Appendix 8 



Institute of Marine Science, 



Univeesity of Miami, 

 Miami, Fla., October 24, 1961. 

 Hon. Dante B. Fascell, 

 Ray burn House Office Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Dante : At the request of Mr. Czarnecki, I am sending 15 copies of my 

 report to the President's Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment. Mr. Czarnecki also kindly invited me to testify before the House Com- 

 mittee for Foreign Affairs. Unfortunately it looks as though I will be unable to fit 

 this in during the coming month, but I do appreciate the invitation and will try 

 to fix a date later. 



In speaking for the academic oceanographic institutions I can say that we are 

 not so directly involved in the commercial exploring and exploiting of ocean 

 resources as the Government agencies are. We do have a very strong indirect in- 

 terest, however, inasmuch as most of the purely scientific exploration of the seas 

 has been carried out by universities and this has provided many new leads to 

 possibilities of exploitable wealth. Government agencies and industry usually 

 function from there on, turning these leads into direct means of practical ex- 

 ploitation. What is perhaps even more important, however, is that the practical 

 utilization of resources does depend upon the adequate supply of manpower to 

 both government agencies and industry. The universities are of course the prime 

 sources of this manpower, so that in a very true sense commercial exploitation 

 depends finally upon our educational activities. 

 With best personal regards. 

 Sincerely yours, 



F. G. Walton Smith, 

 Director, Chairman, COLD. 

 Enclosure : 



The Council, of Oceanographic Laboratory Directors 



The Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States, Chairman, 

 National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. 

 We respectfully submit for your consideration the attached Report on the Role 

 of Academic Institutions in the Development of Marine Resources and 

 Technology. 



Wayne V. Burt, chairman. Department Paul M. Fye, director, Woods Hole 



of Oceanography, Oregon State Oceanographic Institution 



University John A. Knauss, director. Graduate 



Richard H. Fleming, director. Depart- School of Oceanography, Univer- 



ment of Oceanography, University sity of Rhode Island 



of Washington Donald Pritchard. director, Department 



Richard A. Geyer. head, Department of of Oceanography, Johns Hopkins 



Oceanography, Texas A. & M. Uni- University 



versity George P. Wollard, Institute of Geo- 



William A. Nierenberg, director, Scripps physics. University of Hawaii 



Institution of Oceanography, Uni- F. G. Walton Smith, chairman, COLD 



versity of California. Institute of Marine Sciences, Uni- 



IMaurice Ewing, director, Lamont Geo- versity of Mianji 



logical Observatory of Columbia 

 University 



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