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with the two other Goverment members, abstained from associating 

 with the other 12 members of the Commission on the organization 

 proposals. 



Since January 20 I have been a private citizen. I have made several 

 speeches on the Commission report and I have made it a particular 

 point, and I would like to make it a matter of record here, that as a 

 private citizen and as one who participated in the work of the Com- 

 mission I support wholeheartedly the organization recommendations 

 of the Commission. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. I thank the gentleman for his statement. It means 

 something to all of us, I am sure. 



Mr. Keith. 



Mr. Keith ('continuing) . This has been very helpful to me. I think 

 that as I see your view or as I comprehend it we have a problem of 

 developing our natural resources and may have a problem with science 

 and technology, but the emphasis in your report is in the development 

 of natural resources and, in your view this is the best organizational 

 way to get at it. It has been very enlightening. 



I won't take any more time because we are getting close to the 

 opening of the session. I would like to join with the others in com- 

 plimenting you, and I might say for the record, that I think that the 

 presence on your Commission of members of the legislative branch 

 of Government make it much more possible for the Congress and the 

 public in interpreting the report and sustaining interest in it. I would 

 have liked very much to have been a member of that Commission, but 

 R.H.I.P. and my colleagues who were fortunate enough to serve on 

 it have done an outstanding job. I am hopeful that we can implement 

 most of your recommendations. 



I would say one thing further with reference to Mr. Kogers' remarks 

 that the executive branch should perhaps act more expeditiously on 

 this subject. The report, I think, was transferred to the Congress at 

 about the same time it was transferred to the President, and I look 

 on this as a much better way of conditioning the public for action 

 either by the executive branch or the Congress. This kind of forum 

 is almost a condition precedent to the executive agencies' taking action. 



I trust that they have scouts in the audience. In any event, I hope 

 that they will read these remarks and be more able to take early action. 



Mr. Lenwoist. I thank the gentleman. 



Let me say I hated to impose the'5-minute rule. 



The gentleman from Minnesota. 



Mr. Karth. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won't take my 5 minutes. 

 I have two things really. I first of all want to associate myself with 

 the remarks of my colleague from Florida, Mr. Eogers, as well as 

 others and express the desire to get moving and take some action on 

 all of the work, study, time, and effort that has been made. 



In addition to that, Mr. Chairman, there has been some talk about 

 a possible conflict of interest between the National Aeronautics and 

 Space Administration and ISTOAA if and when it becomes an agency. 

 I frankly don't envision that, although I might say, Dr. Stratton, that 

 we do see as a potential capability for earth resources satellites, in addi- 

 tion to many other capabilities, the capability of seeing down 100 feet 

 or so in the ocean, and as a result of that having the capability to track, 

 if yon will, certain migrating fish. Also the earth resources satellites 



