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• Electromagnetic System for Detecting and Locating Trapped Miners

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  "The theory of electromagnetic fields indicates such fields could be used to detect and locate trapped miners. To be useful, the hardware of the system must meet a number of requirements, including smaii size, intrinsic safety, and rugged construction. Such hardware has been built, and the system has been tested by the Bureau of Mines and its contractors. These tests indicate that the electromagnetic method provides a practical means to locate miners in emergencies."

  United States. Department of the Interior

  Powell, James

  1976
• National Fire Incident Reporting System: A Key to Fire Hazard Quantification

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  "'America Burning', the 1973 Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, pointed out that in the United States fire is a major national problem. It stated that fire claims nearly 12,000 lives a year, injures some 300,000 and destroys property worth over 4 billion dollars. It stated that the United States leads all the major industrialized countries in per capita deaths and property loss from fire. The death rate is nearly twice that of second-ranking Canada. Among the Commission's recommendations was that a National Fire Data System be established to help place fire prevention and control programs on a firmer foundation of scientific data, and to facilitate development of cost-effective solutions to these problems. Acting on the recommendation of the Commission, the Congress passed and the President signed the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act in 1974. The Act dealt with the entire national fire problem and it established the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration. Federal-level responsibility for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on the occurrence, control, and results of fires of all types was assigned to the National Fire Data Center of the Administration. The legislative mandate also specified that the program of the Data Center shall be designed to provide an accurate nationwide analysis of the fire problem, identify major problem areas, assist in setting priorities, determine possible solutions to problems, and monitor the progress of programs to reduce fire losses. This paper describes the National Fire Incident Reporting System, an ongoing effort undertaken in partial fulfillment of this mandate, and it provides a very brief review of a related activity on the international level."

  United States. Department of Commerce

  Tovey, Henry

  1976
• Report of the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control Site Selection Board

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  "The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 […] established the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration (NFPCA) within the Department of Commerce and directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish, at the earliest practicable date, a National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control (Academy). In passing the Act, Congress emphasized that a headquarters training facility for the Nation's firefighters was essential if the fire loss reduction effort was to succeed. It was the intent of Congress that the Academy be a small but excellent campus with a first-class staff and facilities to serve as the focal point for the professional training of firefighters and others concerned with fire prevention and control. The Act further provides that the Academy shall be located on such site as the Secretary selects after consideration of the recommendations of a three-member Site Selection Board. In January 1976, the Secretary appointed the Board members. On March 22, 1976, the Board undertook its duties in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(g) of the Act, the Charter of the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control Site Selection Board, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Instructions by the Administrator, NFPCA, as published in the Federal Register of February 13 and March 17, 1976. The Board, in making its recommendations, was required to give consideration to the training and facility needs of the Academy, the environmental effects, the possibility of using a surplus government facility and such other factors as it deemed important and relevant."

  United States. Department of Commerce

  1976
• Electronic Surveillance: Report of the National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance

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  "The report which follows is the result of two years of work by the National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance. In the course of its two years of work, the Commission held 17 days of hearings, receiving testimony from more than 100 witnesses. In August 1974, 14 experienced prosecutors and investigators conferred for three days in an attempt to determine, how, when, and why electronic surveillance can best be used in, law enforcement. Commission staff members visited 46 State and 12 Federal law-enforcement jurisdictions to study and report on the manner in which court authorized and consensual electronic surveillance is being used. Background studies of various aspects of electronic surveillance were\prepared by 0 the Commission staff and consultants. (A majority of the Commission determined not to study the use of electronic surveillance in national security cases.) This volume contains the Findings and Recommendations of the Commission, a Summary of the Evidence considered by it, and Minority and Concurring Reports. The testimony taken at our hearings and the reports, of the staff and consultants have been published in five separate volumes of supporting materials."

