HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

HEARINGS HELD

SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16, 1969

Serial No. 91-11

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WILLIAM L. SHAFER, Consultant on Mining, Minerals, and Public Lands

NOTE: The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon. John P. Saylor, are ex officio members of each subcommittee.

Culbertson, Leroy, vice president, National Gas and Gasoline Depart-
ment, Phillips Petroleum Co...

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Dole, Hollis M., Assistant Secretary for Mining Resources, Depart-

ment of the Interior..

2

Material supplied for the record by Mr. Dole:

Contracts between-

The United States and the Helex Co., contract No.

14-09-0060-2421__

9

The United States and Cities Service Helex, Inc., con-

tract No. 14-09-0060-2424__

41

The United States and National Helium Corp., con-

tract No. 14-09-0060-2429_

74

The United States and Phillips Petroleum Co., contract

No. 14-09-0060-2434__

112

Helium extraction plants in the United States, September

1969 (tables) --

140

Helium stored by Cities Service Helex, Inc., Cities Service

Cryogenics, Inc., Phillips Petroleum Co., and National

Helium Corp., (tables) -

148

Estimated future helium requirements of Federal agencies

(table)

150

Gardner, A., president, Gardner Cryogenics Corp., Bethlehem, Pa......-

Greenspan, Alan, consultant, Townsend & Greenspan

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270

Korth, Hon. Fred, member board of advisers, the Helium Society

(plus several letters).

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Letters supplied for the record by Hon. Fred Korth:

Vance, Robert W., Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, Calif., to

M.S. Carpenter, president, the Helium Society, dated

September 8, 1969.

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Ostenson, J.E., associate, Ames Laboratory, USAEC, Iowa

State University, Ames, Iowa, to Comdr. M. Scott

Carpenter, dated September 10, 1969.

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De Wette, F.W., chairman, University of Texas at Austin,

to Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter, dated September 12, 1969 393

Schawlow, Arthur L., chairman, Department of Physics,

Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., to Comdr. M. Scott

Carpenter, dated September 12, 1969__

Caren, R.P., manager, IR Technology, Aerospace Sciences

Laboratory, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, to

Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter, dated September 8, 1969----

Hulm, J.K., research director, Westinghouse Electric Corp.,

Pittsburgh, Pa., to Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter, dated

September 10, 1969...

Howard, George W., director, University of Arizona, to

Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter, dated September 6, 1969-

Johnson, Victor J., Cryogenic Data Center, Institute for
Basic Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, Boulder,
Colo., to Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter, dated August 28,
1969

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