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EG&G INTERNATIONAL, INC., 
Waltham, Mass., September 4, 1969. 
Hon. Aton LENNON, 
Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 
GENTLEMEN: We welcome this opportunity to endorse H.R. 13247. 
EG&G is one of the early participants in oceanography, starting with the work 
of Dr. Edgerton in 1950. We are now a leading supplier of oceanographic instru- 
mentation; we provide scientific services in the ASW and meteorological fields, 
and provide marine geophysical services to the petroleum industry. We remain 
totally convinced of the importance and potential of marine and atmospheric 
sciences as stated in the declaration of H.R. 13247. 
We testified for and supported the legislation enabling the Commission on 
Marine Sciences. The report of that Commission was outstanding in its objec- 
tivity, insight and foresight. H.R. 13247 is an appropriate response. 
It is recognized that enactment of this legislation is not an easy step, but 
major steps forward seldom are easy. HG&G will welcome any opportunity to be 
of assistance. 
Yours very truly, 
M. Ross YEITER, 
Vice President and General Manager. 
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(HyprRo-SpAcE SYSTEMS CORP., 
September 2, 1969. 
Hon. ALTON LENNON, 
Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, House of Representatives, Longworth 
House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
DEAR Mr. LENNON: I have received a copy of H.R. 13247 and have reviewed 
it in detail. 
T heartily endorse all provisions of this bill with no comment or suggested 
changes. As you know from the testimony I presented to your Committee, I feel 
the points covered in this bill represent the very best start we could make in a 
national ocean program. It is my hope that legislation will be passed to allow 
a start in this very challenging effort of ocean exploitation in the very near 
future. 
Sincerely yours, 
RocGeErR J. PIERCE. 
Woops HoLte OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 
Woods Hole, Mass., August 28, 1969. 
Hon. ALTON LENNON, 
Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 
My Drar CongRESSMAN LENNON: I appreciate very much your sending me a 
copy of the proposed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Program Act of 1969 
(H.R. 13247). I am greatly encouraged to know that you and your colleagues 
have taken this important step. It is another of the many progressive steps that 
have been typical of your Subcommittee. 
As I testified before the Subcommittee on Oceanography last May, I believe 
the establishment of an independent agency is the most important single recom- 
mendation of the Marine Commission Report. Realizing that there are many 
different ways such an agency could be put together, I do believe that the plan 
outlined in H.R. 18247 is a good way and will work. 
My greatest concern in the establishment of such an agency is the combination 
in the same agency of operating and funding functions. With the outstanding 
exception of the Office of Naval Research in the Navy, I know ‘of no government 
agency which has successfully performed both these functions. When the in-house 
projects compete directly with a contracts program, the strength of the contracts 
program is constantly in jeopardy. 
Therefore, I would recommend that any Act establishing an independent 
agency for support of ocean activity require that the contracts research program 
be administered separately from the in-house research program. Through ONR 
and NSF support we have built an outstanding oceanography program in private 