  United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance

  1976
• Preventive Medicine in World War II: Civil Affairs/Military Government Public Health Activities [Volume VIII]

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  "This is the [eighth] volume in the Preventive Medicine series for World War II. Its pages unfold the story of the Army's public health responsibilities in many countries during a time of tremendous upheaval and destruction. Many of the contributing authors were directly involved in the health activities which add significant impact to their accounts. The vastness and complexities of the problems which developed in this war were dimly perceived in the early planning of the American effort. The least understood of all problems was providing health services for civilian populations in occupied territories. Problems also encompassed the equally important concern for ecological factors and the total environment. Organizational misdirection, scarce resources, inadequate transportation, and the woefully small number of trained public health personnel available further aggravated the situation. This volume reveals how a small scattering of AMEDD personnel coped with adversity and hardship in their efforts to care for the indigenous populations until their own government could once more become functional. No other military publication describes this aspect of World War II more vividly and comprehensively in telling the story as it was. The reader will be rewarded with a greater understanding of how lessons learned can be applied to present and future events."

  US Army Medical Department Center and School

  Taylor, Richard R., 1922-

  1976
• EPA's Implementation of the Pesticides Control Act, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, February 11 and March 5, 1976

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  This is the February 11 and March 5, 1976 hearings titled "EPA's [Environmental Protection Agency] Implementation of the Pesticides Control Act," held before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. From the opening statement of William S. Moorhead: "This morning the subcommittee will examine whether the Environmental Protection Agency is meeting its responsibilities to enforce pesticides and other toxic and hazardous substances controls with which it is charged by law. National awareness and concern over the hazards to human health and to the environment caused by the use and discharge of numerous toxic and hazardous materials mounts virtually every day. Scientific evidence that the threat to human health from environmental pollution may be far greater than was previously suspected is rapidly accumulating. As the links between cancer and environmental pollution emerge, it is profoundly disturbing to hear that the agency charged by law with the enforcement of our laws to protect our health and the environment from cancer-causing toxic materials has failed and refused to enforce those laws vigorously." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jeffrey H. Howard and Robert V. Zener.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session on Overview of U.S. Relations with Southern Africa, June 11, 13, 16; July 9, 10, 14, 23, 24, 28, and 29, 1975

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  This is a series of hearings on the "U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of Dick Clark: "The fundamental changes occurring in southern Africa today presents unique challenges and opportunities for U.S. foreign policy. In Angola and Mozambique, the struggle for independence was in many ways a struggle between the East and the West, and between the former colonies of Africa and the former colonial powers. Portugal was a member of NATO, and the United states provided it with economic and military assistance all during the colonial wars. At the same time, China and the Soviet Union--as well as the independent nations of Africa--assisted those people who will soon govern Angola and Mozambique in their fight for independence." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: E.F. Andrews, Alfonso Arenales, Norman Bailey, Gerald J. Bender, William B. Buffum, Goler Teal Butcher, Temple G. Cole, Dennis E. Conroy, Jennifer Davis, Robert C. Good, Thomas H. Henriksen, Jean Herskovits, George M. Houser, John E. Hutchinson, Allen F. Isaacman, Willard R. Johnson, Elizabeth S. Landis, Edgar Lockwood, John Arthur Mareum, Donald McHenry, Edward Mulcahy, Edwin S. Munger, Jordan Ngubane, James H. Noyes, Robert I. Rotberg, Leonard M. Thompson, and Douglas L. Wheeler.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Proposed Sale of AWACS to NATO, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. Con. Res. 99 Expressing the Objection of the Congress, Pursuant to Section 36(B) of the Foreign Military Sales Act, to the Proposed Sale of Thirty-Two Airborne Early Warning Aircraft to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, March 12, 1976

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  This is the March 12, 1976 hearing titled "Proposed Sale of AWACS to NATO," held before the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance of the Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of Gale W. McGee: "The purpose of the Subcommittee's meeting this morning is to hear our colleague from Missouri, Senator Eagleton, present his views as to why the Congress should disapprove a proposal made by the Department of Defense to sell airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to NATO." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Thomas F. Eagleton and Howard M. Fish.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• U.S. Policy Toward Africa, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs and The Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Organizations and Security Agreements and The Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session on Major Powers in Southern Africa After Angola, Current Situation in Southern Africa and the Secretary of State's Lusaka Proposal, U.S.-Nigerian Relations, Report of Secretary Kissinger on His Trip to Africa, Proposed Nuclear Reactor Sales to South Africa, March 5, 8, 15, 19; May 12, 13, 21, 26, and 27, 1976

