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. . arc devised. there seems no meons av~ileble to determine in ~hysical terms. Hith even approximate accuracy, the amount of benefit or injury resulting from contrived modifications. In f2.ct it seems impossible even to determine with anything near exactness the amount of the changes resulting from humen tampering. A resh of Dills concerning ,,'eather control which he.s appeared both in Congress a.nd in state legislatures attests public preference to find solutions to the problems posed. by legislation rather than court decisions. Opinion of recognized author- ities generally has taken the ste.nd that both federal pnd stRte governments are permittEd a verJ broad range for lawmaking in the field of >reather control ~y their r~spective constitutions. Suggestions for ?ro~er action. thou~~ they have appeared in g!t'eat numbers, can be classified under a. few main ~rinc1ples, >>hich ",ill be de- scribed in the following para~raphs. At the left end of the opinion spectrum is the demand that modification of climate be recognized as e purely governmental function and socialized. Thus it would have very much the same status as the postal service. Operations would be in the hands of gove:"Ilment employees. TiOle, place end. qUflntity of activi ty Hould be determined by governmental authority. Legislative bodies could decide the means of fina.nc1al su~?ort, whether by general taxation, fees for service, special taxation Or com- binations of these. As pointed out proviously, this course proba.bly ,./ould result complete supremacy of the federal authority over this activity and the subordina- tion of state end local government. Not quite so ext:-ems is the suggestion that '.'eather control be declared a public utility, as such to re:na.1n in private hands but to De subjected to a particular kind of regulation. Supervision then could be from bodies such as state public util- ities co~missions or at the federal level as the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Po"'er Commission. Certain priva.te firms might be given monopolies over specific areas and required to render particular standards of service for specified fees. Here also there would be the tendency for the states to become suborQinate to the federal gove~nment unless legislation in Congress established a clear line of demarcation between the two authorities. t:- O \P ...-I A third view is to leave matters of control entirely within the hands of the states. ,ach state has unique characteristics that are effected by climete in ways not fully dU1)licated else",here. Furthermore, a.djoining states often have characteristics co~mon such that they forr, natural economic units. It he.s been demonstrated fre- quently that groups of states are a,ble to enter into com'lacts ,'hich function ef- fectively. An injured state, ~der the federal Constitution, could still ask that the 'jni ted States govern:nent enforce relief a@' inst encroachments by another state. Obviously this sort of settlement is attended by dangers of federal encrooc~~ent until it becomes possible to make more accurate determine.tions of fact than nt!lw seem .Ii thin our abilities. States would be able to deal >lith parties entering the occu- pa.tion of weather modification as in the case now of certa.in Skilled professions. requiring proof of qualifications to meet a legally determined level of proficiency and character and requiring also a license to operate. Supremacy of state regulation could not ~revent federal agencies from engaging in an;\' research or experimentation in the interest of national defense or any other national function. Another o?inion ",ould 1.Jlace ,"eether modification upon the same footing as the major- ity of private non-utility business firms, subject to moderate regulation by both federal and state governments. At the present 0 firm engaged in interstate business is subject to such legislation as the anti-trust end minimum >rage lawe and is re- soonsible to such agoncies a.s the Federel Trade Commission. At the state level are - 11 -