864 
SUPPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
AGENCY 
Mr. Lennon. I don’t want you to get the impression, Doctor, that 
because of the absence of so many members of this subcommittee this 
morning that it is a lack of interest on the part of these individual 
subcommittee members. It just so happens that there are so many com- 
mittees of which our members are members that are in executive ses- 
sion this morning, on needed pieces of legislation. That is the reason 
I am about to say, and can say with some degree of immunity, there is 
about complete consensus. If you polled the members of this subcom- 
mittee, I don’t think you would find three who weren’t determined to 
move in the direction of the recommendation of the Commission’s re- 
port. That is my considered judgment. And on this side of the aisle I © 
think it is 100 percent and I don’t know but one or two over on this 
side that are not 100 percent. 
I think there would be complete unanimity and if you could just 
carry that report back to your officer and say this to him: Let’s work 
together on this thing, if we can. We worked together in the past and 
we accomplished something in all these years. I just feel like we can 
again. In fact I feel like we must. 
Dr. Wenx. Mr. Chairman, I think the cooperation between the two 
branches of Government has been one of the most gratifying parts of 
this entire program and gratifying to me personally that we have 
made the progress we have; because of that joint interest, let me say, 
the kind of report that I made to you this morning; and in turn the 
comments by you and your colleagues in no way negate that spirit of 
cooperation between the two branches. You can be sure of our continued 
cooperation. I want to assure you that I intend to carry back to the 
members of the Council and its Chairman comments that you have 
offered here this morning, and if I may, criticisms, and I think they 
will be interested in knowing what you think of the present status of 
the program. 
Mr. Lennon. I say further that this subcommittee, or at least a 
number of its members on both sides of the aisle—many times will sit 
down in an informal executive session with you and the other members 
of the Council and share each other’s views. Sometimes we have found 
that to be helpful in the past, hasn’t it ? 
Dr. Wenx. It has. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you very much, Doctor. 
The hearings will continue on Thursday. The next scheduled hear- 
ing before this subcommittee will be Thursday, September 18, at 
10 a.m. here. At‘that time we will hear testimony from the Honorable 
James M. Beggs, Under Secretary of Transportation. The hearing 
previously scheduled for tomorrow will be rescheduled for reasons 
beyond our control. 
With that the committee stands recessed until Thursday morning 
at 10 o’clock. Thank you for your attention. 
(Whereupon, at 12:40 p.m. the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene 
at 10 a.m., Thursday, September 18, 1969.) 