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  These are the March 5, 8, 15, 19; May 12, 13, 21, 26, and 27, 1976 hearings titled "U.S. Policy Toward Africa," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs and The Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Organizations and Security Agreements and The Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of Dick Clark: "Both the Communist and the Western Powers proclaim support for majority rule, human rights and racial equality in southern Africa. For the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and, at least to some degree, Cuba, this policy has included military assistance to the liberation movements as well as other kinds of international pressure. The Western Powers have relied exclusively on diplomatic and economic pressure, opposing the tragic cost of violent change. […] It is now clear that if change does not come peacefully very soon in Rhodesia and Namibia, it will be accomplished militarily." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: David Apter, William R. Cotter, Donald B. Easum, Robert C. Good, William E. Griffith, G. Wayne Kerr, Henry A. Kissinger, Myron B. Kratzer, Colin Legum, John A. Marcum, Stephan M. Minikes, Waldemar A. Nielsen, William E. Schaufele, Peter Vanneman, Andrew Young, and Mason Willrich.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Review of Immigration Problems: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First and Second Sessions on Immigration and Nationality Act Waivers, Foreign Students, Consular Functions Abroad, and Immigration Benefits to Illegitimate Children, June 11, 12; December 10; and July 28, 1976

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  From the opening statement of the Hon. Joshua Eilberg: "The second half of this morning's hearing will be concerned with the operation of section 212(d) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. As such, this portion of the hearing represents a continuation of oversight hearings which have been held to review the general administration of various provisions of the Immigration Act by the Department of State and the Department of Justice, and we will continue to hold such hearings throughout this Congress. 212(d)(3) provides a broad grant of discretionary authority to the Attorney General to waive most of the grounds of excludability set forth in section 212 for aliens who are applying for temporary admission to the United States. The waiver authority extends to every ground for exclusion except those set forth in section 212(a) (27) and section 29 relating to national welfare, safety, or security. In conferring this authority on the Attorney General, Congress clearly recognized that certain circumstances could justify the temporary admission of an inadmissible alien for the purpose of promoting international trade, furthering the national interest, or for example, to enable an alien to obtain medical care in the United States which was not available in his native country. At the same time, Congress expressed its intent to closely monitor the implementation of this section of law under section 212(d)(6) which requires the Attorney General to submit detailed reports to the Congress on waivers which are granted for criminals and members of the Communist Party."

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Guatemalan Earthquake of February 4, 1976, A Preliminary Report

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  From the Document: "The information compiled in this study will be useful in assessing and delineating earthquake hazards in Guatemala to reduce the potential for loss of life and property in future earthquakes. The information in this study is also important in evaluating the effects to be expected from large strike-slip earthquakes elsewhere, such as those that occur in coastal California. A more detailed study of the distribution of intensities in Guatemala City could provide the basis for delineating variations in the hazards due to ground shaking and ground failure throughout the city and could assist in developing land-use policies."

  United States. Department of the Interior; United States. Government Printing Office

  Espinosa, A.F.

  1976
• Angola, Hearings before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session on U.S. Involvement in Civil War in Angola, January 9, February 3, 4, and 6, 1976

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  This is the January 9, February 3, 4, and 6, 1976 hearings titled "Angola" held before the Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs. From the opening statement of Dick Clark: "During the course of these hearings, the committee will examine the administration's policy of providing military assistance to factions in the Angola civil war. On February 3, we will discuss with a representative of the Department of Defense the strategic importance of Angola and will hear testimony of nongovernmental experts on the impact of this conflict on U.S.-Soviet relations. On February 4, we will hear the testimony of Americans familiar with Angola and the situation there. On February 6, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs will testify on the impact of Angola on our relations with the remainder of Africa, and later through the year we will be holding hearings on other areas of Africa and other problems of Africa." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Robert Ellsworth, Leon Goure, Lawrence W. Henderson, George M. Houser, Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Marcum, William E. Schaufele, Marshall D. Shulman, John V. Tunney, Stephen R. Weissman, and Andrew Young.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• FAA Response to Air Traffic Control System Deficiencies, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, March 9 and 16, 1976

