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can be realized by the enactment of the sea grant college bill, S. 2439, 

 introduced by your chairman and my colleague from Rhode Island, 

 the honorable and highly esteemed Senator Pell and my companion 

 bill, H.R. 12337. 



I trust that this committee will fully realize the vital nature of this 

 matter and will afford Senator Pell's bill the utmost of consideration. 



Senator Pell. I would like to read into the record a telegram from 

 Les Cohen, director of governmental affairs, the California State 

 Colleges. [Reading :] 



The California State Colleges wish to express their wholehearted endorse- 

 ment of your bill. S. 24.39, to establish sea grant colleges. The State college 

 system is anxious to fulfill a need in California for the development of marine 

 sciences. Several of our institutions have unique talent and special competence 

 in this area. Your bill is well designed to accomplish these purposes if Federal 

 assistances forthcoming. Detailed letter explaining our support will follow. In 

 behalf of our Chancellor Dumke, I wish to express our pleasure in the measure 

 you have introduced. 



Les Cohen, 

 Director, Government Affairs, the California State Colleges. 



We will now hear from Congressman Huot from Xew Hampshire. 



STATEMENT OF HON. J. OLIVA HUOT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CON- 

 GRESS EROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Mr. HoiTT. Mr. Chairman, I submit this testimony before the mem- 

 bers of this committee in support of S. 2439 — the National Sea Grant 

 College Program Act of 1965. In fact, I submitted similar legis- 

 lation in the House on April 19 of this year. 



In this present age it has become apparent that the stronger nations 

 of the world are striving to carry out explorations in space, just as m 

 past centuries a similar motivation forced people to explore new conti- 

 nents and new resources. 



However, it is now awkwardly evident that the vast areas of ocean 

 which cover the majority of the earth's surface stand relatively un- 

 touched. There is no specific policy at hand that says we as a Nation 

 must involve ourselves with the mysteries of the sea, but it stands to 

 reason that if action in this area is not undertaken in the near future, 

 the United States might find itself struggling desperately behind 

 other world powers. 



If adopted, the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 

 1965 will authorize the institution of certain sea grant colleges and 

 programs whose main objectives will be to offer training, education, 

 and research facilities for the furtherance of knowledge concerning 

 the marine sciences. It will provide for grants of shoreline, specified 

 areas of ocean bottom, and lakesides which could be used by these 

 colleges for purposes of experimentation. This distribution would 

 also aid in the eventual preservation of these areas. 



The results of an action of this type would be vast. The United 

 Stpvtes will stand as a leader in the fields of aquaculture and ocean en- 

 gineering. However, it is imperative that the engineers of this coun- 

 try receive the proper training for these sciences. The sea engineer in 

 contrast to the land engineer must deal with entirely different stand- 

 ards of pressures, materials, and environment. For this reason, his 

 outlook and scope are entirely different, thus requiring new forms of 

 educational programs. 



