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Aid Decision Is Up to Rocky Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins counties.

But the spokesman noted:

'This list of IS counties is not regarded as binding on the com­mission. The commission could. if it chose, designate other counties."

By LUCIAN C. WARREN Courier-Mocpree* Wtuhmgto* Bureau WASHINGTON — Gov. Nelson

Rockefeller is the man to watch now on whether Southern Tier New York will get aid from the federal government's $l.l-billion Appalachia aid law signed last week by President Lyndon John-•**• During the debate in the House,

Although the law directs the Ap-1an O g d e n s b u r g congressman palachia Regional Commission to sought to amend the bill to study whether New York counties! s p e c i f y the eligibility of 12 during the hearings on the House should be part of the program, it I counties in the Adirondack-Cats- [ side by John L. Sweeney, chair-specified that the study be made kill region, but the amendment! man of the Federal Development

amendment that will give New York another chance to Join in the program's benefits. Other Governors Cool

Aside from Rockefeller's luke­warm to cool attitude toward the legislation, New York ps j tH^v tiort faces another handicap in the coolness of the governors of tiae other states toward sharing the funds.

This viewpoint was explained

in co-operation with Gov. Rocke-!was shouted down in a voice vote.

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stands by his inflated plastic pool cover at his Amherst home fc. . this is original structure, made in 1957

Air-Supported Structures Pioneered in Buffalo By H. KATHERINE SMITH HUGE RADOMES—Walter W.

Bird, president and general manager of Birdair Structures Inc., 1800 Broadway, developed the modern air-supported struc­ture and has patented 10 im­provements on such structures. Birdair built and Mr. Bird su­pervised the installation of the huge radornes that shelter the Telstar units at Andover, Maine, and in France, Germany and Canada.

T h e s e air-supported struc­tures are 210 feet in diameter and 165 feet high. Each was con­structed as a single unit. The first full-sized air-supported ra-dome was erected at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories han­gar at Buffalo Airport

PINETREE LINE — Today, similar radomes are functioning on Okinawa and along the Pine-tree radar line in Alaska. Mod­ernistic air-supported shelters add glamour and interest to the World's Fair.

Yet, the nearest large air-sup­ported shelter to Buffalo is at the Eastman Kodak plant in Rochester. The only shelters to be seen in this area, where the ultramodern industry was pi­oneered, cover small outdoor swimming pools, such as Mr. Bird's own, so they may used in comfort through the winter.

FOR RADAR—The idea of the air-supported shelter as we know it originated with the late Ed­ward Dye of Cornell Aeronau­tical Laboratories. It was de­signed to provide a lightweight, nonmetallic enclose to protect military radar equipment. It had to be readily portable, weatherproof and wind-resistant. Above all, it had to allow elec­trical energy to pass through it unimpeded.

Mr. Dye's suggestion of a bal­loon-like structure at first was , regarded as radical beyond rea- f son. When he persuaded the military leaders to give it a try, he put Walter Bird in charge of determining the cor­rect air pressure required from within the shelter and of de­veloping a waterproof material that would withstand the strong­est gales.

PATENT SEARCH-The prim­ary experiment was financed by Watson Laboratories of New Jersey, now the Rome Air De­velopment Center in Rome, N.Y. Mr. Bird worked closely with manufacturers to develop the fabric now used. The first air-supported radome was 41 feet high with a 54-foot base.

After the radome was in op­eration a patent search revealed that shortly after World War I an Englishman built a spherical shelter of balloon sUk, rein­forced by a network of ropes on the outside with a blower inside to keep it erect.

To his surprise, Mr. Bird dis­covered that the difference be­tween the air pressure inside the shelters and outside need be no greater than the difference in the pressure from the ground floor to the 10th story of a build-

ON THEIR OWN-After 10 years of experimenting with the shelter at Cornell, Walter Bird and some co-workers or­ganized Birdair Structures Inc. to design and manufacture air-supported shelters. Founders with Mr. Bird were George Reit-meier, chief engineer; Alvin Smith, vice president and sales manager; John Masters, treas­urer and business manager, and Anson Baschman, production su­perintendent.

Since the formation of the company, Mr. Bird has patented doorways that minimize the escape of air from inside the structures. Other patents have been taken out on methods of sec Hon all zing structures, on a 100 foot inflatable tower and on an inflatable forming system for the erection of shell con­crete structures.

WITH CORNERS—Application has been made for a patent for a low pressure cellular dual-wall structure, with airspace between the walls which are connected by webs of material. This is the only air-supported shelter that can be designed with corners almost square.

