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ster, of the Division's staff, continued her studies and practical 

 demonstrations of fish cookery recipes. In addition to the develop- 

 ing and testing of new recipes in our fish cookery laboratory, Miss 

 Webster also conducted practical demonstrations before home 

 economics workers, housewives, etc., in New Brunswick, N. J.; 

 Baltimore, Md.; and various points in the State of Florida. 



During 1937, the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation pur- 

 chased a considerable quantity of surplus fish for distribution to 

 persons on relief rolls in various parts of the country. In connection 

 with the distribution of these fish, Miss Webster conducted practical 

 demonstrations in fish cookery before relief workers, and others 

 interested, at various points in the Midwest. 



RESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND STUDENT ASSISTANTS 



Because of the relatively small size of the Bureau's technological 

 staff, and the rather broad field of research it must cover, it is only 

 possible to undertake those problems which are of a fundamental 

 nature and which promise to be of the greatest value to the largest 

 number of persons, whose livelihood depends in whole or in part on 

 the fisheries, and which are possible with the funds and personnel avail- 

 able. For this reason the Division cannot, with present facilities, 

 attack problems of special or restricted interest affecting certain prod- 

 ucts, processes, methods, or industries. However, the Bureau has 

 available, by congressional authorization and under an arrangement 

 similar to that of other scientific Government bureaus, facilities for 

 research associates and student assistants in its laboratories. The 

 salaries and expenses of these employees are paid by the firms or 

 groups who are interested in the problems on which they are working 

 and the investigations are carried out under the supervision of the 

 Bureau's teclinologists in its laboratories and under its control. Thus 

 the Bureau provides these industries and groups with laboratory, 

 consulting, and library facilities which, in most instances, cannot be 

 obtained elsewhere. 



Within the limits of its facilities, the Bureau also has opened its 

 technological laboratories to research students who are pursuing 

 courses in universities and who are selecting investigational problems 

 in the fisheries as their major study. This may prove of special benefit 

 to the industry as it brings its problems to the attention of a large group 

 of research workers who in turn may spread interest to applied fishery 

 research. 



The following research associates and student assistants carried on 

 investigations under the supervision of our technological staff during 

 the past year: 



In the College Park Laboratory, C. E. Swift, research associate, 

 employed by the Musher Foundation, Inc., New York City, working 

 on the problem of rancidity in fishery products and byproducts; Harold 

 E. Crowther, R. H. Flowers, and C. E. Swift, research associates, em- 

 ployed by the Aquacide Co., Washington, D. C, working on problems 

 in the chemical preservation of fishery byproducts; William B. Lan- 

 ham, Jr. (part of the year), Willis H. Baldwin, Hillman C. Harris, and 

 Louis F. Ortenzio, part-time graduate student assistants, employed 

 by the Bureau of Fisheries and working on problems in the chemistry 

 and metabolism of fish products, lactic acid as an index of decomposi- 



