I wo\ild like to give you tvio examples of areas in which the Navy is 

 prepared to expand our work with other agencies. First, through our Deep 

 Submergence Progreim we are developing a capability for placing man deeper 

 and deeper into the sea. Part of this is directed towards man living for 

 extended periods under water - capable of doing useful work. Another part 

 concerns the design and constniction of vehicles for taking man to greater 

 depths and performing useful tasks. Although this is a program directed to 

 clearly defined military purpose, I am confident that the technology resulting 

 from the Deep Submergence Program will greatly accelerate the information of 

 a broad technical base for future exploration of the ocean. 



Second, the Navy has the broad problem of predicting weather and sonar 

 conditions at sea. In order to do this, we must have elaborate devices for 

 measuring, transmitting, and analyzing data collected at sea. This will 

 involve networks of buoys, communication systems, and computation centers. 

 Ihese developments and the outputs of such systems are also relevant to 

 agencies such as the Weather Bureau or the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 

 We shall make every attempt to provide useful support to such agencies in 

 our programs in this area. 



The oceans represent a great potential to our country, and it is an 

 obligation of the Navy, xinder its mission to insure freedom and beneficial 

 use of the seas, to know as much as possible about this environment. The 

 Navy must have an outstanding oceano graphic program, must provide leadership 

 in this field for the Nation, and must be willing to cooperate and work 

 closely with any other group, inside or outside of the Federal Government, 

 having similar interests. 



