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search and Development Board, Department of Defense. I am also a past presi- 

 dent of the section on Oceanography of the American Geophysical Union and of 

 the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and am at present chair- 

 man of the Committee on Education and Recruitment of the latter organization. 

 I am in complete sympathy with the objectives and general provisions of this 

 bill. My interest is primarily in the educational provisions because without the 

 recruitment of new personnel the full benefits of the program cannot be achieved. 

 There is one point of another sort on which I will first comment. 



Section 3 provides for the establishment of a Division of Marine Sciences in 

 the National Science Foundation which shall include among its membership 

 representatives of various governmental agencies "and at least six .scientists 

 from the universities and institutions receiving assistance from the foregoing 

 agencies." I believe that limitation of the civilian membership to those who are 

 the direct beneficiaries of the act is not in the public interest and that complete 

 freedom should be retained in selecting these representatives. I consequently 

 suggest that : 



Page 7, line 14 be altered by inserting a period after the word "Scientist," 

 and that the words "from the universities and institutions receiving assist- 

 ance from the foregoing agencies." be omitted. 

 Section 10 (p. 18) relates to appropriations to the Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare. It is the only section in which specific sums as en- 

 visaged by the Committee on Oceanography of the National Academy of Science 

 are not stated explicitly. I believe that the intent of Congress should be made 

 clear by the following insertion : 



Page 18, line 21 insert after "law." the sentence "Expenditures for this 

 purpose shall not exceed $500,000 in any one year." 

 The necessary recruitment of men into oceanography will require the fullest 

 utilization of the university facilities of the country. There exist throughout 

 the country numerous institutions devoted to aquatic science, including limnology 

 and fisheries many of which were established before oceanography attained its 

 present prominence. The basic training developed in these institutions does not 

 differ in principle from that required by oceanography and experience has shown 

 that such institutions have been a valuable source of oceanographers. Oceanog- 

 raphers are now being recruited also from among chemists, physicists, geologists, 

 and others who have had little contact with the sea, but have had excellent 

 training in disciplines which are essential to the subject. Such men are an 

 invaluable source of needed talent. Frequently they have obtained their doctors 

 degrees but require a year or two of study at an oceanographic institution to 

 complete their training. Explicit provision for postdoctoral fellowships is needed 

 in order that this source of talent may be drawn on. 



In view of the foregoing considerations I suggest the following changes in the 

 language of the bill : 



Page 3, line 25, after "undergraduate" insert "and graduate." 

 Page 4, line 1, after "biology" insert "limnology, meteorology." 

 Page 5, lines 2 and 3 omit "oceanographic" and substitute "aquatic." 

 Page 9, line 2, after "students" insert "and post doctoral fellows." 

 Page 24, line 14, after "sciences" insert ", and of fellowships for post 

 doctoral training." 



Page 27, line 23, after "students" insert "and of post doctoral fellowships." 

 Page 28, line 1, after "these" insert "scholarships and." 

 I enclose a copy of S. 2692 amended in accordance with these suggestions so 

 that they may be read in context. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Alfred C. Redfield. 



A Report by the Committee on Hydrobiologt of the American Institute of 

 Biological Sciences on the Magnuson Bill (S. 2692) 



PREFACE 



The Committee on Hydrobiology of the American Institute of Biological 

 Sciences, composed of representatives nominated by several professional societies 

 having a direct interest in the aquatic sciences (oceanography and limnology), 

 met in Berkeley, Calif., on January 15 and 16, 1960, to study and discuss the 

 report of the Committee on Oceanography of the National Academy of Sciences 

 and Senate bill 2692. 



