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Mr. Kendall. We have another witness that will take us about 45 

 minutes. 



Senator Stennis. Well, let us proceed, and see if we can get 

 through by about 1 o'clock. 



TESTIMONY OF ALAN D. CROCKETT, MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC., 

 EAST BOSTON, MASS. 



Senator Stennis. Mr. Crockett, you were one of the gentlemen 

 who were sworn this morning ? 



Mr. Ceockett. Yes, sir. 



Senator Stennis. Mr. Kendall, I think that you can identify Mr., 

 Crockett for the record and get his background. 



Mr. Kendall. I believe your name is Alan Crocket, is that correct ? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. Where are you from ? 



Mr. Crockett. I am from Boston, Mass., associated with Marine 

 Contractors Co., Inc., as general manager. I have been there for 4 

 years. 



Mr. Kendall. Will you state for the record your background, in- 

 cluding your educational attainment and your business ? 



Mr. Crockett. Professionally I am a mechanical engineer, so li- 

 censed in the State of Maine ; class of 1944, University of Maine, me- 

 chanical engineering. 



I am qualified in the Federal courts in Massachusetts as a surveyor, 

 predominantly marine, however. 



Mr. Kendall. I did not hear that last statement. 



Mr. Crockett. I am qualified in the Federal courts of Massachu- 

 setts as a marine surveyor^ and am on consulting boards of Thomas 

 Walsh, a firm of attorneys in Boston, and Sanger & Sanger, admiralty 

 attorneys in Boston. 



Mr. Kendall. You are presently connected with the Marine Con- 

 tractors ? 



Mr. Crockett. That is correct. 



Mr. Kendall. What type of business are they engaged in? 



Mr. Crockett. We are specifically a marine repair concern. We 

 deal with marine surveys, actual repair operations, underwater sur- 

 veys of most any nature. 



Senator Stennis. Mr. Crockett, you do not have a prepared state- 

 ment? 



Mr. Crockett. No, Mr. Chairman, I do not, with the exception that 

 I would like to make it clear for the record that I, as an engineer, or 

 my company, have never been considered in any of the design prob- 

 lems or the original design of any of the towers, nor have we been 

 consulted with this in mind. 



Senator Stennis. All right. 



Mr. Crockett. Our work has been predominantly observations of 

 existing conditions. 



Senator Stennis. All right, thank you, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. Mr. Crockett, you are here in obedience to a sub- 

 pena issued by the committee, are you not ? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



