NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1969 
Houss or REPRESENTATIVES, 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY 
OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, 
Washington, D.C. 
The subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 
1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 
man of the subcommittee) presiding. 
Mr. Lennon. The subcommittee will resume its hearings this 
morning. 
We are delighted to have as our two principal witnesses Dr. Myron 
Tribus, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for eines and Technology, 
and an old friend, Dr. Robert M. White, the Administrator of the En- 
vironmental Science Services Administration. 
Is it your desire, Mr. Secretary, to use your statement as you fur- 
nished it to the committee ? 
STATEMENTS OF DR. MYRON TRIBUS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
COMMERCE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ; AND DR. ROBERT M. 
WHITE, ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION; ACCOMPANIED BY ROBERT ELLERT, ASSIST- 
ANT GENERAL COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Dr. Tripus. Yes, sir, it is. 
Mr. Lennon. All right, sir. If you will just proceed, sir. 
Dr. Trisvs. I would like to say in the beginning, sir, that there are 
about 1,100 pages in the report that we are discussing, jnot to mention 
the number of pages of documents that ought to be read in order to 
make sense from the report and see the perspective. 
While I have been reading most of it and have studied some of it 
very intensively, I shall not pretend that I know every item that is in 
the report. But my staff has studied it very seriously, and I have 
brought with me a number of people who are responsible for studying 
it in detail and who have been briefing me and with whom I have been 
talking and to whom I would like to be able to turn for assistance when 
you ask questions. 
Mr. Lennon. Mr. Secretary, if that occasion arises, just have the 
particular individual identify himself both by name and position. 
Dr. Trisus. I thought I would just mention them now so that you 
can have an idea of whois here. 
Mr. John Mirabito is a program analyst in the Marine Science Serv- 
ices Division of the Environmental Science Services Administration 
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