188 MARINE SCIENCE 
oceans today will enable us to interpret the conditions under which the rocks of 
Colorado were laid down. This interpretation in turn can lead to greater develop- 
ment of the mineral resources which are so abundant in our State. 
We solicit your support for legislation concerning the marine sciences in the 
Senate (Congress) of the United States, and ask that you do all within your 
power to insure its passage. 
Sincerely yours, 
Robert J. Weimer, Associate Professor; John D. Haun, Associate Pro- 
fessor; Peter C. Badgley, Associate Professor; Warren D. Mateer, 
Assistant Professor ; Harold Bloom, Instructor ; Robert H. Hutch- 
inson, Associate Professor; John R. Hayes, Professor; Fred EH. 
Moore, Assistant Professor ; Harry C. Kent, Instructor; David W. 
Trexler, Assistant Professor; Rudy C. Epis, Assistant Professor ; 
Leonid Bryner, Assistant Professor ; Donald H. Johnson, Instruc- 
tor; Lawrence Ogden, Assistant Professor; M. A. Klugman, Assist- 
ant Professor; L. W. LeRoy. 
(The following comments were received from the Government’s 
agencies :) 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 
OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, 
Washington, D.C., April 4, 1961. 
Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Mr. CHAIRMAN: This is in reply to your request for a report on S. 901, 
87th Congress, a bill which would be called the Marine Science and Research Act 
of 1961. 
While we favor expanded efforts in tthe field of oceanography, the enactment 
of legislation to accomplish this purpose would appear to be unnecessary in view 
of the coordinated and intensified national program for oceanography recom- 
mended by the President in recent messages to the Senate and the House. 
The Bureau of the Budget advises that it has no objection to the submission 
of this report from the standpoint of the administration’s program. 
Sincerely, 
FRANK B. ELwis, Director. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 
Washington, D.C., April 24, 1961. 
Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, 
Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 
DEaR SENATOR MaGnuson: Your committee has requested a report on §. 901, 
a bill to advance the marine sciences, to establish a comprehensive 10-year pro- 
gram of oceanographic research and surveys, to promote commerce and naviga- 
tion, to secure the national defense, to expand ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 
resources, to authorize the construction of research and survey ships and labora- 
tory facilities, to expedite oceanographic instrumentation, to assure systematic 
studies of effects of radioactive materials in marine environments, to enhance 
the public health and general welfare, and for other purposes. 
We concur in the general object of this bill; however, notwithstanding our 
considerable interest in oceanographic research, we recommend that no action 
be taken on this bill for two principal reasons hereafter stated. 
First, as stated in our report of May 16, 1960, to your committee, concerning 
S. 2692 of the 86th Congress, this Department is already engaged in carrying 
out certain types of oceanographic research. Our report stated also that while 
this Department concurred in the objectives of such proposal, we have authority 
to carry out such research and did not believe enactment of the proposed legis- 
lation was necessary. We believe the enactment of S. 901 is unnecessary also 
for the same reasons and might inhibit the flexibility of oceanographic research 
programs. 
Secondly, a coordinated and intensified national program for oceanography 
has been recommended by the President in his recent messages to the Senate 
and House. We believe that, if adopted, this program would provide a balanced 
and effective use of overall resources available for oceanography. 
