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WEATHER BUREAU "GAPS" 193

[[3 Columned Table]]
|Recommendation|Possible Under Budget Estimate|NOT Possible Under Budget Estimate|

1. Recommendation: 31 stations |$62,000|   |   |
2. Possible under Budget estimate: 25 stations |   |--|   |
3. Not possible under Budget estimate: 6 stations |   |   |$12,000|

(f) Provide for training 10 members of the Weather Bureau personnel, at Government expense, at civilian or other institutions, in advanced methods of meteorological science, as authorized and directed by sec. 803 of the Civil Aeronautics Act:

1. Recommendation |30,000|   |   |
2. Possible under Budget estimate |   |.|   |
3. Not possible under budget estimate |   |   |.|

(g) Provide additional travel expense funds to permit closer contact and promote exchange of weather information with Territories, possessions and foreign countries:

1. Recommendation |10,000|   |   |
2. Possible under Budget estimate |   |--|   |
3. Not possible under Budget estimate |   |   |10,000|
|___|___|___|
|512,000|346,500|85,500|
|___|___|___|
|___|___|___|

4. To provide aeronautic weather service in Alaska:

a. Recommendation |300,000|   |   |
b. Possible under Budget estimate |   |225,000|   |
c. Not possible under Budget estimate |   |   |75,000|
|___|___|___|
|3,206,500|1,608,000|1,351,000|
|___|___|___|
|___|___|___|

* It is understood that the requirement is being partly met, and can be fully met, from other Weather Bureau funds.

EXHIBIT II

APPENDIX 1.

AIRWAY WEATHER OBSERVATION POINTS AT WHICH PRESENT PART-TIME UNTRAINED OBSERVERS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH COMMISSIONED PERSONNEL

(1) Points which should be raised to full complement of commissioned civil-service employees (now but one such observer at each station).

A. Possible under Budget allowance:

Eugene, Ore.
Grand Island, Nebr.
Iowa City, Iowa
Lincoln, Nebr.
Long Beach, Calif.
Madison, Wis.
Muskegon, Mich.
Hew Haven, Conn.
Providence, R.I.
Rochester, N.Y.
(10 stations)

B. Not contemplated in Budget allowance:

Alexandria, Minn.
Baker, Ore.
Bear Mountain, N.Y.
Beaumont, Calif.
Bellingham, Wash.

Burlington, Iowa
Centerville, Ind.
Chehalis, Wash.
Coalville, Wash.
Crown Point, Ore.

Roseburg, Ore.
St. Cloud, Minn.
St. Joseph, Mo.
St. Paul, Minn.
Salem, Ore.

Siskiyou Summit, Ore.
Sunbury, Pa.
Trenton, N.J.
Waterman, Ill.
Waynoka, Okla.