270 SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



The Makine Digest, 

 Seattle, Wash., April 28, 19G6. 

 Senator Claibobne Peix, 

 Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



Dear Senator Pell : For the hearing record, may we express our complete 

 support and endorsement of the general purposes of the legislation proposed by 

 you in your bill to establish sea grant colleges. 



The demands for trained people to serve in oceanography, the development of 

 which is a vital U.S. need, almost dictates the necessity for passage of the sea 

 grant educational concept. 

 Sincerely yours, 



John M. Haydon, 

 Vice-Chairman, Pvget Sound Oceanography Study Comtnittee. 



Marine Technology Society, 

 Washington, B.C., April 26, 1966. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell, 

 U.S. Senate, 



Comni ittee on Labor and Public Welfare, 

 Washington, B.C. 



My Dear Senator Pell : Thank you for your letter of April 22, and the oppor- 

 tunity to comment on S. 2439, which you kindly enclosed. 



I believe S. 2439 is a positive step toward the development of a strong national 

 capability to understand the oceans, including the Great Lakes, and lay the 

 foundation of knowledge for their intelligent utilization for the benefit of all 

 mankind. 



In the last century our forefathers' creation of land grant colleges laid the 

 foundation for U.S. leadership in development of agricultural sciences. The 

 agricultural achievements that have taken place in the United States during 

 the past 100 years have proven to be a blessing not only to our own country but 

 to the entire world. 



At this time, when the world's need for food and other raw material is explod- 

 ing, man must look to the sea for solutions of tomorrow's as well as today's 

 problems. It is encouraging to see U.S. leadership again assert itself in positive 

 steps envisioned in S. 2439 to encourage the growth of understanding necessary 

 for wise and eflScient utilization of the oceans. 



S. 2439 recognizes the extent to which the funds to support ocean development 

 are already flowing into the National Treasury as a result of offshore leases. 

 The self-supporting provisions set forth in section 3 of S. 2439 are sound and most 

 encouraging. 



I believe S. 2439 will become one of the foundation stones upon which the United 

 States will build a strong national ocean program which will benefit this 

 generation and those to come. I hope the Congress will enact S. 2439 into law 

 during this session. 



Thank you again Senator Pell for the opportunity to comment on S. 2439 and for 

 the splendid leadership you are giving to the development of a strong national 

 ocean program. 

 Sincerely, 



E. C. Stephan. 

 Rear Admiral, U.S.N. {Retired) , President. 



National Canners Association, 



Washi/ngton, B.C., May 9. 1966. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell. 



Chairman, Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges, Committee on Labor 

 and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 

 Dear Senator Pell : iWe would like to express, for the record, our support for 

 the objectives of S. 2439, the National Sea Grant College Act. We commend your 

 efforts and the recent hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges, 

 for focusing congressional and public attention on the vital need for a broad 

 program of marine science education in our colleges and universities. 



