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Honorary Societies : Signia Xi ; Phi Lambda ITpsilon ; Epsilon Chi. 



Honors/ Awards : Albright College, Sc.D., 1955 ; Distinguished Alumni Award, 

 Albright College, 1951; Presidential Certificate of Merit, 1948; U.S. Navy Certifi- 

 cate of Commendation, 1960; U.S. Navy Meritorious Award, 1951; Bureau of 

 Ordnance Development Award, 1946; UjS. Navy Certificate of Commendation, 

 1966. 



STATEMENT OF BR. PAUL M. EYE, PRESIDENT, WOODS HOLE 

 OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 



Dr. Fye. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I have brought with me a prepared statement which I believe is be- 

 fore you. If I may, I would like to read it, since it is fairly short, and 

 thereby present a position for our discussion, if that is all right. 



Mr. Rogers. You may proceed. 



Dr. Fte. Thank you. Congressman Rogers. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It is a great privilege and a real 

 pleasure to appear before the committee once again and express my 

 views and opinions on the Report of the Commission on Marine Sci- 

 ence. I come before you as president and director of the Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution, as a member of the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography and as president of the 

 Marine Technology Society, a professional society composed of about 

 5,000 scientists, engineers, and related professions all of whom are vi- 

 tally interested in the wise utilization of the oceans. However, in my 

 testimony I speak only as an individual who is greatly concerned about 

 the position of the United States in regard to its activities in the 

 oceans. 



The aptly titled report of the Commission, "Our Nation and the 

 Sea," is the most comprehensive document ever prepared on the stake 

 of the United States in the oceans. As soon as the Commission's report 

 was released in January, a group of our senior personnel at Woods 

 Hole undertook a detailed study of the report both to inform ourselves 

 and to evaluate the impact on our institution and on oceanography in 

 the United States in general. The report is a magnificent job, and we 

 commend it to the administration and the Congress for evaluation and 

 action. I am here to offer what modest assistance I can in your evalu- 

 ation, but we do look to you for ultimate action and implementation of 

 a majority of the programs. 



The Commission has provided a much needed evaluation of the im- 

 portance of marine activities in terms of other high priority goals of 

 the Nation, As we see it, this report places the importance of the oceans 

 to the Nation on the same general level of concern as outer space, pub- 

 lic health, foreign aid, transportation, and ur'ban problems. We would 

 underscore this importance and endorse the Commission's evaluation. 



We scientists, however, are not unmindful of the fact that science is 

 merely a part of an intricate mosaic of the national life and does not 

 comprise the whole picture. Our daily lives are immersed in the en- 

 grossing pursuit of greater understanding of the enormously complex 

 marine environment, and we often experience frustration in the con- 

 viction that our efforts and results are woefully inadequate when com- 

 pared to the vast potential held by the seas. 



However, we know full well that marine science and ocean develop- 

 ment are vital national concerns only to the extent that there is a wise 



