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Designation of an Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Parks, 
and Marine Resources, and the creation of an Office of Marine Re- 
sources to provide him with staff support, was an important response 
by the Department of the Interior to the recognized need for better 
internal coordination of its diverse marine resource activities, and 
for better liaison with the Marine Resources Council. 
Tn addition, Secretary Hickel’s personal interest in marine resources 
has given impetus to oceanic research and development in Interior. 
Mr. Lennon. Excuse me, Mr. Secretary. Right at that point for the 
record when in point of time was the official designation of an As- 
sistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources 
made by the Department of the Interior ? 
Mr. Trarn. It was prior to this year, Mr. Chairman. I am told Octo- 
ber 1968 is the correct answer. 
Mr. Lennon. And the name of the individual, for the record ? 
Mr. Tratn. At the present time it is Dr. Leslie Glasgow. 
Mr. Lennon. Now, the creation of an Office of Marine Resources 
by the Assistant Secretary, for the record in point of time when was 
that, Mr. Train ? 
Mr. Train. believe that was exactly at the same time, Mr. Chair- 
man, October of 1968. 
Mr. Lennon. October of 1968? 
Mr. Tratn. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Lennon. That was approximately 3 months before the Com- 
mission’s report. 
Mr. Train. That is correct. The Commission’s report came in 
January. 
Mr. Lennon. And there was on the Stratton Commission an Assist- 
ant Secretary of the Department of the Interior. He was on the 
Commission at that time ? 
Mr. Tratn. I believe so, sir; Mr. Frank Di Luzio. 
Mr. Lennon. The Assistant Secretary for Water Pollution Control 
of the Department of the Interior. Thank you. You may proceed. 
Mr. Tratn. And I was going to add at this point, Mr. Chairman, 
that in addition to the two matters to which I referred, there has 
been a substantial reorganization within the Bureau of Commercial 
Fisheries which was undertaken early this year, and I also believe 
that there has been some reorganization within the Geological Survey 
with respect to the Office of Marine Geology and Hydrology which 
also bears upon the same general statement. 
Mr. Lennon. I think it would be interesting at this point in the 
record, Mr. Secretary, considering the creation in October of this posi- 
tion of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Parks, and Marine 
Resources and the creation of an Office of Marine Resources, that a 
speech was made in April of this year by one of the staff people of this 
very organization to the effect that at that time the office staff con- 
sisted of two individuals and that the budget allocation for this great 
responsibility created in October last year was a total of $39,000. 
Would you comment on that? 
Mr. Tratn. I believe those figures and that statement are substan- 
tially correct. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you. Now you may proceed. 
Mr. Train. I would also add, although I do not have the exact 
figures, that the 1970 budget submitted by the present administration 
