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Mr. Lknnon. I ask unanimous consent that immediately following 

 the statement just made by Dr. Pritchard there be inserted the state- 

 ment. 



Mr. Calhoun. I would like to comment briefly on about three other 

 points. 



The Commission report makes some very definite recommendations 

 with respect to laboratory structure, university national laboratories, 

 and coastal zone laboratories, which were referred to in part. 



The Committee on Oceanography supf)lied Dr. Lawrence, in a letter 

 to wdiich I referred, its views on laboratories and laboratory structure, 

 and they are quite parallel to the Commission's recommendations. We 

 believe that the format which the Commission lays out is a very appro- 

 priate one. We would emphasize that these need to be tied in very 

 closely to universities, as Dr. Pritchard has suggested. 



We think the subject of facilities is also an important one, and we 

 believe that, just as it takes special facilities to carry on research in 

 medicine with hospitals, so it takes special facilities to get into the 

 ocean environment. Ancl these facilities are not just ships. They are 

 buoys ; they are submersibles ; and they are shore facilities. 



We feel as a committee that the whole area of facilities has been 

 underfunded, and we strongly support the recommendations of the 

 Commission in this direction. 



So far as the sea-grant program is concerned, we also are generally 

 in concurrence with the Commission's recommendations. As a com- 

 mittee we wholeheartedly support the sea-grant program and recog- 

 nize it as a new thrust that has great meaning for the whole subject 

 of marine resources and oceanography. 



Mr. LENisroisr. Have you finished, Doctor ? 



Dr. Calhoun. Yes, sir. That finishes our statements. 



Mr. Lennon. May I turn to Dr. Pritchard ? 



Dr. Pritchard, there is such an organization known as the Council 

 of 'Oceanographic Laboratory Directors, of which, I believe. Dr. 

 Pritchard, you are the spokesman. 



Dr. Pritchard. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. This Council of Oceanographic Laboratory Directors 

 responded to an inquiry made by myself to the staff respecting the posi- 

 tion of this particular organization on the Commission's report; is 

 that not so ? 



Dr. Pritchard. That is right. We have met on this issue, and under 

 date of May 19, 1969, I addressed a letter to you, sir, giving very 

 briefly the conclusions of the Council of Oceanographic Laboratory 

 Directors. 



Mr. Lennon. You identify this council by saying that it "consists 

 of the directors of the following major oceanographic institutions of 

 the United States." I will ask unanimous consent, gentlemen, that 

 there be inserted in the record following Dr. Pritchard's statement the 

 letter addressed to me signed by Dr. Pritchard for and in behalf of 

 the Council of Oceanographic Laboratory Directors. 



I. ask you at some future time to read it, because it is right on the 

 point. 



Dr. Pritchard. Thank you. 



