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. ae Trarn. I will send you a copy of my afternoon statement, Mr. 
elly. 
Mr. Petziy. I know there are some Members of Congress who feel 
that we should give up our sovereignty over part of the Continental 
. Sheif or beyond, where we think we can exploit it for the benefit of 
humanity. I happen to think we have the technical ability in this 
country to exploit it for humanity better than any other nation that 
I know of, or certainly the United Nations. 
I simply come back to the point that I hope that whether it is in 
the Department of the Interior or in the new agency, that it will have 
a more prominent place, more money, and be able to do a much better 
job and particularly be able to stand up against those interests that 
seem to be more interested in developing fisheries abroad than at home. 
Mr. Trarn. In that connection, Mr. Pelly, you may be interested 
to know that in the latter part of July, I think it was, I participated 
as a U.S. member of the joint Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on trade and 
economic matters, I think is the title, and my particular effort there 
was to open up, or enlarge rather, the Japanese market for American 
fish products so that while we are importing here 75 percent or so 
of our fish products for domestic consumption, there is a very real 
opportunity to enlarge foreign markets abroad for American fishery 
products. 
Weare pursuing that aggressively. 
Mr. Petty. We have a resource called dogfish that we would be 
very happy to have caught and exported abroad and I think the 
Japanese may be the one area where they can use that resource. 
I appreciate your testimony here today. You are not in an easy 
position because the administration has not as yet taken any position 
on this particular bill. I do hope it will be forthcoming and that we 
ean have the help of the administration in trying to come up with 
legislation which we, who have studied it over a long period of years, 
think is absolutely essential. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Tratn. We know that much of the expertise lies right here 
in the committee. We certainly will attempt to work closely with you. 
Mr. Lennon. I appreciate that statement, Mr. Secretary. That leads 
me to say that this committee has been involved in this matter now 
for a period of a great many years. We have some of the most. knowl- 
edgeable and dedicated men on both sides of the aisle in this com- 
mittee in this area. 
I would suggest that it would be well for the administration to 
listen to the counsel] and advice of a number of the members of this 
committee, particularly my distinguished friends, Mr. Charlie 
Mosher, Mr. Tom Pelly and Mr. Hastings Keith, and all along the 
line. I wish you could have been here yesterday and heard the ques- 
tions by the distinguished gentleman from Oregon, a member of the 
minority side of this committee. 
His questions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce reflected a 
splendid job, and I hope that the members who were not privileged 
to hear that will have the opportunity to read it in the record. 
T wish he was here today to ask you those questions. I am delighted 
to yield to a gentleman who has long been interested in this field and 
knowledgeable in this field, Mr. Keith. 
