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Now, Dr. White, the Administrator of ESSA, will focus on those 
recommendations of the Commission which bear directly on ESSA. 
If you wish, I am ready to answer questions now or we can proceed 
to have Dr, White give his testimony which is keyed to mine. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. 
Now we will go off the record for a minute. 
(Discussion off the record.) 
Mr. Lennon. Dr. White, will you proceed, please. 
STATEMENT OF DR. ROBERT M. WHITE, ADMINISTRATOR, EN- 
VIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—Resumed 
Dr. Wuirr. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I am 
pleased to appear again before this committee. In my last appearance 
I testified in my capacity as a member of the Commission on Marine 
Science, Engineering, and Resources. Today I come before you as a 
representative of the Department of Commerce in which I serve as the 
Administrator of the Environmental Science Services Administration. 
As you know, as a Commissioner, along with other Commissioners 
from the Federal Government, I reserved my position on the pro- 
posals for reorganization of the Federal Government. 
ae Lennon. Just at that point, Dr. White, for the record, the 
other members of the so-called Stratton Commission who were rep- 
resentatives of the Government in addition to yourself, are who, from 
what agencies? 
Dr. Wuirtr. There was Mr. Baird, the Under Secretary of the Navy. 
Mr. Lennon. Mr. Baird. 
Dr. Wuitr. B-a-i-r-d. Mr. Frank Diluzio, Assistant Secretary for 
Water Pollution Control in the Department of the Interior. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you. You may proceed. 
Mr. Mosuer. Mr. Chairman, I thmk we might mention that Mr. 
Baird since leaving the Navy has taken a personal position, an out- 
spoken position in support of the Commission’s NOAA recommenda- 
tion. That might be pertinent information at this point. 
Mr. Lennon. I thank the gentleman for the comment. That is the 
reason why I wanted to get it in the record at this time, because if 
somebody else didn’t come back to that, I was going to do so. 
Mr. Kerru. Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Lennon. Yes? 
Mr. Kerru. Mr. Chairman, I regret that I have to leave for a White 
House meeting on shoe imports; but I will be back. 
Mr. Lennon. While you are down there, you might do a little mis- 
sionary work in the field. I believe you have the capability. 
Mr. Kerrru. Thank you. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. We are sorry you have to go. 
Dr. Wuirr. As Dr. Tribus has just mentioned, the F ederal Govern- 
ment is still studying the Commission recommendation as to 
organization. 
Tn my testimony which follows, I will focus on those Commission 
proposals which directly affect ESSA. These proposals encompass 
many of the objectives of H.R. 13247. 
ESSA naturally takes the strong view that the problems of the 
physical environment are so closely related that it is no longer possible 