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  These are the March 9 and 16, 1976 hearings titled "FAA Response to Air Traffic Control System Deficiencies," held before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. From the opening statement of Wm. J. Randall: "We are also here to question the FAA on its policy and practice with respect to the actual controllers who have contributed to a system error. We want to find out what the FAA's response is to controllers who are determined to be careless or negligent beyond a reasonable doubt." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Raymond G. Belanger and Wm. J. Randall.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• FAA Procedures in Making 'No Hazard' Determinations with Respect to Structures near Airports, Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, September 10, 1976

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  This is the September 10, 1976 hearing titled "FAA Procedures in Making 'No Hazard' Determinations with Respect to Structures near Airports," held before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. From the opening statement of Speaker: "This afternoon we will take up the matter of the Federal Aviation Administration's procedures with respect to no hazard determinations of structures near airports. This issue has been raised specifically by the no hazard determination obtained for a radio antenna tower constructed in 1976 near the Rochester-Monroe County Airport. It is called the Malrite tower after the corporation which erected it." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: William Bristol, John R. Hoff, George E. Landgren, Diane Larter, Christopher Lindley, Lee Patt, Keith Potts, and Charles A. Schiano.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Selection and Training of FAA Air Traffic Controllers (Part 2), Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, April 7, 1976

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  This is the April 7, 1976 hearing on "Selection and Training of FAA Air Traffic Controllers" held before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. From the opening statement of Wm. J. Randall: "In recent days and months, I think it is a fair assessment to say that the oversight mission of this subcommittee with regard to the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] has been emphasized and underscored again and again. We have examined the failures--I might add serious failures--in the selection and training of air traffic controllers. We have also heard about the relationship between the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, near midair collisions, and FAA procurement practices. We have also heard of the inconsistencies in the matter of FAA procurement practices." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: William M. Flener, William G. Lawrence, Wm J. Randall, and Richard M. Tempero.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Unscheduled Outages in FAA's Air Traffic Control Radar Data Processing System, Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, October 19, 1976

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  This is the October 19, 1976 hearing on "Unscheduled Outages in FAA's [Federal Aviation Administration] Air Traffic Control Radar Data Processing System" held before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. From the opening statement of Wm. J. Randal: "This subcommittee has prepared a series of reports on the Federal Aviation Administration, been out to Oklahoma City, taken a long and serious look at the procurement practices of the Federal Aviation Administration. We have been, I believe it is objective to state, quite critical of their implementation of recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board. In this Congress during the last 2 years, we have taken a considered, careful, and prolonged look at not online the selection and training practices out at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, but also how some of this training has been translated into the efficiency of air controllers. We have spent quite a little time on some near midair collisions, near misses as we call them, particularly the one in the Lake Michigan area, and some of the other human errors related to the FAA 's air traffic control system." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: George Acri, Kenneth Patterson, Warren Sharp, and Gerald L. Thompson.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Effectiveness of Federal Agencies' Enforcement of Laws and Policies Against Compliance by Banks and Other U.S. Firms, with the Arab Boycott, Part 2--Department of Commerce Boycott Disclosure Program, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session, October 20, 1976

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  These are the October 20, 1976 hearings titled "Effectiveness of Federal Agencies' Enforcement of Laws and Policies Against Compliance by Banks and Other U.S. Firms, with the Arab Boycott, Part 2--Department of Commerce Boycott Disclosure Program," held before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. From the opening statement of Benjamin S. Rosenthal: "Today's hearing by the Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee has been called (1) to examine the adequacy and effectiveness of the Commerce Department's recent program of publicly disclosing the names of U.S. firms participating in the Arab boycott; and (2) to determine whether the Commerce Department is properly enforcing official U.S. Government policy against the economic boycott of U.S. firms doing business or seeking to do business with Israel." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Elliot L. Richardson, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, and Bella S. Abzug.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• FAA Certification of the SST Concorde, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First and Second Sessions, July 24; November 13, 14; December 9, 12, 1975; and February 24, 1976

