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Mr. Lennon. I am speaking about the ceiling that was put on. 
Dr. McExroy. The expenditure ceiling ? 
Mr. Lennon. The expenditure ceiling, the resolution. 
Dr. McEtnroy. I am sorry. I thought you meant the actual amount 
appropriated. 
Mr. Lennon. That was a joint action on the part of the President 
and the Congress. 
Dr. McEtroy. Yes, I understand that. 
Mr. Lennon. Gentlemen, we appreciate your attendance here this 
morning. 
I think it has been very confrontative, which I guess is as good a 
word as anything else. We have hammered out some views here. 
I say to you, as I said to the other gentlemen, this is not an easy 
thing to do. It was the consensus of Congress that we should have the 
Commission make this study, and we have a responsibility of hearing 
it in depth to determine the consensus here. 
What we will do, I don’t know. 
Mr. Mosuer. Mr. Chairman, I am going to be on a college campus 
this weekend, and maybe If will have a chance to use that new word 
you just coined, ‘“confrontative.” 
Dr. McE roy. I can say, Mr. Lennon, I appreciate very much having 
the. opportunity to appear for the first time as a greenhorn, so to 
speak, in the National Science Foundation, and I can assure you that 
we are going to do everything possible that we can to move our respon- 
sibilities forward with regard to the oceans. We are excited about it. 
We think we have good people, and we think we know how to get the 
job done. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you. 
Tt has been our pleasure to work with the distinguished gentleman 
to your right, Dr. Abel, who has appeared before the committee a 
number of times. 
We appreciate the fine job that all of you are doing. We appreciate 
it. 
Thank you, gentlemen. 
Dr. McEnroy. Thank you. 
Mr. Lennon. Dr. Galler, do you have someone with you, sir? Per- 
haps if they come forward with you, we can hear your statement. 
It is our understanding that you will, Dr. Galler, present the state- 
ment of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Is it your 
intent to read it in its entirety, or to summarize it, or what is your 
pleasure ? 
STATEMENT OF DR. SIDNEY R. GALLER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, 
SCIENCE, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; ACCOMPANIED BY DR. 
I. EUGENE WALLEN, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND 
LIMNOLOGY; AND H. CRANE MILLER, ASSISTANT GENERAL 
COUNSEL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Dr. Gautier. To summarize it, Mr. Chairman, in the interests of con- 
serving time, and with your permission, I would like my associates, 
Dr. Wallen, the Director of the Office of Oceanography and Limnology 
of the Smithsonian Institution, and Mr. Crane Miller, the assistant 
general counsel of the Smithsonian Institution, here with me. 
