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but we have to liave the specifics of what is acceptable to the admin- 

 istration, so that we can have that little added support. 



Thank you very much. And please bring our greetings to Mr. Morse. 

 We are very soriy to hear of his illness. 



Senator Pell. Congressman Clausen is now here and will offer his 

 testimony. 



Mr. Clausen. I see Mr. Keith has come in, too. 



Senator Pell. I realize that but you were here first. 



At this time I am going to ask to read this statement from Senator 

 Murphy, who regrets, he says, that he is unable to attend today's hear- 

 ing. Senator Murphy, along with other Senators from this commit- 

 miteee, is in IViichigan attending the funeral of our colleague, Senator 

 McNamara. Senator Murphy particularly wanted to be here today 

 to hear the testimony of the outstanding Californians scheduled to 

 speak on S. 2439. Senator Murphy asked me to extend his fellow Cal- 

 ifornians the warmest greetings and assure them that he will carefully 

 read their testimony. 



Congressman Clausen. 



STATEMENT OF HON. DON H. CLAUSEN, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 

 IN CONGRESS PROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



Mr. Clausex. I thank you, Senator Pell, for this opportunity to 

 appear before the committee. I am most appreciative of the comments 

 of our distinguished colleague, the Senator from California, Senator 

 Murphy. 



At this time, I, too, would like to express my personal regrets on 

 the passing of our beloved Senator McNamara. I had the privilege 

 of sharing with him, in the building of public works projects as I 

 served on the Public Works Committee of the House. 



I am here today, of course, to join in support of your S. 2439, Sena- 

 tor Pell, and to compliment you for your leadership in establishing 

 what I think is going to be a very exciting contribution to our edu- 

 cation system throughout America. 



Certainl}", the land grant college program has proves itself to be suc- 

 cessfull and it would appear that the sea grant college program cer- 

 tainly will open up many new frontiers on an international basis. 

 I am convinced, personally, that it Is long overdue. 



First, I want to urge, as forcefully as possible, that this legislation 

 be adopted. I am hopeful that we may see this measure become law 

 before we adjourn this session of Congress. I, personally, believe 

 that we cannot do more for our own United States, and for the world 

 as a whole, than to begin now to gather information that will allow our 

 bountiful natural resources to be used advantageously in the future. 

 This bill will do that. 



The necessity for this action is obvious to those of us who are con- 

 cerned with the conservation of our natural resources while at the 

 same time, using them to man's own gain. If we hesitate to begin 

 compiling needed information, as has happened in the past, we will un- 

 doul)tedly find ourselves haphazardly depleting these valuable re- 

 sources. I do not want to see this happen, and it is for this reason 

 tliat I fii-mly believe in the importance of the legislation we are con- 

 sidering today. 



