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surrounds us. The proposal would offer the same advantages to any 

 coastal institution of higher learning. 



The ocean bottoms and the life about them remain largely uncharted 

 mysteries, yet comprise 70 percent of the earth's surface. 



The advantages offered by S. 2439 lie in the impetus it \Y0uld give to 

 oceanic research. Xow, research funds are scattered among many 

 agencies of the Government, each with it particular interest. There 

 is an advaantage in such diversion in meeting specific jiroblems as they 

 arise, but to get the maximum return on the research dollar spent for 

 ocean studies, it is often advantageous to have these studies encompass 

 wide areas of interest rather than the narrower scope often prescribed 

 because of limitations on the granting agency. For this reason, de- 

 signating the National Science Foundation as the central research 

 agency would be beneficial. It would permit a coordination of re- 

 search which would maximize the effectiveness of research inoneys 

 spent in this area. 



Secondly, this bill would single out for recognition and emphasis 

 research programs and programs of education in oceanography. In- 

 terest in ocean research is a new emergent in the academic world. 

 Further, few industries, save fishing and in a sense, oil, are based 

 on the wealth which lies beneath the surface of the sea. We know 

 that scientific exploration will precede technological exploitation. 

 Yet our intellectual attack has been piecemeal. This measure, I feel, 

 would give focus to our scattered research efforts. 



Thirdly, the objective of this bill harmonizes with the efforts and 

 goals of the people of Plawaii as shown in the activities of our State 

 government. Feeling that our greatest future wealth may lie in the 

 ocean surrounding us, our State is investing heavily in ocean science 

 projects. We have organized w^ithin the University of Hawaii, the 

 Department of Oceanography, and have staffed it with highly com- 

 petent men. Department emphasis is both on instruction and on 

 research in biology and physical oceanography. 



The State also has established three research centers which func- 

 tion in conjunction with the University of Hawaii : The Hawaii Insti- 

 tute of Geophysics, which has physical facilities on campus and a 

 research vessel operating out of Honolulu; the Hawaii Institute of 

 Marine Biology with a laboratory on Coconut Island, where a new 

 building is nearly completed; and further, upon completion of the 

 building, there is to be a Pacific Biomedical Research Center for 

 research in marine animals, located at Kewalo Basin in Honolulu. 



The State's investment in oceanography has been paralleled by 

 private research interests centering in Honolulu. Operating out of 

 Honolulu, the Lockheed-California Corp. has two research vessels 

 chartered from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, working 

 on a $2 million contract wnth the Navy Bureau of Ships. Also owned 

 by Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the Flip^ an instrmnent 

 vessel under contract to study sound waves in the Hawaiian area. 

 Equipment for the undersea drilling of Project Mohole is being 

 assembled, and currently U.S.S. Pathfimler of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey is engaged there in a project for the Environmental Serv- 

 ices Administration. Each of these developments indicates a grow- 

 ing awareness of Hawaii as a center for the study of ocean science. 



I believe that Hawaii, as well as the other coastal States of this 



