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Mr. Brewer. Correct. 



Senator Saltonstall. What was the relationship of the Halli- 

 craf ters Co. with the Air Force ? 



Mr. Brewer. They had a general contract, sort of a catchall con- 

 tract, so that small contracts that come up from time to time during 

 the year are done through them, and then they are on an overall con- 

 tract with the Air Force. Apparently it is too complicated to haA^e 

 a small contract such as ours negotiated each time with the Air Force, 

 so that all of these small contracts go through a larger compan3\ 



Senator Saltonstall. The Air Force was responsible for the safety 

 of the tower, was it not ? 



Mr. Brewer. I believe at that time the Navy was responsible. 



Senator Saltoxstall. JNIr. Chairman, that would be in direct con- 

 flict to the testimony we received yesterday. Are you sure of that, 

 Mr. Brewer? 



Mr. Brewer. Xo, I am not sure of that. 



Senator Saltonstall. What I would like to try to get at is this: 

 We are told that tlie Air Force took over this tower from the Navy 

 in December of 1957. You were working in 1958-59, were you not? 



Mr. Brewer. That is correct. 



Senator Saltonstall. And you were working for this 



Mr. Brewer. The Air Force ; that is right. 



Senator Saltonstall. Were you working for the Air Force through 

 this Hallicrafters Co. ? 



Mr. Brewer. That is right. 



Senator Saltonstall. What is tlie relationship, so far as you know, 

 between tlie Hallicrafters Co. and the Air Force ? 



Mr. Brewer. They are a contractor to the Air Force. 



Senator Saltonstall. The Air Force had taken over the tower, 

 had it not ? 



Mr. Brev.'er. I couldn't tell you. 



Senator Saltonstall. You couldn't tell that? 



Mr. Brewer. It was my impression that the Navy was responsible 

 for the structure of the tower at that time, but it is only my impression. 



The Na\'y was in charge of making the subsea repairs at the time 



1 was there, and the Boston Navy Yard 



Senator Saltonstall. So you were not directly employed by the 

 Government ? 



Mr. Brewer. No ; indirectly. 



Senator Saltonstall. Now, who asked you to go out there ? 



Mr. Brewer. We were asked by the Cambridge Air Force Research 

 Center to submit a proposal to measure the motions of the tower ; that 

 is, through Cambridge, tlirough the ]Mitre OfRce in (\\mbridge, 

 through a Mr. Donegan. He is an Air Force civilian employee. 



Senator Saltonstall. Did you have anything to do with the tower 

 prior to the time that you went out there ? 



Mr. Brewer. I had measured some motions on Texas tower No. 2, 



2 or 3 years before, and therefore I had some prior experience on this. 

 This was done for Lincoln Laboratory at INIIT. 



Senator Saltonstall. But you had nothing to do with the design 

 of the tower ? 



Mr. Brewer. No, I had nothing to do with the design of the tower. 

 Senator Saltonstall. From your study out there and from j'oiir 



