10/14/1960
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"It is my desire that you investigate fully alternative transportation resources in order to select the course of action which would best serve the Government's interest and most adequately and economi..."
"These are some of the reasons which compel us to embark upon a national effort in oceanography."
"Oceanography is a natural area of opportunity for extensive international cooperation."
"Our present maps of the oceans are comparable in accuracy and detail to maps of the land areas of the earth in the early part of the 18th century."