NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 REA 
Mr. Rogers. Thank you very much. 
The House is about to go into session and Captain Treadwell, rather 
than begin at this late point, if it is agreeable to you, would you be 
present Tuesday ? 
If so, the committee will adjourn until 10 o’clock Tuesday. 
(Commander Nygren’s prepared statement follows :) 
STATEMENT OF CmpR. Har~tEy D. NyGren, U.S.C. & G.S., AcTING CHAIRMAN 
OF THE OCEAN SURVEYS ADVISORY PANEL, INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEAN- 
OGRAPHY 
I am Cmdr. Harley D. Nygren, U.S.C. & G.S., Chief, Program Planning Staff, 
in the Office of the Director, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. In Dr. Stewart’s 
absence, as his alternate for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, I am here to present 
a résumé of the functions of the Ocean Surveys Advisory Panel. 
Chaired by Dr. Harris B. Stewart, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and com- 
prised of members representing the USWB, NOO, OPNAV, ONR, BCF, U.S. Coast 
Guard, NASCO, MARAD, U.S. Geological Survey, NSF, Smithsonian, and NODC, 
this Panel is the outgrowth of Task Group B appointed in 1959 by Dr. James 
Wakelin, Jr., as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceanography for the Stand- 
ing Committee on Science of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. 
A complete listing of members, alternates, and observers is as follows. I will 
not read this in detail into the record. 
Commerce: 
(U.S.C. & G.S.) : Dr. Harris B. Stewart, Jr., Chairman. 
Alternate: Comdr. Harley D. Nygren. 
(WXB) : Mr. Morton Rubin. 
Navy: 
(NAVOCHANO) : Comdr. R. C. Atkinson. 
(OPNAY) : Lt. Comdr. R. B. Reed. 
(ONR) : Dr. A. E. Maxwell. 
Interior : 
(BCF) : Mr. Joseph EH. King. 
Alternate: Mr. Roland F. Smith. 
Treasury : 
(USCG) : Capt. W. F. Cass. 
Alternate: Lt. Comdr. R. M. Morse. 
NASCO: 
(Ocean-Wide Surveys Panel) : Dr. Warren 8S. Wooster; (two to be desig- 
nated). 
Alternate: Mr. R. C. Vetter. 
MARAD: 
Observer : Mr. Vito Russo. 
USGS: 
Observer: Mr. Gilbert Corwin. 
NSF: 
Observer: Dr. John Lyman. 
Alternate: Dr. George Sprugel, Jr. 
‘Smithsonian : 
Observer: Dr. H. A. Fehlmann. 
NODC: 
Observer : Dr. Woodrow Jacobs. 
ICO: 
Observer : Mr. Robert B. Abel. 
The Panel’s original function was to analyze and report on the oceanographic 
ship requirements of Federal agencies which were to conduct the ocean survey 
program recommended in chapter 9 of the NASCO report titled, “Oceanography 
1960-70.” This report is now out of print; however, I believe the subcommittee 
received a copy during the 1962 hearings. As the ICO was formalized, Task 
Group B became the Ocean Surveys Advisory Panel with the following major 
responsibilities : 
(a) Within the framework of the long-range national oceanographic plan, 
prepare annually a coordinated plan for the conduct of the ocean surveys 
program. 
