I hope the men and women of each Department and Agency will, in their own way, pursue this vital purpose during Brotherhood Week--and throughout the year.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5234 of Title 10 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows.
Highly encouraging steps are being taken toward establishing safe and effective programs for modifying the weather.
Man can and does interfere with the atmosphere in a number of ways.
We can now begin to see the day when such programs may become operationally feasible.
Such a time is still far off, but perhaps not so far off as we thought only a few years ago.
Weather and climate modification is becoming a reality.
It appears feasible, under appropriate conditions, to seed some kinds of clouds and achieve increased precipitation.
Our ability to do more will also increase.
The second consists of determining how best to utilize this knowledge for the benefit of mankind once it is achieved.
Men are dreaming and planning of projects that will some day enable us to mitigate the awesome and terrible forces of hu...