SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



MONDAY, MAY 2, 1966 



U.S. Senate, 

 Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges, 



Ck)MMITTEE ON LaBOR AND PuBLIC WELFARE, 



Kingston^ R.I. 



The special subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, at the 

 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., Senator Claiborne Pell 

 (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Present: Senator Pell (presidmg), and Fitzhugh Green, special as- 

 sistant to Senator Pell. 



Senator Pell. This morning we begin hearings by the Special Sub- 

 committee of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on a 

 bill to establish sea grant colleges and programs. 



I think it fitting as we get started to recognize the fact that one of 

 our senior members of our committee died a couple of days ago. 

 I know I express the regret and grief of my colleagues at the death of 

 Senator McNamara whose body is being flown out to his own State 

 today. 



The other members of the subcommittee are : Senator Morse of Ore- 

 gon, Senator Nelson of Wisconsin, Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, 

 Senator Javits of New York and Senator Murphy of California. 

 All of these Senators are very interested in oceanology and the sub- 

 ject matter to be discussed, either by virtue of being on the Great 

 Lakes, or the Atlantic, or the Pacific Ocean. They have a great in- 

 terest from their States' point of view and they will be participating 

 in the subcommittee hearings when we are in Washington. 



As chairman of this subcommittee, I welcome with pleasure you dis- 

 tinguished witnesses who bring so much expert knowledge to this vital 

 subject today. 



I am delighted, too, that we can initiate our study of S. 2439 at the 

 University of Rhode Island which has already established an excellent 

 record of training and research in oceanology. This is a very appro- 

 priate spot for planning ocean-oriented programs in the colleges of 

 this nation — programs designed to exploit in a practical sense the rich 

 resources and opportunities of the seas and the knowledge we already 

 have. 



(The text of the bill S. 2489 follows :) 



