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scientific progress to unveil the secrets of the sea, even to farm the sea as an 

 additional source of food for hungry peoples of the world ; and learn the plains, 

 valleys, and mountains or the floor of the sea as one learns the land above water ; 

 therefore be it 



Resolved, That we encourage and support Federal and private agencies con- 

 cerned with oceanography ; that we support present and pending legislation on 

 these matters vital to our national economy and to our national security lest 

 we lose the freedom of the seas and the vast untouched treasures, mineral, plant- 

 life and animal life, the energy and soui'ce of fresh water to nations whose 

 ideologies are opposed to those of the free nations. 



Mrs. T. David Gates, President. 



Attest : Mrs. Harvey O. Cravek, Secretary. 



Resolution from Committee for Research Planning of the Atlantic Es- 

 TUARiNE Research Society to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign 

 Commerce of the United States Senate Concerning Senate Bill 2692, "Ma- 

 rine Sciences and Research Act of 1959" 



Whereas man has been interested in the open seas and the coastal waters for 

 centuries, utilizing them as sources of food, routes of commerce, and arenas of 

 warfare ; and 



Whereas there has developed an increasing realization that man, although he 

 has learned much, must continue to acquire information about the oceans and 

 coastal regions at a much greater rate if he is to promote commerce and naviga- 

 tion, expand aquatic resources, and enhance the general national welfare : There- 

 fore be it 



Resolved, That the National Academy of Sciences — National Research Coun- 

 cil, and President Detlev Bronk, be commended for their foresight and interest 

 in the formation of a Committee on Oceanography ; and be it further 



Resolved, That the Committee on Oceanography of the National Academy of 

 Sciences — National Research Council, under the chairmanship of Dr. Harrison 

 Brown, be commended for their labors and devotion to the future of the science 

 of oceanography that resulted in the report entitled "Oceanography, 1960 to 

 1970" ; and be it further 



Resolved, That Hon. Warren G. Magnuson and his associates be commended 

 for introducing Senate bill 2692, "Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1959," 

 into the U.S. Senate of the S6th Congress; and be it further 



Resolved, That the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, whose purpose is to 

 encourage and develop research in the biological and physical aspects of es- 

 tuaries, support the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council 

 report entitled "Oceanogi-aphy, 1960 to 1970" ; and be it further 



Resolved, That all persons interested in and concerned with the evaluation and 

 passage of Senate bill 2692 consider the following points : 



(1) It is recommended that representatives from the National Science Foun- 

 dation be consulted to determine what the enactment of Senate bill 2692 in its 

 present form would mean to the National Science Foundation with respect to the 

 establishment of a Division of Marine Sciences ; 



(2) It is recommended that should a Division of Marine Sciences be es- 

 tablished within the National Science Foundation, the membership of said 

 Division should not be restricted to scientists from luiiversities or institutions 

 receiving assistance from the Office of Naval Research, the Hydrographic Office, 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the Atomic 

 Energy Commission, and the Maritime Commission, but should be chosen, re- 

 gardless of institutional affiliation, on the basis of the merits of the individual 

 scientist ; 



(3) The biological, chemical, geological, and physical aspects of estuarine and 

 other inshore areas should receive at least as much emphasis as those aspects of 

 the high seas, since the coastal and estuarine areas which lie closest to the 

 centers of population are of great importance in terms of national defense and 

 are and will probably continue to be the areas of greatest food and other re- 

 source production ; 



(4) In keeping with this, planning and funds should be devoted to the con- 

 struction or support for the construction of research vessels capable of working 

 in coastal and estuarine areas, and these vessels should be equipped to do 

 adequate biological, chemical, geological, and physical investigations com- 



