Letter from Thomas Gold to Mr T van der Voort, Professional Staff, Senate Appropriations Committee, Room S125, U.S.Capital, Washington DC Gold is sending a copy of his letter to Representative Yates. It concerns the reaction of D.o.E. to the requirement placed in the Appropriations Bill the D.o.E. undertake a study to assess the reasonableness of Gold's "deep gas " theory. They consider that the lack of action and the negative attitude runs the risk of making them lose the possible opportunity of solving the energy crisis. 12 February 1979