NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM— 1969 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1969 



House of Representatives, 

 Stjbcomiviittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.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 committee will resume the hearings this morning 

 on the Commission report and all matters related thereto. We have a 

 number of very distinguished witnesses appearing this morning. Dr. 

 John C. Calhoun, the Chairman of the Committee on Oceanography 

 of the National Academy of Sciences ; Dr. Charles L. Drake, Lamont- 

 Doherty Geological Observatory; Dr. Jeral J. Paulik, University of 

 Washington; Dr. Donald W. Pritchard of the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity; and Mr. Walter C. Beckman, president of the Alpine Geo- 

 physical Associates, Inc. 



Mr. Counsel, do you know the order in which the witnesses wish to 

 present their statements? 



Mr. Drewry. First the National Academy of Sciences Committee on 

 Oceanography with Dr. Calhoun as the leadoff witness. 



Mr. Lennon. I wonder. Dr. Calhoun and Dr. Paulik and Dr. Pritch- 

 ard, if you gentlemen would occupy the seats at the table there, and it 

 might expedite matters. 



Are you going to make the single presentation. Dr. Calhoun, or will 

 there be several presentations ? 



STATEMENT OP DR. JOHN C. CALHOUN, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE 

 ON OCEANOGRAPHY, NATIONAL ACADEMY OP SCIENCES 



Dr. Calhoun. We have several statements. I would like each of these 

 gentlemen to present his statement. 



Mr. Lennon. You proceed and then introduce the speakers in the 

 order that you prefer. 



Dr. Calhoun. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



My name is John Calhoun, and I work for the Texas A. & M. Uni- 

 versity, College Station, Tex., as vice president for programs and di- 

 rector of the sea-grant program. 



I am appearing here this morning as Chairman of the Committee on 

 Oceanography, National Academy of Sciences, National Research 

 Council, and, as you have already pointed out, there are several mem- 

 bers of that committee here with me, and in addition, Mr. Vetter, our 



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