NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
importance to our national economy as world- 
wide demands for resources increase. In regard 
to our rapidly growing demand for recreational 
opportunities, oceanic research will aid protec- 
tion and even extension of beaches, sport fishing 
development, safety for boating, swimming, surf- 
ing, and skindiving. 
H. Recognition of Foreign Policy Implications 
In addition to six explicit factors motivating 
oceanic research, there is another concerned with 
implementing foreign policy. Maintaining a strong 
military capability is the necessary first step toward 
world peace. But hunger and malnutrition con- 
Ill. FY 1965 PLANS 
The national program in oceanography repre- 
sents the consolidation of plans of various agencies 
whose statutory missions encompass achievement 
of these previously described goals: the Navy pri- 
marily has responsibility for defense; Interior’s 
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Bureau of Sport 
Fisheries and Wildlife, Gelogical Survey and Bu- 
reau of Mines for resources development; the Coast 
and Geodetic Survey, the Coast Guard, and Army’s 
Corps of Engineers are concerned with protection 
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tinue to debilitate many newly emerging nations 
and threaten their desire for self-determination. 
We are committed to helping other nations find 
their rightful destiny and to employ science and 
technology where it may lessen world tensions and 
meet economic and social needs. We thus seek - 
information about the sea that may help those 
nations which suffer from indigenous protein de- 
ficiency to use contiguous living resources of the ~ 
sea more effectively. In addition, because the oce- 
anic phenomena affect all nations and are too 
extensive for any one to explore alone, coopera- 
tive international expeditions offer fruitful avenues 
for discourse, planning, and use of scientific re- 
sults to mutual advantage. 
AND BUDGETS 
mission for verifying safety of low-level radioactive 
waste disposal; and the Public Health Service for 
protecting the health of our citizens. 
The trend in the aggregate obligations by these 
agencies for oceanography is shown in Table 1: 
Table 1. 
Federal Obligations for Oceanographic Research, 
Surveys and Facilities 
of life and property; Maritime Administration with FY 1960 $ 55 million 
improved sea transport; the National Science Foun- FY 1961 62 
dation, Office of Education, and Smithsonian, for FY 1962 104 
developing our national research and manpower FY 1963 124 
resources, and to maintain the strength of the FY 1964 (estimated) 124 
U.S. scientific enterprise; the Atomic Energy Com- FY 1965 (proposed) 138 
Table 2 
FY 1965 Obligations for the National Oceanographic Program, by Agency 
Defense 
Commerce 
Interior 
National Science Foundation 
Atomic Energy Commission 
Health, Education and Welfare 
Treasury 
Smithsonian Institution 
35-377 O—64-— 38 
Actual Estimated Proposed 
FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 
$ 55,475 $ 54,631 $ 66,619 
23,645 23,752 20,486 
16,104 16,509 19,652 
19,700 20,200 20,600 
3,516 4,167 4,730 
4,108 2,855 3,280 
511 1,152 1,822 
607 605 881 
$123,666 $123,871 $138,070 
