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Senator Stennis. Just a minute, Mr. Crockett. Before you go 

 into that, we can hear you all right here, Mr. Crockett, but the press 

 has a special responsibility. They are interested in your testimony 

 and they are sitting behind you, and do not have the advantage we 

 have. 



Could you move those two microphones in to give you a little more 

 freedom in shifting your position, and then try to stay a little closer 

 within reach of one or another ? 



Mr. Crockett. I feel like an orphan up here, Mr. Chairman. My 

 cohorts had substantial company. 



vSenator Stennis. You are doing all right. Just proceed. 



Mr. Kendall. I believe I had a question pending ; did I not ? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, you did, sir, and I would like just 1 minute 

 to consider the record. 



Predominantly, that was the total of the finding. We made a state- 

 ment as to the oscillatory motion and directions, that it seemed to 

 terminate very abruptly in a northerly direction. 



Mr. Kendall. Was any repair work generated as a result of this 

 survey, Mr. Crockett? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. What was it ? 



INSTALLATION OF X-BRACING ABOVE WATER CONSmERED 



Mr. Crockett. Upon several consultations after this survey was 

 tendered, it was decided by the powers that be to install this so-called 

 X-ray bracing up here. 



Mr. Kendall. That is shown in red on the model? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. That is above water? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. The X-bracing ? 



Mr. Crockett, Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. Now, prior to the installation of that above- water 

 X-bracing, did you have any discussion about it with Mr. Theodore 

 Kuss? 



Mr. Crockett, Mr. Kuss was present at the meeting at Otis Air 

 Force Base at the time the total wear was considered in the pin 

 bracing, and at the outset of the consideration of the X-ray bracing. 



It was his ^statement that this had been previously designed, but 

 no specifications written for it, and he felt that this could be put into 

 effect immediately. 



Mr. Kendall. Well, did you then have any opinion about the possi- 

 ble efficacy of that X-bracing without the repairs of the brace at the 

 minus-75-foot level? 



Mr. Crockett. The opinions I had at the time were strictly personal. 

 I was not paid for any consultation as to whether I felt this or I felt 

 that. 



My personal opinion was that a repair should have been made from 

 the lowest defective connection up to and inclusive of the minus- 



