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This group proposed that a National Ocean Science and Technology 

 Agency be created to guide and coordinate a truly national program. 



From these earlier studies and analyses, it is abundantly evident 

 that eminent Americans representing the President's Science Advisory 

 Committee, the National Academy of Sciences, National Research 

 Council, and the industrial community, have recognized the need for 

 expanding our ocean efforts into a national ocean program, and for 

 the appropriate organizational structure to implement, manage, and 

 effectively direct this program. 



The Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources 

 under the leadership of its distinguished chairman, Dr. Julius A. 

 Stratton, has performed an outstanding service of enduring value to 

 the United States. 



The principal report of the Commission is an excellent summary of 

 the technical, operational, and management plans for a national ocean 

 program. 



The reports of the Panels, forming the basis for the plans and recom- 

 mendations of the report, contain valuable, detailed information on 

 (1) basic science, (2) environmental monitoring, (3^ management of 

 the coastal zone, (4) manpower, education, and training, (5) industry 

 and private investment, (6) marine engineering and technology, (7) 

 marine resources, and (8) international legal-political frameworks. 



I concur in and support the recommendations of the Commission in 

 regard to the national ocean program and the organizational structure 

 to implement it. 



There is no doubt that a unij&ed managerial framework such as 

 NOAA must be established if we are to pursue the recommended 

 program. 



There is also no doubt that, to obtain the advice and counsel of the 

 States, regions, industry, and the academic community, we require the 

 establishment of the National Advisory Committee for the Oceans. 

 This will provide the needed coupling of these interests with the Fed- 

 eral effort, and will accelerate the transfer of the results of this effort 

 into methods, techniques, and procedures useful to the private sector 

 and the domestic economy. 



The extent and the success of our national ocean program will play 

 a vital role in the security and the economy of our country, and on its 

 influence in the community of nations. The program will also con- 

 tribute in a most significant manner to the supply of increasing quanti- 

 ties of food and other resources from the sea for the common good of 

 all mankind. 



A program of this magnitude and importance should not be managed 

 in the executive branch or reviewed in the legislative branch in a frag- 

 mented mamier. I suggest that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Agency, and the National Advisory Committee for the Oceans be es- 

 tablished in recognition of the importance of our national ocean pro- 

 gram to the United States. 



I also suggest that the Congress take the necessary organizational 

 steps to provide for the integrated legislative and appropriational re- 

 view of the program. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the privilege of appearing before 

 your committee and for the opportunity to present my views on the 



