NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM— 1969 



TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1969 



House of REPRESENTATiviis, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography, of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.C. 



The subcommittee met at 10 :15 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 

 man of subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Lennon. The subcommittee meeting will come to order. 



This morning we resume our hearings in review of the report by 

 the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources, en- 

 titled "Our Nation and the Sea." 



There are two witnesses scheduled for this morning. The first will 

 be Mr. Walter C. Beckmann, chairman of the board and president 

 of Alpine Geoplwsical Associates, Inc. As you recall, Mr. Beckmann 

 was here prepared to testify last week but unavoidably we had insuf- 

 ficient time to receive his testimony. He very graciously agreed to 

 reschedule his appearance for today's hearing. And we appreciate his 

 cooperation. I am sure his testimony will be both interesting and 

 enlightening as he is certainly outstanding in the field of applied 

 oceanography. 



Although we have heard from previous witnesses associated with 

 industry, Mr. Beckmann will be the first to speak directly from the 

 standpoint of an oceanographic corporation and the scope of its 

 activities. 



Our second witness this morning is a distinguished friend of this 

 subcommittee — a noted marine biologist and Assistant Secretary for 

 Science of the Smithsonian Institution — Dr. Sidney R. Galler. '^Nlien 

 Dr. Galler was invited to appear, it was wtih the understanding that 

 his testimony would reflect his personal views and not those necessarily 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. It is of course our intention to call on 

 the Smithsonian later, when the various Government agencies are 

 heard. 



Gentlemen, we are delighted that you could be with us this morning. 

 We will be happy to receive your statement now Mr, Beckmann. and 

 I will ask unanimous consent that immediately preceding your state- 

 ment a career resume of Mr. Beckmann appear in the record. 



Good morning, sir. We are delighted to have you and regret that 

 we do not have a better attendance of members. We have been doing 

 some checking and find that many of the members of this committee 

 are on other committees now in executive session of reporting out their 

 annual authorization bills, and that is the explanation for our short 

 attendance. 



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