TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. Res. 68

TO ESTABLISH A SELECT SENATE COMMITTEE ON
TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman

SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York
LEE METCALF, Montana

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

CHARLES M. SMITH, Staff Director
ROBERT E. BERRY, Minority Counsel
E. WINSLOW TURNER, General Counsel
VICTOR J. LANG, Jr., Professional Staff Member
LUCINDA T. DENNIS, Administrative Secretary

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CONTENTS

Statement of the chairman upon introduction of Senate Resolution 68,

January 25, 1967...

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MARCH 15, 1967

Opening statement of the chairman..

Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Director, Office of Science and Technology.

Dr. Joseph L. Fisher, president, Resources for the Future, Inc..

Dr. Detlev Bronk, president, Rockefeller University -

Statement of the chairman__

MARCH 16, 1967

Dr. Howard R. Bowan, president, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa..

Dr. Harrison Brown, head of Division of Geological Sciences, California

Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif__

Statement of the chairman_

MARCH 20, 1967

Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; accom-

panied by Stanley D. Schneider, staff assistant to the Chairman, Atomic

Energy Commission (AEC)..

Jack T. Conway, executive director, Industrial Union Department, AFL-

CIO; accompanied by Jack Beidler, legislative director; and David

Cohen, legislative representative, Industrial Union Department, AFL-

CIO..

Prof. Donald N. Michael, professor of psychology, and program director,

Center for Research on Utilization of Scientific Knowledge Institute

for Social Research, the University of Michigan.

Dr. John T. Wilson, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation;

accompanied by William J. Hoff, General Counsel; Dr. Thomas D.

Fontaine, Associate Director (Education); and Dr. Edward P. Todd,
Deputy Director (Research), National Science Foundation____

Statement of the chairman.

APRIL 5, 1967

Hon. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior.

Dr. George W. Irving, Jr., Administrator, Agricultural Research Service,

Department of Agriculture_..

Hon. Lee C. White, Chairman, Federal Power Commission_..

APRIL 6, 1967

Statement of the chairman__

177

Hon. Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of Transportation; accompanied by Richard

Copaken, White House fellow...

177

Philip R. Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, De-

partment of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Dr.

William Stewart, Surgeon General, Public Health Service...

193

Hon. Stanley H. Ruttenberg, Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Depart-

ment of Labor..

209