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excellence in coiHluctiiiff Inrjie scale surveys «»f the marine environment not only 

 from stmlies of the iioi)ulations in the ocean but als^) from, the study of the para- 

 meters (i)liysical and chemical and atmospheric) which contrilmte to the ecoloj^y 

 of marine plants and animals. If it haw been al)le to attain this measure of suc- 

 cess as a fragmented part of the Department of the Interior, is it not loj?ical to 

 assume that it could achieve an even greater degree of excellence if it were 

 functioning iuid(>r a completely marine-oriented department? 



I'rofessor liauer has juade certain recommendations which he terms construc- 

 tive allern:ite^; to the i-ccomniendation of the Coumiissioii which would establish 

 N.O.A.A. I do not believe their merit is equal to that of the ComniLssion's pro- 

 posal. Also, I respecttully reipiest that in studying them the Subcommittee bear 

 in mind that the interrelationships in the Commission's program were thought 

 out at great lengtli and without any political aml)itions or motives on the part 

 of the Commission members. 



New York, N.Y., June 13, 1969. 

 Mr. John M. Drewry, 



Chief Counsel, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1334 Long- 

 worth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Drewry : Your letter of May 12 asking for comments on the state- 

 ment by Paul S. Bauer of American University arrived while I was in Europe. 



Mr. Bauer's views are so diametrically opposed to the recommendations of the 

 Commission that it is difficult to address them in detail. I can only say that I 

 disagree with the entire thrust of his remarks. 



I don't know Professor Bauer, but he seems to be strongly influenced by a 

 prior attachment to the Department of Interior. My answer to his recommenda- 

 tion for continued reliance on the Department of Interior is to suggest that the 

 Committee look at that Department's record of achievement in the oceans in the 

 past rather than at their press releases of what they hope to be able to do in the 

 future. The Department of Interior has done a great deal of good work on land 

 and its constituency is primarily a land constituency. I see no reason to believe 

 that the Department is in any way qualified by past performance or by inclina- 

 tion to do a better job in the future than they have in the past in the oceans. 



To be quite candid I think there may be a tendency on the part of some of the 

 Department's constituents, including some of my former colleagues in the oil 

 industry and my current colleagues in the mining industry to continue to want 

 to deal with Interior whose personnel they know rather than deal with a new 

 agency whose personnel and focus might be quite different. 



I am sorry that I did not reply earlier to your request and I hope that these 

 comments may be useful in some way. 

 Sincerely, 



Charles F. Baebd. 



Great Lakes Research DrvisiON, 



The Unh'ersity of Michigan, 

 Ann Arhor, Mich., May 28, 1969. 

 Congre.s-sman Charles A. Mosher, 

 Long worth House Office Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mk. Mosher: Because of my long involvement and interest in Great 



Lakes research. I had hoped to make arrangements for a meeting with you in 



. early June to discuss siome Great Lakes problems of mutual interest. My schedule 



will not peitmit me to do this before early .summer, but I will he in contact with 



your office for a later appointment. 



I have studied with great interest the Report of the Commission on ^Marine 

 Science, Engineering and Resources, and would like an opportunity to discuss 

 some of its recommendations with you. My general reactions to the report are : 



1. That an organization such as the National Oceanic and AtmO'spheric Agency 

 or something comparable, through consolidation of existing agency efforts, is 

 essential and urgently needed to effectively administer a national program in 

 ^Marine Sciences. 



Directing my thoughts specifically to the Great Lakes, I would like to point 

 out that physically, the St. Lawrence Great Lakes drainage basin is one system, 

 however, politically, it exhibits a pattern of fragmentation. This physiographic 

 unit is sshared by eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Heads of these 



