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Mr. Kendall. You also wrote a letter, I believe, dated August 10, 

 i960; is that right? 



Mr. Kuss. To whom was that, sir ? 



Mr. IvENDALL. That is to the base procurement office, Otis Air Force 

 Base. 



Mr. Kdss. We'll have to check that. 



LOSS OF TOWER PREDICTED 



Mr. Kendall. That is a letter in w^hich you enclosed your report on 

 your analysis of the existing damage. 



Mr. Kuss. Yes, that is this one [indicating] , yes, sir. 

 Mr. Kendall. And in that report, you again stated : 



The looseness of the pins will in all probability continue to worsen, at perhaps 

 an accelerating rate, since the sloppiness contributes to the magnitude of the 

 impact stresses on the connections and the increased impact in turn aggravates 

 the wear in the joints. It was therefore concluded by our office that it would 

 be hazardous to permit the conditions to remain uncorrected through any more 

 winter seasons, with the ultimate loss of the tov/er being the possible result of 

 such neglect. 



Mr. Kuss. Yes, sir ; that's in the report. 



Senator Stennis. You wrote that letter, Mr. Kuss, on the date in- 

 dicated by counsel ; is that correct ? 



Mr. Kuss. August 10, yes. 



Senator Stennis. You say that is your letter ? 



Mr. Kuss. Yes ; this is a report. 



Mr. Kendall. We would like for the letter and the report to be a 

 part of the record. 



Senator Stennis. It will be so ordered, and counsel, in order to get 

 these facts in mind as they are developed, I would like to see the first 

 letter you introduced and the second one, too. I shall glance at it, 

 at least, as soon as these gentlemen finish. 



(The document referred to is as follows :) 



MoKAN, Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge, 



New York, N.Y., August 10, 1960. 

 Subject : A. & E. contract AF19(603)-708 

 Base Peoctjrement Office, 

 Otis Air Force Base, Mass. 

 (Attention : Capt. B. A. Grassfield) 



Gentlemen : In accordance with the terms of the subject contract, wo herein 

 submit our report on the analysis of the existing damage and recommended 

 emergency repairs to Texas Tower No. 4. At the time of this writing, the emer- 

 gency repair work has been completed and a description of the actual work as 

 performed in the field will be described in a report to be prepared by our firms 

 under the terms of our title II contract covering the field supervision of the 

 construction work. 



Very truly yours, 



MoRAN, Proctor, Mtjeser & Rutledge, 

 Theodore M. Kuss. 



Report on Design of Braces and Specifications for Emergency Repair Vvork, 



Texas Tower No. 4 



introduction 



Diver examination, in the early spring of 1960, of the underwater braces of 

 Texas tower No. 4 revealed conditions which are summarized on drawing No. 

 OTS-140-061 issued by the Otis Air Force Base and titled, "Underwater Struc- 



