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have to be done with the same philosophy with which we developed 
the atom bomb or we fought the Second World War. We have some- 
thing positive to accomplish, and we should lend ourselves to the 
endeavor immediately. I can’t think of any person at any level of 
government who could take issue with this. 
Mr. Drncexx. Doctor, we are together on that point. Doctor, the 
House is now in session. There is a quorum call going on on the floor. 
We do thank you for your presentations today and for your very 
helpful testimony. The Chair will be seeking certain additional in- 
formation from you which will be directed to you by letter. I am 
satisfied that you will be able to cooperate with us in providing the 
additional information that will be needed to make our hearings com- 
plete and you will be hearing from me in the not too distant future 
on these matters. 
Doctor, we thank you very much for your most helpful testimony. 
Dr. Pearce. Thank you for having me. 
Mr. Dineexu. If there is no further business to come before the 
committee, the committee will stand adjourned until 2:30. 
(Whereupon, at 12:40 p.m., the committee adjourned to reconvene 
at 2:30 p.m., the same day.) 
AFTERNOON SESSION 
Mr. Dineetx. The subcommittee will come to order. 
This afternoon our first witness is our colleague, Hon. Michael 
Harrington of Massachusetts. Congressman Harrington, we are privi- 
leged to welcome you for such statement as you choose to give. 
STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON, A REPRESENTA- 
TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Mr. Harrineton. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the chance to come 
this afternoon, particularly the courtesy extended to me by yourself 
to a very late date allow my bill to be included along with Congress- 
man Ottinger’s and Congressman Murphy’s bills dealing with similar 
problems. 
I believe that members of the committee and subcommittee have 
been given prepared statements outlining the bill and the rationale 
behind it. Rather than read from that, I thought that I might sum- 
marize the bill, and receive questions. 
Mr. Dinceiu. Without objection, your full statement will appear 
in the record at this point as if given. 
(The statement follows :) 
STATEMENT BY Hon. MIcHAEL J. HARRINGTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Mr. Chairman. I want to express my thanks to you and the other members 
of the Subcommittee for permitting my bill to come before you at such short 
notice. It is indeed a pleasure for me to be able to testify today on a subject which 
I consider essential to our welfare—pollution free oceans. 
Pollution has become the end product of our society. But pollution need not 
have been inevitable. It can still be stopped. One of our greatest resources is 
