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Mr. Miller. Then the rnmblin_o:s that precede them are spoken of. 

 I have been in a lot of eartliquakes and the greatest rumbling you get 

 is "when a chandelier starts to shake. 



Thank you very much, Captain. I want to congratulate the Serv- 

 ice. I think this is one of the fields that has enhanced the great 

 reputation that the Coast and Geodetic Survey now has. 



Captain Earle. I certainly appreciate the opportunity of speaking 

 before 3'ou, gentlemen, and telling you a little about these tilings. 



Thank you very much, sir. 



Mr. Miller. Dr. Fenner A. Chace, Curator of Marine Invertebrates, 

 Museum of Natural History at Smithsonian. 



Doctor, we welcome you here. 



I do not know that I can speak for my colleagues but I am always 

 amazed at the amomit of work that is done at the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. Tlien all of a sudden you come up with some new phases of 

 work that you do there and it makes me a little ashamed that I am 

 not more familiar with it and have not taken time to acquaint myself 

 with it. I am j tist speaking for myself. 



STATEMENT OF DR. FENITER A. CHACE. JR., CURATOR OF MARINE 

 INVERTEBRATES. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SMITHSO- 

 NIAN INSTITUTION 



Mr, Chace. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I feel 

 that I am not a very good witness for the Smithsonian. I have not 

 been al>le to contact many of our administration in the last fevr days. 

 Most of them seem to be away so that I am afraid I will have to speak 

 largely for myself rather than for the Smithsonian. 



Mr. IMiller. We will be very happy to have you speak for yourself. 



Mr. Chace. I have no statement. I will be glad to answer any 

 questions that any of you may have. 



Mr. ]MiLLER. I will turn yoti over to Mr. Bauer because he speaks 

 your language. I know that I do not. 



Mr. Chace. I realize that. 



Mr. Bauer. Dr. Chace, yesterday we heard from some of the biolo- 

 gists — Professor Ray from the University of "Washington and Dr. 

 Galler — and we have heard, in response to various questions that have 

 been asked, the thinking that the tie-in with taxonomy and systematics 

 that you are so capable of doing, should be enlarged to perhaps con- 

 sider biological data obtained in the surveys of the sea with respect 

 to H.R. 10412 and its companion bills and also Mr. Felly's bill, H.R. 

 9361, and the companion bill on the data center. 



What is your feeling? Shotild the Smithsonian Institution enlarge 

 its scope to get a closer marriage, we will say. between the collection 

 of biological remains and data that is evolved by study of biologj" in 

 the open ocean ? 



Mr. Chace. I would like to speak as a biologist and not as a witness 

 for the Smithsonian. 



Mr. Batjer. I realize that you cannot commit the Smithsonian. 



Mr. Chace. Yes, sir, I think there is great need for more basic 

 knowledge in systematic biology in relation to oceanography and many 

 other fields of science and I do feel that the Smithsonian with its 

 facilities is the place to base those studies. 



