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him in Washington, and also with Secretary Udall, for the purpose 

 of setting in motion a chain of events which would eventually cause 

 the Food and Drug Administration to reverse their stand with rela- 

 tion to fish protein concentrate. I think we met in the Senate dining 

 room and the meeting was presided over by Senator Saltonstall and 

 Senator Smith, the two Massachusetts Senators. Well, we set in mo- 

 tion a chain of events which we think eventually caused the Food and 

 Drug Administration to reverse their stand with relation to fish pro- 

 tein concentrate. Now, they have devised a formula to produce this 

 fish protein concentrate. We say that the formula of Dr. Levin is 

 superior to theirs, his can produce less expensively and with equal 

 appeal and is equally sanitary. We are hoping that the Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries expands their production requirements and per- 

 mits, frankly, the commercial manufacturing of fish protein concen- 

 trate by those who have developed a formula to do it. We hope they 

 don't restrict our ability to use it. They have developed a formula, 

 but we don't think it is superior to the one devised by Dr. Levin. 



Senator Pell. I am very sympathetic with your work in this field. 

 Mayor Harrington. It has been said that it is unesthetic to use fish 

 protein concentrate. 



Mayor Harrington. We urge the Administration to reverse its 

 position on this. We hope we will get a decision in this direction. 



Senator Pell. I know we have had some meals in the Senate Din- 

 ing Koom with Dr. Levin's fish protein concentrate used as the base. 

 It was very good. 



Mayor Harrington. We appreciate any support you can give. Sen- 

 ator Douglas, I don't know whether you read his remarks on this, he 

 made a speech in the Senate about the esthetic and cosmetic effect of 

 fish flour. He mentioned that we are marketing a chocolate covered 

 ant commercially at very high prices. 



Senator Pell. Are you using a whole fish ? 



Mayor Harrington. We are using the whole fish, yes. 



Senator Pell. All right. Thank you very much, Mayor Harring- 

 ton. It was very nice of you to come over to Rhode Island. 



Our next witness is the dean of the graduate school of oceanography 

 here at the University of Rhode Island. He has certainly developed 

 a first rate department. Dean Knauss, when Dr. Horn persuaded 

 you to come here from the west coast to the east coast, I think that 

 California's loss was a great benefit to us here in Rhode Island. I 

 have enjoyed, I say this publicly, the work we have done together on 

 the various projects which have interested us, and without your help 

 I don't think that my own ideas, or this bill, could have gotten any- 

 where near ag far as this. 



You may proceed when you are ready. 



STATEMENT OF DR. JOHN A. KNAUSS, DEAN OF THE GRADUATE 

 SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 



Dr. Knauss. Thank you for those very kind words. Senator Pell. 

 I am here today not only as dean of the graduate school of oceanog- 

 raphy of the University of Rhode Island, but I am also chairman of 

 the Southern New England Marine Sciences Association. As far as 

 I know the idea of a sea-grant college was first suggested publiclT^- 



