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Ihe oj)portuiiity to review this if tliey ultimsitely road the heariiifrs it 

 would be very helpful, I believe, if they could turn specifically to the 

 report by cliapter and pag-e and turn specifically to a panel report by 

 identification which niight clarify other people's thinkin<r on this 

 matter. 



Dr. Sthati'on. We shall sup])lv you with that. 



Air. Lennon. Dr. Crutchfield?" * 



Dr. Crutchfield. As a word of clarification, I think it mi<j::ht be very 

 useful to the members of the committee and others to note that the 

 panel committee report dealing with this matter deals rather exten- 

 sively with a series of alternative solutions that were olTered, and the 

 one that w^as offered, and I think the report is quite complete about the 

 alternatives that were available to us. 



Mr. Lennon. We are goino- to have the counsel review every one of 

 these with the minority counsel and we will ask questions on it which 

 vre are entitled to do. 



If the gentleman from ]\Iinnesota wall permit, I am going to yield to 

 Mr. Rogers. He came in and I asked him to wait. 



The gentleman from Florida ? 



Mr. Rogers. Not only have I w^aited, but I read the whole statement, 

 Mr. Chairman, and I enjoyed it and your statement was excellent. I 

 think you know that I feel very strongly, along with other members of 

 the committee, that the Commission has done an excellent job. It has 

 res|)onded to the intent of the Congress in setting up the Commission, 

 and I am concerned about the problem now of not losing momentum 

 but ])roceeding with accom]>lishing something along the lines that the 

 Commission has recommended. 



Now, as I view the report, I do not see any organization that you 

 have recommended be put in the new organization NOAA tliat is not 

 now in existence. Is that correct? 



Mr. Pekry. Mr. Rogers, we did add an Ocean Technology Develop- 

 ment Bureau, Civilian Oceanographic Development Bureau. That is 

 the only thing new that is not in existing agencies. We felt that that 

 could be added by legislative action by you gentlemen after the Presi- 

 dent signed it into law. 



Mr. Rogers. I notice in the statement on page 10 that I do not see any 

 organization that is not now^ presently in existence. 



Mr. Perry. That is correct, except for this Civilian Technology De- 

 partment which w^oulcl become a part of this. 



Mr. Rogers. Now, I have had legislative coun.sel also check into the 

 reorganization powers of the President. It is my understanding that 

 the President may bring together any existing agencies as long as 

 there are no fimctions assigned to those agencies which have not i3een 

 approved and authorized by the Congress. If this is so then, and I 

 believe it to be so, I see no problem with the President presenting the 

 reorganization plan to the Congress along the lines that you have 

 recommended, say, leaving out any new functions at this time, and 

 I think that was expressed also by some other members. Then the 

 Congress can come in and expand those functions or expand any other 

 activity that we desire to, but I think we can more rapidly accomplish 

 our goal if we will try to impress upon the administratioii the neces- 

 sity for them to move rapidly. 