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  This document contains July 24; November 13, 14; December 9, 12, 1975; and February 24, 1976 hearings on the "FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] Certification of the SST [supersonic transport] Concorde," held before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. From the opening statement of Wm. J. Randall: "This morning we are holding an informal hearing into the procedure by which the Federal Aviation Administration has handled the certification and consideration of the supersonic transport, the Concorde." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Joseph P. Addabbo, Jerome A. Ambro, Robert H. Cannon, Jr., William T. Coleman, Jr., Thomas M. Donahue, Thomas J. Downey, John F. Hellegers, Harold S. Johnston, Frederick A. Meister, Richard L. Ottinger, Robert L. Randall, James H. Scheuer, Samuel S. Stratton, Russell E. Train, John E. Wesler, Steven C. Wofsy, Lester L. Wolff, and John W. Wydler.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Ground Motion Values for Use in the Seismic Design of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

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  From the abstract: "The proposed trans-Alaska oil pipeline, which would traverse the state north to south from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic coast to Valdez on Prince William Sound, will be subject to serious earthquake hazards over much of its length. To be acceptable from an environmental standpoint, the pipeline system is to be designed to minimize the potential of oil leakage resulting from seismic shaking, faulting, and seismically induced ground deformation. The design of the pipeline system must accommodate the effects of earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5.5 to 8.5 as specified in the 'Stipulations for Proposed Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System.' This report characterizes ground motions for the specified earthquakes in terms of peak levels of ground acceleration, velocity, and displacement and of duration of shaking. Published strong motion data from the Western United States are critically reviewed to determine the intensity and duration of shaking within several kilometers of the slipped fault. For magnitudes 5 and 6, for which sufficient near-fault records are available, the adopted ground motion values are based on data. For larger earthquakes the values are based on extrapolations from the data for smaller shocks, guided by simplified theoretical models of the faulting process."

  United States. Department of the Interior

  Page, Robert A.; Boore, David M.; Joyner, W. B. . . .

  1976
• Floods in New York, 1972, with Special Reference to Tropical Storm Agnes

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  From the Introduction: "Flooding and flood damage in New York during the calendar year 1972 are summarized in this report. The report was prepared at the request of the New York State Department of Transportation under provisions of an agreement between the department and the U.S. Geological Survey for a cooperative, statewide program to investigate the water resources of the State. In addition to the material included in the report, 39 flood maps were prepared from high water marks observed in the field by Geological Survey personnel. Also two hydrologic atlases were published by the flood at Corning. Complete references for the flood maps and the atlases are given under 'References.'"

  Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of the Interior

  Robison, F. Luman

  1976-01
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.37 No.2)

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  This is the Spring 1976 edition (Volume 3, No.2) of Fire Management Notes, (previously titled Fire Management), a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1976
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.37 No.3)

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  This is the Summer 1976 edition (Volume 37, No.3) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1976
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.37 No.4)

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  This is the Fall 1976 edition (Volume 37, No.4) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1976
• Fire Management (Vol.37 No.1)

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  This is the Winter 1976 edition (Volume 37, No.1) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1976
• Electronic Surveillance Within the United States for Foreign Intelligence Purposes, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, Second Session on S. 3197, The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1976, June 29, July 1, August 6, 10 and 24, 1976

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  From the opening statement of Birch Bayh: "This morning marks the first meeting of the Subcommittee on Rights of Americans of the Select Committee on Intelligence. With this meeting we are beginning what I am sure will be a long, difficult and ultimately a very important task. In the months ahead, it will be this subcommittee's particular responsibility to see that the needs of our Government for intelligence information are met efficiently and effectively and in a manner that is consistent with the fundamental rights of American citizens. In my opinion, the weight of our responsibility cannot be overstated. Allegations of widespread abuse of rights by the intelligence community led to the previous select committee's 15-month investigation of intelligence activities. The committee's finding that abuses had been even more serious and more frequent than most of us had imagined led to the bipartisan call for a permanent congressional committee on intelligence oversight. This subcommittee has now been charged by the Intelligence Committee's distinguished chairman, Senator Inouye, with accomplishing a large part of what so many have advocated. All of us are aware of the important role of the intelligence community in protecting the safety and welfare of our country and all of our citizens, but it is our duty as members of this Committee to keep a vigilant watch on the intelligence community and to insure that Americans are protected from the invasion of their rights while the intelligence community is fulfilling its responsibility." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Edward M. Kennedy, Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Walter F. Mondale, John V. Tunney, Edward H. Levi, Doug Marvin, Robert F. Drinan, Aryeh Neier, Hope Eastman, Philip Heymann, Herman Schwartz, Birch Bayh, Gaylord Nelson, Daniel K. Inouye, Women's Strike for Peace, Philip A. Lacovara, Charles Scheiner, Dorothy R. Steffens, Raymond S. Calamaro, National Council of Jewish Women, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and David Cohen.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• LLL Comments on the Ultimate Catastrophe

