Weather Modification Experiments ... Hearing ... on H.R. 1064, 2580, 1584 and S. 285 ... July 28, 1953 |
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82d Congress Advisory Committee amended American Meteorological Society appointed in accordance bill to create Chairman civil service Classification Act cloud nucleation cloud seeding Commission Committee deems Committee on Interstate Committee on Weather committee to study compensation contractor control of weather control weather conditions create a committee cumulus clouds Department of Defense designed to modify designee dismiss any employee dry ice enactment engage evaluate public executive secretary experiments in weather extent the Committee field of weather fixed without regard Foreign Commerce House of Representatives interest Interior Interstate and Foreign January 13 July 28 legislation ment modification and control National Science Foundation objection Officers and employees person personnel present private experiments public and private recommendations regulate activities designed require result Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Defense Senate silver iodide statement study and evaluate suggested tion United Washington 25 Weather Bureau weather control weather modification operations WOLVERTON
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