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DESIGN engineers' REPORTS TO NAVY AND AIR FORCE 



Mr. RuTLEDGE. Mr. Chairman, we have no prepared statement. We 

 have in lieu of a prepared statement submitted a series of reports to 

 our clients, ^Yho initially were the Department of the Navy and later 

 the Air Force. These reports are the Feasibility Report which was 

 issued in 1954 ; the Design and Construction Report which was issued 

 in 1959 ; a report on design of above- water braces, shown in red here 

 on the model, to the Air Force in 1960 ; a report on the construction 

 of the above- water braces to the Air Force and their effect, issued in 

 August or September 1960; and a report on motion and stability, 

 issued to the Department of the Navy. 



I believe that these reports have been available to your staff, sir. 



Senator Stennis. All right. Thank you very much. 



Mr. RuTLEDGE. Yes, sir. This most important one 



Mr. Kendall. Mr. Chairman, I believe w^e have copies of all of those 

 except the last three. 



Senator Stennis. All right. Those copies that you have available 

 there you could leave for our files, and we shall return them after we 

 are through. They are for the files, and not for the record at this 

 point. 



Mr. RuTLEDGE. Yes, sir. 



Senator Stennis. You may proceed, sir, if you have any further 

 opening statement. 



Mr. RuTLEDGE. I think that completes our statement, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. I believe your presence here this morning is as a 

 result of subpenas issued by the subcommittee ? 



Mr. Rutledge. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Ktjss. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Kendall. Both of vou are with the firm of Moran, Proctor, 

 Mueser & Rutledge ? 



Mr. Kuss. That is correct. 



Mr. Rutledge, That is correct. 



Mr. Kendall. Will each of you apprise the committee of your en- 

 gineering background and qualifications ? 



Mr. Rutledge. I graduated from Harvard College in 1927, received 

 a master of science degree from MIT in 1933, received a doctor of 

 science degree from Harvard University in 1939. 



In the interim, I worked as a construction engineer, as a structural 

 designer for Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. ; as an instructor in 

 the Harvard Engineering School ; as a professor at Purdue University, 

 as professor of civil engineering. I was professor of civil engineering 

 and chairman of the department of Northwestern University Tech- 

 nological Institute, and in January 1952 joined the firm of Moran, 

 Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge. 



Mr. Kendall. Mr. Kuss, would you do the same, please? 



Mr. Kuss. I am a graduate of MIT, 1925. I am also a graduate of 

 the Bethlehem Steel training course for graduate engineers. 



Since that time, I have worked for various contractors and consult- 

 ing engineers on heavy construction. 



I was chief engineer for the Pacific Bridge Co., San Francisco, for 

 7 years, engaged in building bridge foundations, drydocks, salvage 

 of ships at Pearl Harbor, and building of floating drydocks. That 

 is typical of my work. 



