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ourselves, had planned for the Continental Shelf and coastal waters. 
To accomplish this would require an acceleration of our current plans 
and additional resources would be needed. 
With regard to the Commission’s concern for standards, calibration, 
and test facilities for instrument development, I am please to report 
that the National Bureau of Standards has recently assumed the role 
of providing primary standards for the National Oceanographic In- 
strumentation Center. We believe this will be an important 
contribution. 
I have here a report from the National Oceanographic Instrumen- 
tation Center which describes the kind of projects now being carried 
out by the Nationa] Bureau of Standards in cooperation with NOIC. 
There is work on the calibration of flowmeters. There is work on 
sound velocity measuring systems. There is work on time standards 
development. her is a development. of a shallow water environmental 
facility. 
Strange as it may seem, it is extremely difficult to measure very, 
very low velocities of flow and the Bureau of Standards cooperates in 
the development of new techniques for measurement and also for the 
procedures for tying these kinds of measurements into the rest of the 
national measurements system so that measurements made at sea can 
be made to square with those that are made on land. 
I will make this report available to the recorder if the chairman 
wishes. 
Mr. Lennon. We would like to have it, and we appreciate it, sir. 
Dr. Trisus. Thank you. 
Before turning to the organizational recommendations of the Com- 
mission and those contained in H.R. 13247, I want to state a few words 
about the role of the Maritime Administration in ocean engineering. 
At this point, also, I would like to observe that I think that Dr. Keim 
of the National Academy of Engineering was correct when he said we 
ought not talk about ocean engineering as something very special; we 
ought to talk about engineering in the ocean, because what is most 
needed is to treat the engineering problems of the ocean in the modern 
manner that we treat other engineering problems and to apply to the 
problems of the ocean the appropriate techniques of engineering that 
we have developed in other areas. 
This is one of the things that the Maritime Administration can 
and does do. 
A major marine transport capability is required to explore the 
oceans and to utilize their resources to enhance our national commer- 
cial transportation and our national security. Such a capability cur- 
rently exists in the Maritime Administration as a result of its current 
mission to promote waterborne commerce and as the national agency 
concerned with all aspects of marine transportation and technology. 
In the conduct of its programs, the Maritime Administration has devel- 
oped capabilities for economic analysis, research and development, ship 
design and construction, and ship operation in conjunction with the 
maritime industry. 
The current Maritime research and development program is based 
on the recent Woods Hole Maritime Conference of Government and 
industry. The conference recommended projects covering a broad spec- 
trum of advanced marine programs. A total of 110 specific program 
elements was selected from the hundreds that were considered. 
