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After describing at some length the activities of ELDO, ESRO, and 

 the satellite and sounding rocket projects being developed with other 

 nations, Congressman Fulton suddenly was stopped in his tracks by 

 this query from Findley: 



Has any thought been given by the committee to placing the program on a multi- 

 national basis so that the cost perhaps could be more equitably shared by other people 

 than at present? 



Fulton responded that this would be too large for the budgets 

 of other nations, adding: 



The problem in that regard is that the United States is quite advanced in space. 

 We have tremendous amounts of funds being used in space compared to the amounts 

 being provided by other countries. It would be like hitching an elephant to a rabbit. 



Representative John W. Davis (Democrat of Georgia), left, joins Dr. Luigi Broglio 

 (center), president of Italian Space Research Commission, and Dr. Franco Fiorio, who 

 served as chairman, United Nations Working Group on Remote Sensing of the Earth by 

 Satellites. Both Italian visitors were guests at a session of the committee's Panel on Science 

 and Technology. 





