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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

1959

JULY 28 AND 29, 1959

[No. 34]

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UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON: 1959

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS

OVERTON BROOKS, Louisiana, Chairman

JOHN W. McCORMACK, Massachusetts
GEORGE P. MILLER, California
OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas
VICTOR L. ANFUSO, New York
B. F. SISK, California

ERWIN MITCHELL, Georgia
JAMES M. QUIGLEY, Pennsylvania
DAVID M. HALL, North Carolina
LEONARD G. WOLF, Iowa
JOSEPH E. KARTH, Minnesota
KEN HECHLER, West Virginia
EMILIO Q. DADDARIO, Connecticut
WALTER H. MOELLER, Ohio
DAVID S. KING, Utah

J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana

JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR., Massachusetts
JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania
GORDON L. MCDONOUGH, California
J. EDGAR CHENOWETH, Colorado
FRANK C. OSMERS, JR., New Jersey
WILLIAM K. VAN PELT, Wisconsin
A. D. BAUMHART, JR., Ohio
PERKINS BASS, New Hampshire
R. WALTER RIEHLMAN, New York

CHARLES F. DUCANDER, Executive Director and Chief Counsel
Dr. CHARLES S. SHELDON II, Technical Director
SPENCER M. BERESFORD, Special Counsel
PHILIP B. YEAGER, Special Consultant
JOHN A. CARSTARPHEN, Jr., Counsel
RICHARD P. HINES, Staff Consultant

Lt. Col. PAUL B. SCHUPPENER, Staff Consultant
RAYMOND WILCOVE, Staff Consultant

McRae, Dr. James W., member of the Secretary of Defense's Scientific

Advisory Committee on Ballistic Missiles..

Raborn, Rear Adm. W. F., Director, Special Projects; accompanied

by Vice Admiral Hayward, U.S. Navy.

Schriever, Lt. Gen. Bernard A., Air Research and Development Com-

mand, U.S. Air Force, accompanied by Colonel Cristadoro, program

director, Atlas program, and Colonel Boatman, assistant to Lt. Gen.

Bernard A. Schriever..

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