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related to oceanography will learn enough about oceanography to be 

 able to broaden the outlook of their students. We are presently sup- 

 porting one such summer institute at Oregon State University. In 

 addition, we are attempting to stimulate further interest in such ac- 

 tivities and are prepared to provide necessary support for them. 



(4) Program for visiting scientists. This program makes it pos- 

 sible for outstanding scientists to visit college campuses and, to a 

 limited extent, high schools throughout the country, where they 

 present to the students some of their latest findings. We have found 

 this to be a very useful mechanism for stimulating undergraduate 

 students to take an interest in graduate studies in the fields of the 

 visiting scientists and we are encouraging interest in a program of 

 this nature in oceanography. 



In addition, we are supporting special training programs in marine 

 biology for high school teachers at tlie Hopkins Marine Station and 

 at the Texas A. & M. Marine Station, and have supported conferences 

 aimed at the development of plans for specialized field institutes in 

 scientific areas directly related to oceanography. An example of th© 

 kind of conference which I have just mentioned is one which was 

 supported through a grant to the American Society of Limnology 

 and Oceanography for the preparation of a report on the status of 

 education in oceanography in the United States. We also are provid- 

 ing aid for a summer institute for graduate students in marine science 

 at the University of Texas Marine Station. At a higher level we 

 are supporting a summer program at Woods Hole Oceanographic In- 

 stitution in geophysical fluid dynamics. 



In all these ways, we are developing our programs for assistance 

 to training in the oceanography and related sciences. We are pre- 

 pared to expand this support as rapidly as we can, taking into ac- 

 count the quality of the programs for which support is requested and 

 availability of funds, keeping iri mind, of course, needs in other areas 

 of science. 



I have discussed these matters at some length, Mr. Chairman, be- 

 cause I wish to make several things clear: First, that we realize the 

 importance of providing particular support for research and train- 

 ing activities in the field of oceanography and in related scientific 

 fields. Second, that we believe our present legislative authority is 

 sufficient to authorize those activities we believe are, or may become, 

 necessary to encourage such research and training; and third, that we 

 are presently engaged in providing support for such activities and in 

 developing interest in them among the educational community. 



I would like to make several other observations with respect to the 

 legislation at hand. Subsection (f) of section 7 of H.R. 9361 would 

 require the Maritime Administration to construct oceanographic re- 

 search vessels to be made available to nonprofit research centers, to 

 other agencies of the Federal Government, or to State institutions en- 

 gaged in oceanographic research requiring oceangoing ships. As 

 we have ])reviously pointed out, we believe that flexibilitv in this area 

 is higlily imi)ortant and that it would be preferable if the Federal 

 agencies concei-ned with oceanographic researcli budget for such 

 ship wlien and as they are needed, either for their own use or for 

 use l)y private institutions, calling on the Maritime Administration; 

 for appropriate advice and assistance. 



