I received that in my statement. Mr. 
Abel here is the secretary of the ICO, and I believe he has on his 
central staff three in addition to himself. 
Would you like to elaborate on that? May I defer to Mr. Abel? 
Mr. Ape. I have three assistants. They are funded cooperatively 
by a number of agencies. 
Hopefully, they will be assigned to the panels on a semi-permanent 
basis so that they can carry out the work of the panels. 
Mr. Rogers. Your three people would be assigned to perhaps two 
or three panels? 
Mr. Apen. Yes. 
Mr. Rogers. You have six panels? Q 
Mr. Apew. Yes. 
Mr. Rogers. So each would take care of two panels ? 
Mr. Asen. Well, depending on the work the panels are assigned to 
at any given time. There is a seasonal approach to this. 
Mr. Rogers. Do you devote all your time to this work? 
Mr. Apex. Yes. 
Mr. Roeers. And these three assistants devote all their time to this 
work ? 
Mr. Aper. Yes. 
Mr. Rogers. How much time would you say members of the Inter- 
agency Committee devote to your work ? 
Dr. Waxeiin. I would like to use myself as an example. 
As you know, I have other responsibilities in the Department of the 
Navy. 
Mr. Rogers Very definitely. That is what I am concerned about. 
Dr. Waxetry. And perhaps, if I can give you an idea of the fraction 
of my time, it might be representative of the other members, but I 
cannot speak specifically for them. 
I would presume, in looking over the time I have spent on the ICO 
and ICO matters, either with the Committee, with the panel chairman, 
with the ICO executive secretary, with my special assistant for ocean- 
ography, Commander Snyder, or the Federal Council for Science and 
Technology, that is the order of at least 25 or 30 percent of my time, 