Birdair's decorative structures at the New York World's Fan-include the industrial exhibit building of the Hawaiian Vil­lage and a number of restau­rants. Two shelters for Atoms for Peace exhibits that were sent to Latin America were built by Birdair. The larger one is 300 feet long and contains an exhibit hall, a motion picture theater, offices and classrooms.

AS HOSPITALS-Simi la r structure are efficient as mo­bile hospitals. At Santa's Vil­lage outside Chicago, a Birdair shelter encloses a stadium used in winter for ice shows and hockey.

Of the 80 potential uses for air-supported structures listed by Walter Bird, those making pos­sible the continuation of sports and labor during winter especial­ly interested this writer. The portable, reusable structures can cover buildings, roofs or roads to permit construction re­gardless of cold, wind or snow.

YEAR AROUND — "We can create shirt-sleeve working con­ditions outdoors all winter," Mr. Bird maintains.

So unconventional are air-sup­ported structures that existing building codes do not cover

them. Mr. Bird often has to prove to building inspectors that his structures are safe and fireproof. Because they cannot be covered completely by pat­ents, similar structures have been erected by unskilled imi­tators. The failure of these has been detrimental to the indus­try.

WIFE PITCHED IN—During the first six months of Birdair's existence, Mrs. Bird, a graduate of the secretarial course of Simmons College in Boston, Mass., worked as office man­ager. The Birds have a son, Donald James, a fifth-year stu­dent of chemical engineering at Cornell University, and a daugh­ter, Mrs. Thomas Cramm of Santa Ana, Calif., a graduate of Smith College. Her husband, an Army helicopter pilot, par­

ticipate! in recent flood rescue flying.

The Bird home in Williams-ville wm designed by Mr. Bird. He is ia demand as a speaker before service clubs, archi­tectural and engineering socie­ties, military groups and manu­facturers.

SALES GROW-Mr. Bird Is proud of the fact that from its first year his company has made money, with sales dou­bling from the second and third years. In his opinion, this coun­try offers unparalleled oppor­tunity to the creative person who can adapt his original idea, no matter how new and radi­cal, to practical application.

Mr. Bird has received awards from the Army and from Buf­falo Chapter, American Institute of Architects.

feller.

Thit Is being Interpreted here as a notice to Gov. Rockefeller that he should make the first move and that if he wants "in" he hat to so notify the commis­sion.

Then this group, comprising the governors of the 11 Appalachian [ which processed the legislation in states which reach from Alabama the House, said that if the Gov-

Gov. Rockefeller is being urged here to act with speed in notify­ing the commission that New York should be included in the program.

McCarthy Comments Rep. Richard D. McCarthy, Buf­

falo Democrat and a member of the Public Works Committee

to Pennsylvania, or their alter­nates, and a federal representa­tive on the commission, or his al­ternate, will decide not only whether New York can partici­pate but also which counties might become eligible.

A spokesman for the Federal Development Planning Committee for Appalachia, the interim body before the Appalachia commission is formally set up, says that in­asmuch as the law does not speci­fy the New York counties which might receive benefits, this must

ernor fails to act, he will be "penalizing a very needy area."

McCarthy added: "I'll be terribly disappointed If

the Governor fails to seize this opportunity to provide substantial aid to these Southern Tier coun­ties.

"I can see no reason why he should not want the state to participate In the program."

Gov. Rockefeller joined with

Planning Committee for Appala­chia.

Sweeney said:

"I think It is clear to everyone who has been associated with the Kennedy amendment that it would be above the call of duty for these governors to invite New York to participate In terms of the major-action pro­grams and the dollars that are ' being invested.

"I do not think that the gover­nors of the 11 states, which have presented highway estimates on which we have based this bill,^ would necessarily be overjoyed at the prospect of giving up part of that highway allocation that they ' will presently enjoy to the state of New York."

Under questioning by Rep. Wil­liam Cramer (R-Fla), Sweeney said that to get New York in on the program the governors of at

other Appalachia governors in 1960(least s i x otiwr states woidd havt in studying the area's economic t o v o t e y e s-

also be determined if and when needs and making a preliminary Not Anxious to Share New York is brought into the plan. •

Javits' Insistence So far the only thing to indicate

the counties to be considered as potentially eligible for aid is a list read Into the Congressional Record during the Appalachian bill debate in the Senate upon the insistence of Sen. Jacob Javits.

This list comprises Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautau­qua, Chemung, Chenango, Cort­land, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler,

study of an aid formula. Cramer suggested to Sweeney But when the program de- j that the "other states are not like-

veloped Into a co-operative fed-1 ly to want to cut the pie with eral-state venture, Rockefeller New York, if they already have pulled out and it was only upon! projects that they think will ab-the insistence of freshman Sen. sorb the total amount." Robert F. Kennedy that Congress tacked onto the measure an

Sweeney answered: "They would probably be will­

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