NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM— 1969 



TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1969 



HoTJSE or Kepresentatives, 

 Sttbcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ B.C. 



The subcommittee met at 10 :10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 

 man of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Lennon. The meeting will please come to order. 



We are resuming our hearings on a thorough review of the Marine 

 Science Commission Report "Our ISTation and the Sea." 



The subcommittee will recall that on the 7th of this month we were 

 fortunate in having as our witnesses our colleague, Hon. John B. 

 Anderson, followed by Prof. Paul S. Bauer, distinguished scientist 

 and former very able consultant to this Subcommittee on Oceanog- 

 raphy. 



During Congressman Anderson's testimony, he was questioned con- 

 cerning certain matters in Professor Bauer's statement. Since he had 

 not had the opportunity to either hear Professor Bauer, or read his 

 statement, the Chair asked Congressman Anderson to take a copy of 

 the statement and at his convenience give the committee the benefit 

 of his comments. 



Under date of May 9, the Chair received a letter from Mr. Anderson 

 and in view of the background, it has been duplicated and copies are 

 in the folders of each of the members. 



At this point I would like to ask unanimous consent, and, since there 

 is no one here to object to it, I expect we will be able to get unanimous 

 consent that immediately following the statement by Mr. Anderson and 

 the subsequent questioning of him by the members, that there be 

 inserted in the record at that point a letter addressed to the Chair 

 under date of May 9, the letter from Congressman Jolin D. Anderson 

 in which he responds to the statement made by Captain Bauer. 



(The document referred to follows :) 



House op Representatives, 

 Washington, D.C. May 9, 1969. 

 Hon. Alton Lennon, 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography. Merchant Marine and Fisheries 

 Committee, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 

 Dear Mr. Lennon : I again wish to thank you and your distinguished Subcom- 

 mittee for giving me the opportunity to testify before you on the Stratton Com- 

 mission report. As you may recall, at the time of my appearance I was asked to 

 comment on the testimony of Captain Paul S. Bauer. Not having seen an advance 

 copy of his testimony, I was unable to do so at that time. But I have now perused 

 his statement and am now prepared to make a few observations for the record. 



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