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Mr. Petyy. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the witness for a 
very splendid statement. 
Mr. Exy. Thank you. 
Mr. Lennon. Mr. Karth. 
Mr. Kartu. Mr. Chairman, I merely want to say that Mr. Ely has 
cleared up in my mind at least this question of national or international 
jurisdiction as it relates to the exploitation or exploration of mineral 
resources on the so-called Continental Shelf. 
Mr. Exy. Thank you. 
Mr. Kartu. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. 
Mr. Keith? 
Mr. Kerru. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
I have been most impressed, as have my colleagues, with your grasp 
of this subject. I am glad that you referred to the legislative history 
within the bar association deliberations. 
I represent Woods Hole, and there appears to be in the scientific fra- 
ternity there a strong sentiment for the internationalization of prac- 
tically everything. I have wondered with reference to these bar 
association deliberations, whether there is anything in the written 
record which is not before us, and which would shed light on the 
opposite point of view ? 
Mr. Exy. I am not familiar with the Woods Hole record, Mr. Keith. 
The Marine Science Commission report itself takes issue with the con- 
clusions I have stated. They single out the National Petroleum Coun- 
cil as though it alone advocated a broad shelf, and I have endeavored 
to make clear today that this is not so. The commission’s panel on inter- 
national law presents its argument for a narrow shelf and for the 
so-called intermediate zone. 
That panel report is written by competent lawyers, and I think is a 
fair statement of the opposing view. 
Mr. Kerrn. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Keith. 
Sir, the resolution that is attached to this file that you submitted for 
consideration of the committee, made by the sections of natural re- 
sources law, international and comparative law, and the Standing 
Committee on Peace and Law through the United Nations, has that 
been submitted to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Asso- 
ciation ? 
Mr. Ey. Yes. This is the document with the number 73 at the top 
of it? 
Mr. Lennon. Yes. 
Mr. Exy. That is the document which went to the house of delegates 
at the August 1968 meeting and the resolution there incorporated was 
adopted. 
r. Lennon. As we have it here? 
Mr. Ey. Yes, sir. You will note that this piece of paper incorpo- 
rates, as the bar association format requires, the recommendations of 
the sections for the resolution, followed by the resolution, then the re- 
port of the sections in support of it. 
Mr. Lennon. The gentleman from California. 
Mr. Hanna. I thank the chairman. 
