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tablished as a memorial to all those who 
served with the Armed Forces of the United 
States in the Pacific area.” The purpose of 
this Foundation is to create a living war 
memorial devoted to the advancement of 
knowledge through research and conservation. 
5. Field Stations 
That scientific research base stations be es¬ 
tablished in Hawaii and Guam to work in 
close co-operation with existing research or¬ 
ganizations and institutions in these areas. 
That subsidiary stations be established in the 
following categories: 
a. Floating stations consisting of vessels 
equipped for specific fields of research. 
' b. Advance base stations for both marine and 
terrestrial research on various types of 
islands and at the extremes of environ¬ 
mental conditions available. 
c. Liaison stations to promote, in co-opera¬ 
tion with allied agencies, research in the 
following areas: the Solomon Islands, 
Australian New Guinea, French Oceania, 
Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Gala¬ 
pagos. 
That steps be taken toward the establish¬ 
ment of a base research station for various 
types of scientific investigation in the 
Galapagos Islands, making use of existing 
installations. This base should be of a 
permanent nature because of the impor¬ 
tance of maintaining continuous oceano¬ 
graphic, biological, and meteorological 
records from this island outpost of South 
America. By way of specific illustrations 
of projects for this station, it may be 
pointed out that various elements of the 
land fauna are little known; that the extra¬ 
ordinary humid zone of the south face of 
the larger islands offers the opportunity 
for a unique ecological mountain transect, 
especially from Academy Bay or Indefa¬ 
tigable Island; that the more barren coasts 
and islands afford simplified ecological 
conditions, comparable to those of Arctic 
islands, and provide a veritable field labo¬ 
ratory in themselves; and that the biologi¬ 
cal interest of these islands is so great that 
conservation measures, under the control 
of such a research station, are urgently 
required. 
6. Science Appraisal 
That a survey be made of the state of our 
knowledge in the various fields of science in 
the Pacific. The appraisal would have for its 
main object the compilation of a guide to 
what has been done in these fields, including 
a bibliography of the basic contributions. As 
a result of the survey, an investigator would 
know where further research in any field is 
most needed. The publication resulting from 
the appraisal would be a guide for investi¬ 
gators and administrators. In addition, the 
guide would help in two specific kinds of 
important undertaking: 
a. Conservation measures to be agreed upon 
by international action. 
b. Commercial policies to be evolved in pro¬ 
gressive steps as international agreements 
are made necessary by problems of the use 
and distribution of natural resources. 
7. Documentation Centers 
That documentation centers be set up at 
Washington and at Honolulu, some of their 
functions to be: 
a. Distribution of bibliographies on special 
fields. 
b. Maintenance of a clearing house on cur¬ 
rent researches and projects. 
c. Publication of a list of American and for¬ 
eign scientists (with addresses) who have 
active interest in the Pacific. This list 
should be cross-referenced as to: 
(1) The islands or ocean areas with which 
each scientist has had first-hand expe¬ 
rience. 
(2) The specific fields in which each scien¬ 
tist is most qualified to furnish co¬ 
ordinating information. 
(3) The fields in which each scientist may 
have become an authority even though 
he may not have visited or worked in 
the area. 
d. Establishment of an archive of publica¬ 
tions, translations, and manuscripts deal¬ 
ing with Pacific researches. 
8. Internships 
That internships on Navy Survey vessels be 
provided for one or more scientists, under the 
supervision of an experienced scientist, to 
gather scientific information and collections 
from all areas in which these vessels may 
operate. 
9. Pacific Congress 
That the projected Pacific Science Survey 
encourage and assist in the organization of 
the Seventh Pacific Science Congress as soon 
as possible, in order to further co-ordination 
of research already in progress or being 
planned and to perfect arrangement for co¬ 
operation among countries of the Pacific 
Basin. 
10. Check Lists of Flora and Fauna 
That distribution check lists of the different 
