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Admiral Stephan. Mr. Drewry and Mr. Chairman, I think it is a 

 pleasure for all of us to work with this committee and we all want to 

 help in every way we can. 



Mr. Drewry. I have no further questions, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Counsel. Admiral Stephan, I think 

 you were present at the time when Captain Bauer testified the other 

 day, were you not? 



Admiral Stephan. No, sir. I was not. I read his statement. 



Mr. Lennon. Have you heen furnished a copy of his statement ? 



Admiral Stephan. Yes, sir ; I have. 



Mr. Lennon. I am not going to take your time, but I wonder if you 

 would respond to the statement made by Captain Bauer in a letter 

 addressed to the chairman of the subcommittee as Congressman 

 Anderson did. 



Admiral Stephan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Hopefully you can give time to make some study of it 

 in depth and give us your basic fundamental views and your judg- 

 ments on the statement made here by Captain Bauer. Would you do 

 that? 



Admiral Stephan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Then I ask unanimous consent that the statement to be 

 furnished by a letter addressed to me as the chairman in which 

 Admiral Stephan will respond to my request, be inserted in the record 

 immediately following his statement and also immediately following 

 the colloquy between him and members of the committee including the 

 chairman. 



(The information follows :) 



Ocean Systems, Inc., 

 Beston, Va., May I4, 1969. 

 Hon. Alton Lennon, 



Chairman, Sul) committee on Oceanography, House Merchant Marine and Fish- 

 eries, Longworth House Offlce Building, Washington, B.C. 

 Dear Mk. Chaieman : In the course of the hearings on 13 May, you asked me to 

 comment on the recommendations of Professor Paul Bauer relative to the assign- 

 ment to the Department of the Interior of the federal ocean responsibilities which 

 the Commission recommended be assigned to NOAA. 



I have studied Professor Bauer's very fine testimony and have great respect for 

 his knowledge of the oceans and his viewpoints on federal ocean organization. 

 Nevertheless, I believe the Commission recommended solution of a new Federal 

 agency ; NOAA, is preferable to Professor Bauer's proposal. 

 My viewpoint is based on the following considerations : 



(a) Creation of NOAA would encourage much needed Congressional organiza- 

 tional improvement in the area of the National Ocean Program. 



( & ) NOAA V70uld provide a better interface with the commission recommended 

 and urgently needed National Advisory Council on the ocean than would the 

 Department of Interior. 



(e) The Department of Interior by definition, has very great responsibilities 

 that are in no way ocean related. Placing overall Federal Civilian ocean responsi- 

 bilities under the Department of Interior would not give the National Ocean 

 Program either the status or the clear identification it deserves and urgently 

 requires. 

 Thank you for the opportunity to present my views to your committee. 

 With highest respects and very best wishes. 

 Sincerely, 



E. C. Stephan, 



Vice President. 



