494 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
This ten year plan represents the best judgment of the Federal 
Council as to size and priorities of programs consistent with 
national requirements. It also takes into account the compat- 
ibility between funds, manpower and facilities. It has been 
carefully reviewed by a number of outside consultants serving 
the Office of Science and Technology. But rather than an 
unalterable blueprint, this plan is more an outline - a state- 
ment of requirements in which context annual plans :an be 
prepared. It will be supplemented by additional reports on 
special topics such as manpower and instrumentation needs. 
The most recent annual report, "National Oceanographic Program 
for FY 1964," and the first in a series of special reports, 
"National Plan for Ccean Surveys," accompany this document. 
Very little precedent exists for the preparation of long-range 
projections of scientific programs, especially those which 
simultaneously cross numerous scientific disciplines as well 
as departmental lines. Elements of this program are contained 
in budgets of the separate agencies concerued, and are accord- 
ingly reviewed by separate Congressional appropriations sub- 
committees having jurisdi:tion. Accordingly, those documents 
May prove valuable in meeting needs of the Congress in its 
evaluation of the President's oceanographic proposals for 
Fiscal Year 1964. These proposals may now be viewed as part 
of a long-range, unified program, a program which in its sound 
growth will assure continued world leadership of the United 
States in oceanographic research. 
Sincerely, 
Jerome B. Wiesner 
Encls 
a/s 
Honorable John W. McCormack 
Speaker of the House of Representatives 
Washington, D. C. 
