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Dr. Froscu. I don’t say that I am suggesting that they could not. I 
am saying that on the basis of a good deal of history they are unlikely 
to, and I don’t think that this is a prejudgment of the character or 
the stature of the people. 
Tt is simply the case that in all of the advisory committees that I 
have dealt with that have a responsibility to a particular department 
or agency there is a natural tendency for them to be most familiar 
with the virtues of that department or agency and to tend to support 
it particularly against other departments with which they are not 
completely familiar. 
Mr. Lennon. Now let me ask you a question about your comments 
in the last paragraph on page 8. 
_Do you question the background and the capability and the dedica- 
tion of the members of the so-called Stratton Commission in their 
judgment, with respect to a centrality of the Government structure 
such as they recommend ? 
Dr. Froscu. No, but I think that by reading the Commission report, 
and with my knowledge of many of the Commission members, and 
from some of the discussions with them that I was asked to participate 
in, it is clear that they were not completely satisfied that they had a 
perfect organization. 
They were trying to use their judgment on what might be a good 
organizational scheme. 
An additional comment, I think, may be contained in the fact that 
the Federal Government members of the Commission rather tended 
to abstain from comment on the organizational recommendations. 
Mr. Lennon. You had three governmental agencies with representa- 
tives as members of the Commission. 
Dr. Froscu. Yes. Well, there were four Federal Government em- 
ployees who were members. 
Mr. Lennon. The fourth was the MSC. 
Dr. Froscu. Yes. 
Mr. Lennon. The Navy was represented by whom ? 
Dr. Froscu. First by Mr. Baldwin, then by Mr. Baird, both when 
they were Under Secretary of the Navy. 
Mr. Lennon. Both when they were Under Secretary of the Navy. 
We do know that the representative of the Navy on the Commission 
and Dr. White from the Department of Commerce, the administrative 
head of ESSA, and the representative of the Department of the In- 
terior refrained from taking part in any vote on the question of estab- 
lishment of NOAA. 7 : 
Since the distinguished Under Secretary of the Navy, a member of 
the Commission, left the Navy, what has been his position as a private 
citizen and at the same time a knowledgeable member of this Stratton 
Commission ? 
Dr. Froscu. He has been generally in favor of the recommendations 
of the Commission. That is Mr. Baird, I presume, you are talking 
about. 
Mr. Lennon. Yes. It is interesting to quote his statement made 
before this committee: : 
Since January 201 have been a private citizen. 
That is true of quite a few people. 
