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ocean where fish have disappeared in certain areas and where they 

 have come out again. 



I was interested in a httle article the other day that I picked up, 

 which I thuik was pubhshed out at La Jolla, relative to certain fish 

 that were denizens of the western Pacific that were found in the 

 eastern Pacific and at least the theory was advanced by some that 

 these fish liad crossed the great ocean by getting into the Cromwellian 

 current that we did not know existed until comparatively recently. 

 People used to wonder why they showed up 6,000 or 7,000 miles away 

 from their habitat. Tliat Cromwellian current may have some effect 

 on weather, too, although we may not be able to pinpoint it today. 



Mr. Reichelderfer. There is no question that this whole mecha- 

 nism is very much interrelated, and a change in one part of the system 

 causes changes in other parts. 



Mr. Miller. Then we are only scratching the surface in this whole 

 field in the relation of the whole mass of water on the earth to weather, 

 which we knew existed ; but we are just trying to find out some of these 

 relationships, and when we get those relationships it is going to be 

 helpful. 



Mr. Oliver. Will you yield? 



Mr. DoRN. Go ahead. 



Mr. Oliver. With reference or relation to a question that Mr. Dorn 

 was asking you, Doctor, concerning the seeding experiment so far as 

 the deflection of the hurricanes was concerned, you responded 

 that you had been denied funds for the continuation or expansion of 

 this program; is that correct? 



Mr. Reichelderfer. Yes. We asked for more funds for hurri- 

 cane research which would have provided for this among other 

 experiments. 



Mr. Oliver. How much was involved in this particular program of 

 seeding? What were you given in terms of what you had asked for? 



Mr. Reichelderfer. Well, for a large-scale and adequate project, 

 I would have to furnish this estimate. I do not have it available. 

 We did not ask for a large-scale project. We asked for enough for 

 preliminary tests, so the amount involved in what we asked for was 

 just part of a few hundred tliousand dollars that we did not get. 



Mr. Oliver. It was a relatively small sum in terms of the funds that 

 we are appropriating for projects of various descriptions in the Con- 

 gress today; is that correct? 



Mr. Reichelderfer. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Oliver. Thank you very much. 



Excuse me, Mr. Dorn. 



Mr. Dorn. I have no further questions. 



Mr. Oliver (presiding). Counsel? 



Mr. Drewry. In your concluding remarks, you say: 



There is a great potential still undeveloped for extensive use of merchant ships 

 and special purpose vessels * * *. 



About 10 days or 2 weeks ago. Chairman Miller addressed a letter 

 to Secretary Mueller and Secretary Franke with the suggestion that 

 use of the NS Savannah might offer some great opportimities for 

 instrumentation of a vessel tliat is going to travel all over the world 

 on sort of a concentrated basis without disturbing the basic purpose 

 of the vessel's operations during this initial 2-year period wlien she 

 will be operated. 



