174 MARINE SCIENCE 
COMMUNICATION From MR. W. 'T. SHANNON, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH 
AND GAME, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. 
Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 
DeEak SENATOR Macnuson: Thank you for your letter of March 9, 1961, re- 
questing comments on your bill to authorize a national 10-year program of 
oceanographic and Great Lakes research and surveys. 
We have read the copy of the bill S. 901, dated February 9, 1961, and would 
again like to take the opportunity to congratulate you for the great forethought 
that will certainly enable the development of our Nation in the marine area 
when your bill becomes law. 
The modified bill embodies those suggestions that we sent to you in our letter 
of March 1, 1960, and because they do we can heartily support the present 
version. We think it is a fine piece of work and will result in a widespread 
inerease of the knowledge of the marine environment, which this Nation will so 
vitally depend upon in the future in both the resources as well as the environ- 
mental area. You have our wholehearted support. 
Sincerely, 
W. T. SHannon, Director. 
CoMMUNICATION From Dr. JoSEPH L. McCARTHY, DEAN, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL, 
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WASH. 
Marcy 16, 1961. 
Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Senator Macnuson: This letter is written to set forth an opinion in 
support of the need for legislation of the type proposed in Senate bill 901 
(Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1961) and to suggest the influence that 
such legislation may be expected to exert on programs being conducted at the 
University of Washington. During the last session of Congress, a number of 
members of our faculty made comments and suggestions relating to Senate 
bill 2692 and this information is, of course, already available. 
The University of Washington, by reason of its location in Seattle, Wash., 
and by reaosn of the importance of the ocean in many aspects of the life of 
the citizens of the State of Washington, has a long tradition of teaching, research, 
and service in oceanography and the marine sciences. For nearly 60 years 
out of the even hundred years of the existence of the university, members of 
the faculty in the fields of oceanography, fisheries, biology, and other related 
fields of science and technology have focused their attention on the seas. 
At present the university is reviewing its total effort in the field of marine 
sciences. This review is being carried out by a committee of the faculty and 
the findings will provide a broad picture of the present status of the marine 
scienees at the university. This same committee has also made substantial 
progress in formulation of a plan for the further development of marine sciences 
at the University of Washington. 
You and your colleagues have invited representatives of the university to 
present statements on Senate bill 901 before the Senate Committee on Interstate 
and Foreign Commerce and we are honored and pleased that this opportunity 
is being provided. Information concerning graduate and undergraduate pro- 
grams of teaching and research is being given by Dr. Richard H. Fleming, 
professor and executive officer of the department of oceanography. Some of 
the university’s programs of research in the marine sciences will be described 
by other members of the faculty, i.e. Dr. Robert L. Fernald, associate professor 
of zoology and director of the Friday Harbor Laboratories, Dr. Lauren R. 
Donaldson, professor of fisheries and director of the Laboratory of Radiation 
Biology, and Dr. Joseph EH. Henderson, professor of physics and director of the 
Applied Physics Laboratory. Additional information will be provided to your 
committe by Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, associate professor of zoology and member of 
the National Academy of Science Committee on Oceanography. 
Of foremost interest at the university is the academic program of teaching in 
oceanography and the marine sciences. Direct teaching activities in the marine 
sciences are being conducted in the department of oceanography, the college of 
