Letter from Thomas Gold to dr James Van Allen, Department of Physics, University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa Is sending him some of the stuff Gold told him about. Is confident the energy problem can be solved. Is also enclosing a copy of the magnetization paper, and the recent observation that seems to confirm the process. Was gld to see him after such a long time. They were right about the shuttle - it is still a disaster, and even now it ought to be scrapped. 29 October 1979