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another landlocked member of the Congress as far as this legislation is 

 concerned, I want him to know that I agree thoroughly with him. 



Mr. Lennon". The gentleman who is not landlocked. 



Mr. Pollock. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



If my distinguished colleague is a landlubber and landlocked, I 

 think he has an excellent interest and I am delighted to see him appear 

 before the committee this morning. I want to say that it is no surprise 

 to me to see your presentation have the usual eloquence with which you 

 can present a cause you believe in. We are delighted to have you on 

 our enthusiastic team to try to get a proper effective resolution of this 

 thing so that we can give some direction and meaning to the whole 

 program. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman, 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Pollock. 



The gentleman from Connecticut, Mr. St. Onge. 



Mr. St. Onge. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Chairman, while I am not surprised at the excellence of the state- 

 ment by Mr. Anderson, its conciseness and articulateness, I think his 

 presence before the subcommittee this morning augers well for future 

 action in the House by the subcommittee on the 'Stratton report and I 

 want to congratulate Mr. Anderson. 



I know how busy he is and I want to thank him for taking the time 

 to come before the subcommittee to indicate his support and interest. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. 



The gentleman from North Carolina. 



Mr. Jones. I have nothing, Mr. Chairman, except to compliment Mr. 

 Anderson for his very excellent testimony. I want to differ with you 

 in one slight respect if I may, your influence of bein^ unfamiliar with 

 the subject. I beg to differ. I think you are quite familiar. 



Mr. Andeeson. Thank you. 



Mr. Lennon. I wish all of you might have been present last week 

 when Dr. Stratton and eight other members of the Marine Commission 

 were here and made statements or at least Dr. Stratton did and four of 

 the members of the Commission were subject to rather intensive ques- 

 tioning by members of the subcommittee. 



I wonder if the counsel has any questions at this point. 



Mr. Dre^vrt. Mr. Anderson, m your statement you refer to the pro- 

 posed constituents of the new NOAA. 



Mr. Anderson. Yes. 



Mr. Drewry. The Coast Guard, ESSA, the Sports and Commercial 

 Fisheries, and so on. Of course you stated your enthusiasm for the 

 organization. We have a problem which I have discussed every now 

 and then with people in the Government outside of Congress and that 

 is shouldn't there be some comparable sort of restructuring within the 

 Congress itself. 



We have one little messj situation that has existed for about 4 years 

 right now. We have jurisdiction over the Coast Guard, Sport and 

 Commercial Fisheries, and the sea grant program and under the rules 

 of the House the Coast and Geodetic Survey, which doesn't exist any- 

 more but the rule is still there, and the Interstate and Foreign Com- 

 merce Committee has jurisdiction over the Weather Bureau which 

 doesn't exist anymore because it is now part of ESSA. 



In your capacity as a veteran legislator and perhaps in your capacity 

 as a member of the Rules Committee, do you foresee any problems in 



