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many aspects of marine science and technology, the United States lags rather 

 badly behind other nations largely because there is a lack of numbers and or- 

 ganization of highly qualified people with a truly sea-oriented outlook on ma- 

 rine problems. The sea grant college concept, if implemented, would, in my con- 

 sidered opinion, have a profound effect on producing the kind of sea-oriented 

 people that will desperately be needed to develop marine resources, not only in 

 the United States but throughout the world. 



Respectfully, 



Donald E. Wohlschlag, 

 Professor of Zoology and Direotor, the University of Texas, Institute of 



Marine Science. 



University of Washington, 



CoLLEXJE OF Fisheries, 

 Seattle, Wash., May 11, 1966. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell, 



U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Puhlic Welfare, 

 Washington, D.G. 



Dear Senator Pell : I am very sorry that I was not able to attend the hearings 

 of the Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant College on May 2-5. It is a pleasure 

 to have this opportunity to submit comments on S. 2439 — the National Sea Grant 

 College and Program Act of 1965. I am very much in favor of the purposes of 

 the bill and I should like to reaffirm my support of the statement of the National 

 Committee for a Sea Grant College, of which I am a member. Increased support 

 is important for the marine sciences, as they should have an expanded role in 

 the overall national scientific effort. 



I do feel however, that the purposes of the bill can be strengthened if its 

 scope is somewhat narrowed. There is a danger that a new program may be 

 looked ujwn as a complication in the funding of marine science. As you know, 

 our Senator, the Honorable Warren G. Magnuson has suggested many times that 

 marine science programs need better coordination. He has proposed legislation 

 to consolidate the many activities of ocean studies. I suggest that a new program 

 should have a definite focus and that this be done by directing S. 2439 to the 

 development of marine resources. I would define a sea grant university as an 

 institution of higher learning devoted to increasing our Nation's utilization of 

 the world's marine resources through activities in the areas of training, public 

 service and research. There is much sympathy with the idea that an important 

 fraction of support for a sea grant program should be in the form of institutional 

 grants. Such funding would provide an amount of flexibility in programs of 

 individual institutions. Surely with the broad ocean problems needing attention 

 and the wide diversity in university capabilities we should not commit ourselves 

 to rigid programs. On the other hand, there is much to be said in favor of the 

 National Science Foundation's approach to funding research on a competitive 

 merit basis. Perhaps local matching funds could be used for the support of 

 research projects. The National Science Foundation, as it now exists, could 

 administer a sea grant program devoted to the development and utilization of 

 marine resources which will assure support for marine sciences to institutions 

 which are the most capable and which propose to do work that will come under 

 review at the national level. 

 Sincerely, 



Donald E. Bevan, Associate Dean. 



University of Washington, 

 Department of Oceanography, 



Seattle, Wash., May 11, 196C. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell, 

 U.S. Senate, 



Committee on. Labor and Public Welfare, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Pell : In response to your letter of April 22, 19(56, I wish to tiike 

 this opportunity to submit comments relating to S. 2439 the National Sea Grant 

 College and Program Act of 1965. 



