MARINE SCIENCE 185 
Tur CoLLeGeE oF MepICAL EVANGELISTS, 
LABORATORY OF NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH, 
Los Angeles, Calif., April 27, 1961. 
Senator WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 
DraR SENATOR MaGnuson: I have read with interest the bill S. 901, Marine 
Sciences and Research Act of 1961, introduced by yourself before the 87th Con- 
gress, February 9, 1961. I feel this bill is of considerable importance to the 
peoples of our country and the world, and strongly urge its passage. 
Our knowledge of the biology and chemistry of marine organisms needs to be 
implemented, particularly in the field of biochemistry, physiopharmacology and 
zootoxicology. The progress made in these fields during the past decade has 
been gratifying but it has been somewhat meager when one considers the ad- 
vancement made in our knowledge of the biology and chemistry of terrestrial 
animals. 
The group at this laboratory has been actively engaged in projects relating to 
the physiopharmacological, zootoxicological and chemical properties of certain 
extracts of marine animals. This work has been supported by the Office of 
Naval Research, the U.S. Public Health Service and by several private granting 
agencies. 
We are particularly interested in, and encouraged by, the inclusion of para- 
graph (b), page 27, lines 8 through 15. The potential of marine organisms as a 
source of chemical, pharmacological and medical usefulness to man is probably 
greater than most biological scientists have previously thought. During the past 
10 years this and other laboratories have isolated a number of important chemical 
agents having potential usefulness to man in combating diseases, and in adding 
to our knowledge of the chemistry and biology of marine organisms. 
The proposed bill would greatly encourage “research relating to the discovery, 
determination, production, and extraction of medically and pharmacologically 
important substances from marine organisms or sea water,” and would provide 
more adequate facilities for biologists and biochemists to conduct projects related 
to these problems in the marine laboratories of the United States. 
Sincerely yours, 
FINDLAY HE. RUSSELL, M.D., 
Director of Laboratory. 
Pratt & WHITNEY Co., INC., 
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, 
West Hartford, Conn., April 20, 1961. 
Senator WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Senator Magnuson: As director of research for the Pratt & Whitney 
Co., an old New England manufacturing company which is now a division of 
the Fairbanks Whitney Corp., that is continually diversifying its activities, I 
would like to give you our opinion of the need for a Dill like 8. 901. 
We believe that the future of mankind depends upon the ability of men to 
fully exploit and fully utilize the resources of our planet, particularly those of 
the ocean. Believing this, the Fairbanks Whitney family of companies has begun 
a series of planned self-supported studies and developments to: economicaliy 
desalt sea water, extract power from the ocean; explore and exploit the ocean's 
resources. In these areas of marine and oceanographic activities, there is con- 
siderable justification for private enterprise to invest capital of its own, but in 
many other areas of marine research there is little justification for the invest- 
ment of private funds and it is in these areas that S. 901 will serve a much 
needed purpose. > t ite 
It is our belief, therefore, that S. 901 is a needed act. of legislation which is 
for the good and welfare of the Nation. May we encourage you to continue 
your well founded efforts on its behalf. 
incerely yours, 
= ~ Asa E. Snyper, Director of Researci. 
