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What comes out of this result will be the product of everybody 

 who has participated. Behind it lies the panels of all these individuals, 

 the groups they have brought together, literally hundreds of people 

 in universities and Government who have been brought in. 



We recognize very well and very clearly that there are issues and 

 recommendations here that are subject to discussion. Much of this is in 

 an area which cannot be taken as black and white. There are some areas 

 where there will be controversy inevitably. We have tried to make clear 

 what the issues are, and in each case we think it is better to take a 

 position than just to be cautious. We have given our best judgments. 



I think this report is replete with recommendations for action, for 

 legislation, and it is our hope that we will have accomplished what I 

 know to have been your real purpose in enacting that public law; 

 namely, that out of this would come a substantial advance in the whole 

 field with which we are deeply concerned. 



The final report, as you have indicated, Mr. Chairman, is completed. 

 It was delivered formally to the President and to the Congress. On 

 the 9th of February the Commission ofl&cially ceases to exist. 



But the critical test, as you have indicated, in this whole effort of 

 nearly 2 years now, lies ahead of us. The only valid measure of success 

 will be the extent to which this array of findings and recommendations 

 leads to positive, constructive action, action destined to increase by an 

 entire order of magnitude the benefits to be derived by the people of 

 our country from the manifold uses of the sea. 



As you indicated, this will be somewhat of an informal discussion 

 to see how we carry on, what this really means, where we should go. 



I would suggest the following procedure. We have had prepared a 

 statement ; it highlights the report of the Commission and is an effort 

 to bring together the main points. There is so much there that this 

 has been no easy task. 



But it takes chapter by chapter and points up what is involved. 



The general structure of the report does not coincide entirely, as 

 you are aware, with that of the original panel structure and organiza- 

 tion which had to do with science, technology, resources, environ- 

 ment, education, business incentives for industry, and the international 

 aspects. We have taken the results of the panel studies, and we are 

 anxious to have these in your hands as quickly as possible, and over 

 the past 2 months we have brought all this together and fused it 

 into the report which is before you. There we begin with a discussion 

 of the capabilities. What are the means that are essential if we are 

 to do this job? 



Then we talk about the areas of most urgent importance, that of 

 the coastal zones. There is a very extensive discussion of the resources, 

 living and nonliving resources in chapter 4, and it is followed hj a 

 discussion of the global environment, problems with which Dr. White 

 is so familiar, the need for services and what they should be, and then 

 culminating in the most critical and perhaps most crucial chapter — 

 how do we organize and what should we do in order to get on with 

 this from an organizational point of view? Lastly, there is our best 

 effort to give some estimate of cost. 



It is an unusual situation for a Commission, Mr. Mosher, to come 

 in with a report and be told we didn't ask for enough. We can remedy 

 that more easily than we can a number of other matters. We can come 

 to that later. 