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  "This correspondence provides a discussion of purported hazards of nuclear energy production and weapons research. The possibility of atmospheric burn and oceanic burn are discounted, and the cross sections of Nitrogen are investigated and the concentration of D[sub 2]O in the oceans are considered. In conclusion, extremely conservative calculations demonstrated that it is completely impossible for either the earth`s atmosphere or sea to sustain fusion reactions of either thermonuclear nuclear chain reaction type. And, in particular, such reactions cannot be triggered by the explosion of nuclear weapons, even those having unrealistically high yield and impractical high yield-to-weight."

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Batzel, R. E.

  1975-12-23
• Church Report: Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973

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  Covert United States involvement in Chile in the decade between 1963 and 1973 was extensive and continuous. This report of a congressional committee chaired by Senator Frank Church of Idaho investigates U.S. intelligence operations in Chile during this time. This study is primarily concerned with what is labeled "covert action" by the United States government and its purpose is to evaluate the intent and effect of clandestine American activities in Chile. The report preliminarily concludes that covert action has been a key element of U.S. foreign policy toward Chile and was obvious throughout the decade between 1964 and 1974. "In 1964, the United States commitment to democratic reform via the Alliance for Progress and overt foreign aid was buttressed via covert support for the election of the candidate of the Christian Democratic party, a candidate and a party for which the Alliance seemed tailor made. During 1970 the U.S. Government tried, covertly, to prevent Allende from becoming President of Chile. When that failed, covert support to his opposition formed one of a triad of official actions: covert aid to opposition forces, "cool but correct" diplomatic posture, and economic pressure. From support of what the United States considered to be democratic and progressive forces in Chile we had moved finally to advocating and encouraging the overthrow of a democratically elected government."

  United States. Congress

  1975-12-18
• Tactical Nuclear Studies: A More Comprehensive Approach

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  This document "Proposes a matrix scheme for evaluating complex tactical nuclear systems is proposed. Advantages resulting from consideration of system characteristics in peace and crisis as well as war include avoidance of scenario-dependent conclusions, ease of maintaining awareness of relationships between immediate concerns and the complex whole, and highlighting of areas or concerns that have been overlooked or neglected."

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Blumenthal, Donald; Kooshian, C.; Reinhardt, G.

  1975-12-18
• Executive Order 11880: Designation of officers of the Department of Commerce to act as Secretary of Commerce

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  "During any period when, by reason of absence, disability or vacancy in office, both the Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce are not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Office of Secretary, an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, or an officer of the Department of Commerce appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such order as the Secretary of Commerce may from time to time prescribe, shall act as Secretary. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, an Assistant Secretary or the General Counsel shall act as Secretary in the order in which they shall have taken office as Assistant Secretaries or General Counsel."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

  1975-10-02
• Communication Plan for Tsunami Warning System, Eighth Edition

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  "A tsunami or seismic sea wave is a series of waves of extremely long wavelength and period caused by an underwater disturbance. Although most tsunamis are associated with large earthquakes in which the epicenters underlie or border the ocean floor, the generating mechanism is not positively known. Vertical displacement of the ocean floor during an earthquake may be responsible, or possible submarine avalanches on the slope of oceanic trenches, or generation of resonant oscillations of trench water by long-period earthquake waves. Submarine volcanic eruptions also have been known to generate tsunamis. All submarine earthquakes do not produce tsunamis, and all tsunamis are not large enough to cause damage; however, occasional large waves have caused great destruction and loss of life in coastal areas. At present, there is no way. to determine if an earthquake has generated a tsunami, except to note the occurrence and epicenter of the earthquake and then detect the arrival of the characteristic waves at a network of tide stations. The waves, although often called tidal waves, have nothing to do with the tides."

  United States. National Weather Service; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Spaeth, M. G. (Mark G.)

  1975-09