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Honorary Member, National Security Industrial Association and Marine Tech- 

 nology Society (President 1966-1968). 



]\Iemt)er, American Piiysical Society, Tlie Fiber Society, Rheology Society, Tex- 

 tile Research Institute, Society for Computing Machinery, Sigma XI, Gamma 

 Alpha, Zeta Psi. 



Distinguished Public Service Awards, Navy 1961 and 1964. 



Author Scientific Papers on Textile and High Polymer Research, and Co-author 

 with C. B. Tompkins and W. W. Stifler, Jr., of "High Speed Computing De- 

 vices" — ^McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York (1950). 



STATEMENT OF DR. JAMES H. WAKELIN", JR., CHAIRMAN, THE 

 OCEANIC FOUNDATION, HONOLULU; THE RESEARCH ANALYSIS 

 CORP., McLEAN, VA., MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE 

 RYAN AERONAUTICAL CO., SAN DIEGO, CALIF., AND FORMER 

 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR RESEARCH AND 

 DEVELOPMENT 



Dr. Wakelijst. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I have before me a statement. Is it your pleasure that I should read 

 it, sir? 



Mr. Downing. Yes, proceed in any way you want, Doctor. 



Dr. Wakelin. If I may, I would rather quickly read it, and then 

 reply to your questions. 



Mr. Chairman and members of this subcommittee, it is a privilege 

 for me to appear before your committee to discuss the report of the 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources entitled, 

 as Dr. Fye has said appropriately, "Our Nation and the Sea," which 

 was submitted to the President in January of this year. 



I should like to consider (1) the growth of our ocean program dur- 

 ing the years 1960-66, (2) national policy and the guidelines under 

 which the Commission conducted its work, (3) the national program 

 recommended by the Commission, and finally (4) the organizational 

 framework recommended by the Commission to implement the pro- 

 gram it has recommended for our national effort in the oceans. 



In the years prior to the enactment of Public Law 89-^54, establish- 

 ing the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering De- 

 velopment, and the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and 

 Resources, the planning and budgeting of the Federal program in the 

 oceans was coordinated by the Interagency Committee on Oceanog- 

 ra]3hy of the Federal Council on Science and Technology. 



This period includes the years 1960-66. I was privileged to be the 

 first chairman of the ICO from 1960-64, and in that capacity I have 

 appeared at numerous hearings before your committee on the substan- 

 tive and programing matters as well as the fiscal matters concerned 

 with the Federal program. During this period, the Federal annual 

 funding for our ocean efforts increased from $55 million in 1960 to 

 $123 million in 1964. 



I might say, Mr. Chairman, that a more dramatic group of figures 

 would include the years 1958 and 1959, with budgets of $21.3 million 

 and $35.8 million, respectively. After the issuance of the National 

 Academy's report in 1959 on the ocean program, there was a decided 

 impetus given between to the funding of the Federal program. 



At that level of Federal support, the coordinating mechanism of 

 the ICO appeared to be sufficient to guide the program. 



