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The philosophy of the administration was that tlie Congress was 

 telling the administration what direction it ought to follow, and to me 

 that is a mandate under the Constitution of the legislative body not 

 the executive. But it was vetoed, the recommendation of all the echelon 

 of the agencies and departments and bureaus, on the philosophy that 

 w^e were trying to set the stage, and I hope we won't have that experi- 

 ence again this year. 



I think that if that bill had been signed into law, that we wouldn't 

 be here today. We wouldn't have to be here. I think we would have 

 subsequently amended it and established what you have described as 

 maybe a nonoperating government agency to take it on from there. 

 But that is history now. 



So, if you go back and read history, you see why sometimes some of 

 us make up our minds that we just have to take a direction. We could 

 ha).ve done worse, and I don't believe we would do worse in the future 

 even if we follow to the letter the recommendation of the Commis- 

 sion's report, which I don't say that we will but hopefully we will in 

 substance. 



Are there any other questions of the gentleman ? 



Thank you very much, sir. We do appreciate your help and we are 

 going to take the liberty to call on you from time to time to come back 

 and help us with the problem. 



Mr. Beckmann. Thank you very much, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Beckmann. 



I have already identified our next witness, Dr. Sidney R. Galler, and 

 I will ask unanimous consent that immediately preceding his state- 

 ment, and you have a prepared statement, I see, Doctor, that your 

 biographical data be incorporated in the record. 

 (The data referred to follow :) 



BioGBAPHicAii Data Of Sidney R. Galler 



Dr. Sidney R. Galler, Assistant Secretary (Science) of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, formerly Head of the Biology Branch of the Office of Naval Research 

 (ONR), was born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 9, 1922. Dr. Galler is a 

 graduate of the Baltimore City College and received his Ph. D. degree in hydro- 

 biology from the University of Maryland. After serving as a consultant in ecology 

 to ONR, he was appointed to the position of Head of the Biology Branch in 1950. 

 Shortly thereafter he conceived the Navy's programs in hydrobiology and bio- 

 logical orientation. 



Dr. Galler has been a member of many governmental, national and international 

 committees and panels. For his role in advancing international scientific col- 

 laboration he has received letters of commendations from the Secretaries of the 

 Navies of Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil. 



Among his many awards are the Navy Civilian Service Award, several out- 

 standing performance awards and the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award 

 by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development). This 

 award, the highest the Department of the Navy confers on civilian employees, 

 was given to Dr. Galler for his outstanding contributions in the fields of hydro- 

 biology and biological orientation and for the establishment of highly effective 

 communication between the United States Navy and the community of biological 

 scientists in Europe and Latin America as well as in this country. 



His pioneering work in bio-instrumentation led to the development of the first 

 U.S. orbiting Biological experiment launched from Cape Kennedy on February 

 4, 1958. In addition, his designs in the field of bio-instrumentation led to the 

 development of a series of radio telemetric devices which are being used to moni- 

 tor the movements of birds as well as terrestrial and marine animals for scientific 

 purposes. Dr. Caller's work in bio-instrumentation also has resulted in the con- 

 struction of the first experimental underwater audio-video observatory, a remote 



