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Just one comment. I sense from the discussion some difference from the 

 concept which Dr. Spilhaus gave to us yesterday. One of the main points that he 

 made was that we are going to take knowledge produced by research and transfer 

 this to do useful things with the ocean. This then requires a new kind of outlook, 

 new kinds of personnel, new kinds of financing, and different ways of working. 

 It would be a mistake, I think, if this conference didn't clearly recognize the dif- 

 ference between what Dr. Spilhaus is proposing and what we have been doing as 

 a national research effort in oceanography. We should not look to sea-grant 

 colleges as a source of funds to do the same kind of basic project research that 

 we have been doing over a number of years. You have sources of funding for 

 this now. There are ways to improve these sources if you think they are not 

 adequate or they are not appropriate. The main thing is to know that we are 

 going to do things with the ocean, not as a research effort, but one of application 

 and of changing the ocean to our benefit. 



PELL 



I notice on this panel a wish to return to the problem of securing a bill, of 

 implementation; there I hope you will help me to help you. When the hearings on 

 the bill come along, if you have ideas for refinement - improvement, or wish to 

 appear as witnesses, please let me know. That will help our work. 



I think our sea-grant college conference here today accepts ideas more 

 quickly and more easily than will be the case in Congress when we seek to pass 

 our bill. I niay be wrong in that, and the hearings in Washington will show us 

 the wrinkles, I am thinking of asking for a couple of days of hearings and then 

 letting it settle for a while. Then, a few weeks later have another few days of 

 hearings. Anybody who wants to, comes along and expresses his ideas. Out of 

 this process you usually get a much better bill than that with which you start. 

 If you have a too ambitious bill in the beginning, it may be a long time before 

 you get it through. This bill is realistic in concept and I believe that we really 

 might get it through in the future. 



The most important thing is when you return to your own community, if 

 you could give a thoughtful expression of opinion by word of mouth or by letter 

 to your own senators and representatives, it could have more effect than any 

 other single thing in translating all our words here the last two days in a very 

 intelligent way into implementation. Without this being done, there will be abso- 

 lutely no implementation. So, I really need your help to get tnis sea- grant col- 

 lege concept enacted into law. 



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