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Senator Symington. What is the definition of "sea bottom" ? 



Mr. Anderson. Sea bottom is where the water ceases to exist and 

 the soil 



Senator Symington. In other words, the construction that you had 

 to have below the bottom of the sea ; is that correct ? 



Mr. Anderson. That is correct. 



SEA BOTTOM DEFINED 



Senator Symington. If you will just mark on the model there, 

 so we understand, just what you are saying, where your work started 

 and your responsibility started and where it stopped. 



Mr. Anderson. This might indicate it. This represents the sea 

 bottom. It is at the end point of the legs there that you see on what 

 is that piece of board, the board representing sea bottom. It is what 

 is underneath that point that I refer to as submarine foundation. 



Senator Symington. I am clear. 



Mr. Anderson. Further discussion was held tending toward fur- 

 ther clarifying the problems, et cetera, which would be involved. 

 This conference was adjourned at 11 :25 a.m. 



feasibility study 



On April 12, 1954, a meeting was held at the District Public Works 

 Office at 1330, with representatives of the Air Force, Lincoln Labora- 

 tory and Anderson-Nichols company present, at which time it was 

 announced that the firms selected to do the feasibility study on Texas 

 towers were Anderson- Nichols of Boston and Moran, Proctor, Mueser 

 & Rutledge of New York, neither concern having any patented designs 

 or pet schemes which they desire to sell. 



On May 17, 1954, a proposal for engineering services on Texas 

 towers, C-1901, was submitted by Anderson- Nichols and Moran, Proc- 

 tor, Mueser & Eutledge, amounting to a combined lump sum fee of 

 $140,000. That was for the feasibility report. 



On June 1, 1954, a further proposal was submitted revising the cost 

 breakdown for a lump-sum fee of $130,000 covering the feasibility 

 study, Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Eutledge to receive $70,000, Ander- 

 son-Nichols, $60,000. 



On June 1, 1954, a meeting was held at 2':43 p.m. with the Con- 

 tract Board at the 1st Naval District, at which were present representa- 

 tives of Anderson-Nichols and Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Eutledge, 

 absent being Chairman of the Board, Commander Albers, and Com- 

 mander Biggs acted as Chairman. The meeting opened with Mr. 

 Proctor reading the letter of June 1 setting forth the Anderson- 

 Nichols proposal as listed in the preceding paragraph. After con- 

 siderable discussion the meeting was concluded at 3 :56 p.m. 



On June 22, 1954, a contract was received dated June 18, 1954, for the 

 feasibility report in connection with Air Force project, Texas towers, 

 for a fee of $130,000. 



Senator Symington. Excuse me. What does A & E stand for ? 



Mr. Anderson. Architect engineer. 



Senator Symington. Thank you. 



Mr. Anderson. On July 22, 1954 a special conference was held in the 

 offices of Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Eutledge in New York, attended 



