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Coniiiiittee on Atmospheric Sciences. All knowledgeable oceano^rraphers and 

 meteorolofjists agree that the interrelationships between the atmosphere and 

 the oceans are so all-pervasive that the two media should i)roi)erly be considered 

 as a single system. The recommendations of the Committee on Atmospheric 

 Science have not been incorporated into projMMed legislation because it has not 

 seenied that legislation was necessarily required. It would be extremely un- 

 fortunate both for oceanography and for the atmospheric sciences if in(lei>endent 

 legislative approaches were to erect unnatural barriers between these inherently 

 interdependent scientilic fields. I am certiiin that the Conunittee on Interstate 

 and Foreign Conunerce would not wish to see this occur and it is with this 

 thought in mind that I call attention to this omission in an otherwise excellent 

 bill. 



If I may be of any assistance to the committee in connection with the hearings 

 on S. 2692 please let me know. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Henry G. Houghton. 



NaRR;VGANSETT MARINE LABORATORY, 



University of Rhode Island, 



Office of the Director, 

 Kingston, R.I., October 15, 1959. 

 Senator Warren G. Magnuson, 



Chairman, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, New Senate Office 

 Building, Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Magnuson : I wish to acknowledge receipt of a copy of Senate 

 bill S. 2692 incorporating the recommendations of the Committee on Oceano- 

 graphy and the project TENOO of the Office of Naval Research. I cannot empha- 

 size too strongly the importance of this bill in providing for research essential 

 as a basis for national defense and the proper exploitation of the resources of 

 the sea. 



Mrs. Fish and I have been engaged in Office of Naval Research project re- 

 search at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and this laboratory sinc-e 

 1946 and are familiar with Navy-supported oceanographic research at most of 

 the other marine laboratories. The accomplishments cannot be measured in 

 dollars and cents and must continiae to be supported with Federal funds if the 

 United States is going ot maintain its international standing because State and 

 private institutions cannot, themselves, support oceanographic research. 



I hope that the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce will let me 

 know if at any time I can be of service in support of this important legislation. 

 Very sincerely yours, 



Charles J. Fish, Director. 



Stanford University, 

 Stanford, Calif., October 5, 1959. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 



Chairman, Conwnittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. Se-nate Office 

 Building, Washington, D.C. 

 Dear Senator Magnuson. Thank you very much for the copy of bill S. 2692 

 dealing with the proposed support for and expansion of the oceanographic in- 

 vestigations under the sponsorship of the U.S. Government. I have read this 

 bill with great interest and congratulate your committee and others resixmsible 

 for its formulation. The support proposed in this bill will enable the United 

 States to accomplish much of the sadly needed research on the multitudinous 

 problems involved in oceanography and fisheries resources and place the United 

 States in the forefront of oceanographic endeavors among the nations of the 

 world. 



I strongly recommend careful study of all of the aspects of the bill, and sin- 

 cerely hope that such a study by the committee and by other Senators and 

 experts will result in a favorable reporting of the bill to the floor of the Senate, 

 followed by passage of the bill. I firmly believe that increased emphasis needs 

 to be placed on oceanographic studies by the United States and that such studies 

 will advance the well-being of our people and the safety of the Nation. 

 Very sincerely yours, 



Ira Li. Wiggins, 

 Director, Natural History Museunu 



