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A mere increase in our efforts in basic research, in applied research, 

 in education, or in service work will not bring about the desired re- 

 sults. These areas must be attacked simultaneously. This very fact 

 was the reason for the overwhelming- success of the land-grant college. 

 Commercial fisherman or oil well drillers will not benefit for many 

 years from the results of today's basic research unless an effective ex- 

 tension-type program is in operation. An extension program cannot 

 be successful unless basic and applied research programs are in opera- 

 tion. Furthermore, neither research nor extension program.s can func- 

 tion effectively unless our educational institutions are turning out 

 qualified personnel. 



It is not easy to develop a plan for initiating a sustained effort along 

 a broad front. I believe, however, that Senator Pell's bill is such a 

 plan and that it is workable. In adhering to the land-grant concept, 

 this bill makes it possible to provide unrestricted funds to agencies 

 interested in and capable of increasing the countiy's competence in 

 marine matters. I strongly urge that a major portion of the funding 

 under this program should be in the form of institutional grants. 

 Continuing broad-based financial support is essential to the program. 

 Perhaps I could best exemplify my statement by referring again to 

 the University of New Hampshire. Our water resources research 

 center was funded mider the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 

 in a manner similar to that suggested in the proposed legislation we 

 are considering today. Basically, this act, which is concerned with the 

 problems of providing adequate and safe fresh water supplies, pro- 

 vides for institutional grants for research and education programs. 

 Additional moneys are available on a matching fund basis for indi- 

 vidual research projects. Prior to the initiation of the center, three 

 of our departments Avere cariying on good, but uncoordinated, research 

 projects related to water problems. The lack of coordination was not 

 intentional, but existed primarily due to a lack of a common goal. We 

 are now completing the second year of operation of this coordination 

 program, and the results have been quite astounding to me in the 

 following respects : 



1. I find that faculty members who previously did not even know 

 each other are now submitting joint research projects. 



2. The degree of cooperation with our State agencies has increased 

 manifold. 



3. Undergraduate and graduate student interest in this area has 

 been stimulated. 



4. Many additional departments in the biological and physical 

 sciences are cooperating on research programs. 



5. The economists and sociologists now have research projects con- 

 cerned with water. 



6. In filling vacated and new faculty positions, vre are now making 

 a coordinated effort to recruit competence that we have unknowingly 

 lacked in many of the areas crucial to the program. 



I see no reason why these same results could not be achieved in the 

 marine area. 



To mobilize scientific manpower and facilities toward achieving a 

 given goal is not something that can be done with money alone. It 

 is imperative that the program be conceived in a manner that 

 assures cooperation between scientists and technicians and allows for 



