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190 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW AND COMMERCE and trade and air-mail service have become not merely a convenience, but a commercial and economic necessity. Moreover, aside from every consideration normal to civil life, this country is annually expending in its national defense approximately 1 1/3 billions of dollars. Without provision of accurate, timely and complete weather information at every point on and off the nation's airways, where weather information may be essential, this highly important activity - the national defense - may be rendered useless at a moment of national emergency, if, weather conditions be adverse. Not only might our country's safety be at least temporarily jeopardized under such conditions, but failure to provide the relatively small appropriation for the needed additions, weather service might well prove comparable to the traditional failure to provide the nail for the horseshoe for wnt of which the battle was lost. [[center]] EXHIBIT I SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY TO FILL GAPS IN THE AIRWAY WEATHER SERVICE February 21. 1939 ------- For Consideration in Connection With Appropriations for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1940 ------- [[center]] [[right]] Recommendation Possible Budget Estimate NOT Possible Under Budget Estimate [[left]] 1. To improve "surface" weather observations and reports: (a) Replace present personnel with com-missioned civil-service personnel at airway teletype stations now manned by Weather Bureau. (See Appendix 1): (1) Recommendation: 36 stations $180,000 (2) Possible under Budget estimate: 10 stations $63,000 (3) Not possible under Budget estimate: 26 stations $130,000 (b) At important airway stations now without meterological personnel provide Weather Bureau staffs competent to make accurate weather observations and reports and prepare weather maps. (See Appendix 2): (1)Recommendation: 54 stations 585,000 (2) Possible under Budget estimate: 390,000 (3) Not possible under Budget esimate: 18 stations 195,000 (c) Provide more weather reports from stations off the airways: (1) At important existing off-airway stations, increase the frequency of observations and reports from 4 per day (6- hour intervals) to 8 per day (3-hour intervals). (See Appendix 3):
