COLLAPSE OF TEXAS TOWER NO. 4 47 



CLARIFICATION OF SUPERSTRUCTURE DEFINITION 



Mr, Anderson. But in the sense that I think that Commander 

 Albers was using this, he called the platform part the superstruc- 

 ture. And I think that it was in that respect that he was referring 

 to the fact that the Navy would not have the responsibility for that 

 portion and the Air Force would not have the responsibility for what 

 is below the platform. 



Senator Symington. In other words, your understanding of what 

 superstructure is and Commander Albers' understanding of what 

 superstructure is are different. 



Mr. Anderson. In that sense, yes. In other words, I could call 

 superstructure everything from the floor bottom up. However, in 

 the sense that it is being used here, it is from the platform down. 



Senator Symington. Before we stop, I want to be sure that we 

 understand. You believe that the Navy was stating that the Air 

 Force was responsible for everything above — mark it there, please, 

 take your hand and say what you think Commander Albers meant 

 to the best of your knowledge. 



Mr. Anderson. The beam structure, which is not shown here, but 

 which is a part, let's say, of the outer periphery of this platform, 

 and which is the structural system which ties these legs together at 

 the top, that portion, and everything below was what I understood 

 was being referred to. 



Senator Symington. By whom? 



Mr. Anderson. In Commander Albers' statement. 



Senator Symington. What part of it was Commander Albers tell- 

 ing you that the Air Force vv^as responsible for ? 



Mr. Anderson. It is this upper part of this platform which in- 

 volved the radomes, involved the diesel electric generators for their 

 power, involved the type of living quarters that tliey were having— 

 this type thing. It had nothing to do with the structure as such. 



Senator Symington. Therefore when you use the word "super- 

 structure" you are not using it, in this statement, the way you ex- 

 plained what the superstructure was earlier in the testimony ? 



Mr. Anderson. That is right. 



Senator Symington. Thank you. 



We will recess until 2 :30 this afternoon. 



(Whereupon, at 1 :10 p.m. the hearing was recessed until 2 :30 p.m. 

 of the same day.) 



afternoon session 



Senator Saltonstall (presiding). The Acting Chairman is in- 

 formed that Capt. John J. Albers is the first witness. 



Is Captain Albers here ? 



Captain Davis. If it please the committee, I am Capt. Will J. 

 Davis, U.S. Navy, legal officer. Bureau of Yards and Docks, a Navy 

 legal specialist and a member of the bar of Indiana. 



I have with me Capt. John J. Albers, the officer in charge of con- 

 struction for the design of the tower ; and likewise Rear Adm. W. C. G. 

 Church (CEC) , U.S.N., Assistant Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 



