184 MARINE SCIENCE 
I am enclosing my statement for the record herewith. If I can be of further 
service please let me know. 
For your information I am sending a preliminary copy of a report on this 
marine laboratory. Though most people do not realize it we are the third largest 
in biological oceanography on the Atlantic coast with 70 permanent, year-round 
people and 30 to 40 extra people in summer. This is no summer station, but 
a full-time marine research plant. 
I appreciate your support of marine science and sincerely hope S. 901 will be 
passed by both Houses of Congress. 
With best of luck in your important mission, I am, 
Sincerely, 
WILLIAM J. Hares, Jr., Director. 
P.S.—By the way, it is not true that a scientific organization must slowly 
evolve to be a good and effective one. Using care in selection of personnel, 
assuming they are available, and with a sound organizational framework, a 
research unit can be built in relatively rapid order—with adequate financin 
of course. 
NATIONAL MARINE CONSULTANTS, INC., 
Santa Barbara, Calif., April 26, 1961. 
Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Mr. Magnuson: Thank you for your invitation to comment on the bill 
S. 901, Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1961. 
We heartily endorse all aspects of bill S. 901. There is, however, one aspect 
of oceanography which we as a private organization wish to emphasize and 
that is the importance of basic research in the field of oceanography not related 
directly to national defense programs. As private oceanographers, we have had 
occasion to become familiar with the uses of oceanography (research and ap- 
plied) in relation to industry as well as governmental activities. Im the realm 
of search for offshore oil resources we have been furnishing industry with daily 
forecasts of weather and sea states for utilization in their planning and daily 
operations. We have also made many investigations for private and govern- 
mental groups in relation to design and maintenance of harbors, shoreline struc- 
tures, and off-shore structures. It has been within the framework of these 
studies that we have realized the dire need for more basic research in all phases 
of oceanography. One only has to look at the past records of disastrous results 
to shoreline and offshore structures to realize the great need for applied research 
in this field. 
One immense problem which coastal States must face in the near future is 
an adequate supply of littoral material (sand) to maintain areas of coastline 
recreation and structures. The supply of littoral material is directly related to 
the supply of material transported coastward by rivers, tributaries, and streams, 
As these sources are curtailed by dams, storm drains projects, and flood control 
work, the general supply of littoral material to our beaches is gradually but 
surely being denied. We must know where we are going in this respect. What 
will happen when the sources are seriously curtailed? At present we are 
endeavoring to interest certain State and Federal groups to sponsor investi- 
gation as to the magnitude of such problems, when they will seriously affect us 
and procedures in combating the effects. 
We bring this to your attention merely to emphasize what far-reaching effects 
the stepped-up research program will have on the daily existence of the peoples 
of the United States and of the world, now and in the future. 
Yours truly, 
NATIONAL MARINE CONSULTANTS, INC., 
By RicHarp C. TIMME. 
