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Inspection of solar heating panel. From left, Representative Don Fuqua (Democrat of 

 Florida), John L. Swigert, committee executive director, Dr. Rocco Petrone of NASA, Repre- 

 sentative William M. Ketchum (Republican of California), and Representative Larry Winn, 

 Jr. (Republican of Kansas). 



with funding a "transition quarter" to bridge the gap while the 

 Government was moving its fiscal year from July 1 to October 1. 

 Fuqua said: 



We held some 23 different hearings, both here in Washington, and at NASA 

 Centers, and with the key industrial contractors. 



The Fuqua subcommittee also managed to take testimony during 

 February from the Air Force, the European Space Organization, and 

 the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Winn, com- 

 menting on the thorough and speedy work, told his colleagues: "We 

 have done as good a job as I have ever seen done." With Symington 

 serving as a member of the Fuqua subcommittee, the transition was 

 smooth to pick up the work and also carry through the emphasis 

 Symington had placed on applications, indicated by this exchange 

 during the subcommittee markup session: 



Mr. Winn. The subcommittee is very aware of the importance of applications 

 as a part of the new assignment in this committee, and the work that Mr. Symington 

 and his subcommittee did in the past few years had not been forgotten. As a matter 

 of fact, I think this subcommittee has benefited much by the work Mr. Symington's 

 subcommittee did and we will follow through in that field of applications. 



