NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM 
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 
House or REPRESENTATIVES, 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE 
ComMItreE oN MercHant Martne 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. We are delighted to have again with us the Under 
Secretary of the Department of the Interior, the Honorable Russell 
E. Train. 
Mr. Secretary, is it your intention to follow the context of the 
statement furnished to the committee this morning, sir? 
STATEMENT OF HON. RUSSELL E. TRAIN, UNDER SECRETARY, 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Mr. Train. That is correct, Mr. Lennon. 
Mr. Lennon. Will you proceed ? 
Mr. Tratn. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee on Oceanog- 
raphy, I am glad to have this opportunity to testify on the report of 
the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources, and 
on H.R. 138247, “To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering 
Development Act of 1966.” 
The marine environment is of great interest and importance to the 
Department of the Interior as well as to Secretary Hickel personally. 
This Department is responsible for the stewardship and wise man- 
agement of most of the natural resources of the Nation. These include 
valuable and generally underexploited marine resources: Fisheries, 
oil, and gas, other minerals, water, and recreational opportunities— 
together, of course, with the environmental problems attendant with 
such exploitation. 
The Commission report is an important document which will help 
guide Congressional and executive branch action for some time to 
come. It recognizes that the ocean is a source of raw materials for im- 
proving our domestic economy and furthering our foreign policy. 
It is especially valuable in identifying deficiencies and gaps in the 
present national program, such as the need to develop new technology 
for marine resource research and development and to put more effort 
into broad-scale national laboratories and projects. 
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