Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't remember the other assistant's name. I was the only one in the office. Later on--we were part of the group of all the oil companies operating there. But we were the only ones actually working for the committee. I don't remember.

Mr. Jenner.

I will find it here in a moment.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. You see, this committee was a consulting organization set up by, I think, 8 or 10 oil companies operating in Rangely Field, which is the largest field in Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains. It still is.

Mr. Jenner.

Does the name James Gibson sound familiar to you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; Gibson--James Gibson; yes. But he was not in our oufit. He was an engineer for Standard Oil of California. But he worked very close to us. In other words, he was an employee of the Standard Oil of California.

Mr. Jenner.

Does the name J. M. Bunce sound familiar to you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Who is he?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He was a representative of a pumping outfit from California who sold oil well pumps.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this Rangely Engineering Committee was formed by the various oil companies?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And they were operating in the Rangely, Colo. oil field, is that correct?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And for the purpose of compiling statistics and engineering data for the entire field.?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, yes; this and also to allocate production to various wells in the field, because we didn't have any regulatory body in Colorado at the time. We actually applied a certain formula to each well to see how much each well would be allowed to produce. This was our main job, you know.
Then, of course, our job was to coordinate the technical advances in that field and promote the new methods of drilling producing, to cut down expenses in the field. Among other things, we introduced diamond drilling there, drilling with diamond bits, which eventually became very, very successful.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this was what--1947?

Mr. De.

MOHRENSCHILDT. 1946, 1947. I stayed there, I think, about 3 1/2 years, something like that. 3 years, maybe.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, at this time you met and married your second wife, did you not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Phyllis Washington?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, tell us about that a little bit.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I went on a vacation to New York, met a very pretty girl, and she was willing to follow me in the wilderness of Colorado, which she did. She was young and a little bit wild. But very, very attractive and adventurous. And she came with me to Colorado--without being married.
Her father was with the State Department, Walter Washington.
But I didn't know him.

Mr. Jenner.

She was an adopted child?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Her name originally was Wasserman?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; something like that. And she was a beautiful girl who decided to come to Colorado with me. She stayed with me, we fell in love. She created a terrible confusion in Colorado. Imagine an international beauty with bikinis. I don't know if it is for the record. With bikinis, walking around the oil fields. But she was a wonderful girl, wonderful girl. She gave up the possibility of going to Spain, where her father was appointed charged d' affaires at the time. She decided she would rather stay with me in Colorado in the wilderness.
And I will tell you, that was a terrible place. That was the last boomtown

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