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Boston Univebsity, 

 Department op Biology, 

 Boston, Mass., May 10, 1966. 

 Hon. Claibobne Pell, 

 Committee on Labor and PuMic Welfare, 

 U.S. Senate, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Pell : It is a pleasure to endorse S. 2439, which will be 

 subjected to the Special Subcommittee on the Sea Grant College of the 

 Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The purposes of this bill are 

 vital to the success of oceanology in this country. Certainly, the land-grant 

 concept has proved to be an extremely important factor in the outstanding per- 

 formance and knowledge of American agriculture. 



We, in the study of the sea, feel that this vast, largely unexplored frontier is 

 open. Other countries such as Russia and Japan are actively engaged in sci- 

 entific and practical pursuits to obtain knowledge and economic gain from the 

 sea. The United States has devoted relatively little effort toward the develop- 

 ment of our knowledge or utilization of the oceans. It seems axiomatic that the 

 self-interest of this country can best be served by occupying and understanding 

 the sea. Our fisheries need modernization and information. Our utilization and 

 understanding of the food chain in the sea needs more detailed investigations. 

 The mineral wealth of the oceans remains largely untapped and unknown. The 

 sea as a source of fresh water needs further investigation. 



These are areas to which science and technology can contribute greatly if 

 given the proper tools and jjersonnel. S. 2439 is an important step in re- 

 turning the seas to American ingenuity. The basic caliber of marine scientists 

 in this country is excellent, but we need to train more of them and devote more 

 attention to practical problem solving without forgetting that basic research is 

 the foundation of science. 



Let this country turn to the sea in this century as it turned to the land in the 

 last century and the bounty of the sea will be ours as the bounty of the land is 

 now. 



Again, good luck and best wishes on this important legislation. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Galen E. Jones, 

 Director-elect, New Hampshire Marine Laboratory. 



Scottish Marine Biological Association, 

 Marine Station, Millport, Isle of C umbrae, Scotland, May 3, 1966. 



Mr. Arthur Larson, 

 Office of Senator Gaylord Nelson, 

 Old Senate Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1965 



statement submitted for inclusion in the record of the hearing on the 



ABOVE senate BILL S. 2439 



This statement is submitted by the undersigned, Dr. Clifford 11. Mortimer, 

 fellow of the Royal Society, director and secretary of the Scottish Marine Bio- 

 logical Association, and director-designate of the recently constituted Center 

 for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where he will 

 shortly take up appointment with rank of distinguished professor. 



Having, in the preceding paragraph, declared his personal interest, the writer 

 seeks to add his support to the scientific case for this bill and for the inclusion 

 of investigations on the Great Lakes under the definition of "marine studies." It 

 is proper that the Great Lakes should be so included, because the techniques and 

 seamanship needed to solve outstanding problems in lake hydrography and biology 

 are oceanographic in nature and scale, and because there is growing evidence that 

 certain basic and universal processes — for instance, air/water interactions, some 

 effect of the earth's rotation on water movements, pollution-induced biological 

 changes in large bodies of water — can often be more conveniently studied in the 

 lakes than elsewhere. 



