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Dr. Calhoun, on page 10 you use this sentence: "We do not need a 

 modified management structure so much to coordinate and correlate 

 the things being done now as to undertake the things that are not 

 being done." 



I am glad you remind us of that. 



On another page in your report, among the things that you em- 

 phasize are not being done, I think you indicate that in our present 

 situation we have no focus or center of initiative in tlie comprehen- 

 si^'e development of fundamental technology in the uses of the sea. 



Would you agree with me that that emphasis should be of the very 

 essence of our planning for a reorganizational structure, for the crea- 

 tion of a new agency, that there is a very basic need for technology 

 development that we are not meeting under the present situation? 



Dr. Calhoun. Yes ; I would agree. 



One of the things I tried to say in my statement, although I realize 

 I didn't say it very well, is that in your deliberations for structuring 

 a new agency the most important thing to be asked is, what specific 

 missions will this agency be called upon to do ? 



In my view — and I think it is shared by the members of the Com- 

 mittee on Oceanography — that principal mission should be to learn to 

 work and do things and carry out activities within the ocean — to de- 

 velop, if you will, a technology which does not now exist for the 

 civilian economy. 



In order to develop this technology, it will be necessary to do a 

 reasonable amount of basic research and gain further understanding 

 of the environment itself. But it will be necessary to go beyond that 

 into many project-level activities and. task-force activities which ac- 

 tually get down to the business of doing something that isn't being 

 done now. 



Sol think we are in agreement. 



Mr. MosHER. That mission is really not located or focused in any 

 present agency. 



Dr. Calhoun. I don't think it is. 



Mr. MosHER. That is all, Mr. Chairman. 



]Mr. Lennon, Thank you, sir. 



Before I recognize the gentleman from Minnesota, I just want to 

 get something for the record to be sure that I understand it. Dr. 

 Pritchard. 



The Council of Oceanographic Laboratory Directors, how many 

 colleges or universities does that represent, this council ? 



Dr. Pritchard. Ten. The Council represents 10. 



^Ir. Lennon. The Council, so you state here, are "the directors of 

 the following major oceanographic institutions of the United States." 



Dr. Pritchard. That is right. 



Mr. Lennox. What I am tr^'ing to determine, since someone has 

 raised the question, is : Are there not other institutions at this same 

 universitv level which are also members of this Oceanographic Lab- 

 oratory Council ? 



Dr. Pritchard. No, sir. There are 10 directors of 10 institutions 

 who got together and formed the Council of Oceanographic Labora- 

 tory Directors. These were laboratories which had the following major 

 features in common. They operate oceanographic research vessels in 

 the open ocean and have a significant research program, as well as in 

 many cases a teaching program, in this field. 



