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Senator Pell. Another respect in which we are fortunate in having 

 you, as president of a land grant college, is in connection with the 

 enlargement of the responsibility of a land grant college, becau^ I 

 understand that your extension service does a great deal of work con- 

 cerning the consumer, or urban living. Would that not be correct ? 



Dr. Horn. This is correct and particularly in an institution like 

 the University of Rhode Island where we are located in the State with 

 the agricultural part of our economy being reduced more and more. 

 More of our activities of the cooperative extension services, which are 

 housed in the college of agriculture, are moving into the suburban and 

 urban areas. I think you know that we have a very important project 

 working in the South Providence area with underprivileged people. 

 If this sea grant bill is passed, if money is made available to this in- 

 stitution for this sort of thing, we are prepared to move on it and, I 

 think, effectively. 



Senator Pell. Actually, in our own State there are only 2,000 peo- 

 ple working in the field of agriculture and forestry. 



Dr. Horn. I suspect that someone who will be testifying before this 

 committee will point out that the State of Rhode Island has, I think, 

 more shoreline in comparison with the total land mass than any other 

 State of the Union with the exception of Hawaii. 



Senator Pell. Maybe we'll have more sea farmers than land farmers. 



Dr. Horn. Finally I'd like to say that, as you have pointed out, 

 ever since I came to this university in 1958 I have indicated to my 

 colleagues, and to the board and to the public in this State that we 

 have a unique opportunity here because of our location on the sea, 

 and this major piece of legislation which you propose, we hope is 

 passed by the Congress which will provide additional resources so 

 that we can make a still further contribution, not just to the State 

 of Rhode Island, but to the entire Nation and the world. 



Senator Pell. Thank you very much. Dr. Horn, for your testimony 

 and for the hospitality we have been shown here today. 



Our next witness will be Mr. Edward Harrington of New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. Mr. Harrington is the mayor of New Bedford and a 

 neighbor of ours. Mayor Harrington, Senator Kennedy regrets very 

 much that he cannot be with us today. We wanted you to know that. 



STATEMENT OF EDWARD HARRINGTON, MAYOR, CITY OF 

 BEDFORD, MASS. 



Mayor Harrington. I understand. 



Senator Pell. He wanted to hear your testimony and is well aware 

 of your good work and he is very interested in this whole field of 

 fisheries and oceanology and asked that his good wishes be conveyed to 

 you. Also, as a member of Congress it is very good to welcome you 

 here because I understand there is a really good chance that you 

 may be a colleague in a coming Congress. I am delighted to welcome 

 you here. Mayor Harrington, and you may proceed as you wish. 



Mayor Harrington. Mr. Chairman, I am grateful for the oppor- 

 tunity to come here this day and address you on a matter which has 

 so much importance to men everywliere throughout the world and to 

 the future hope of a higher standard of living for people wherever 

 they may live. Since I am privileged to serve as mayor of a city 



