VI. QUESTIONS PERTINENT TO PROPER USE OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE QUARTERMASTER FOOD AND CONTAINER INSTITUTE FOR THE ARMED FORCES

A. What is the basis for alleged savings resulting from the move?

1. Is any part of the alleged savings a "wash" entry applicable without regard to location?

2. If "repairs and utilities" costs are part of alleged savings, how does this cost per square foot of space at the Chicago Administration Center compare with cost at the Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center?

3. Does any part of alleged savings result from lower costs applicable without regard to location?

4. Is any part of alleged savings based on reduction in mission applicable without regard to location?

a. If no reduction in mission is assumed, was consideration given to cost of— (1) Replacing research facilities available at food and packaging industries and other institutions in the Chicago area?

(2) Maintaining communication with the Army Subsistence Center and Military Subsistence Supply Agency (which presumably will remain in Chicago)?

b. If a reduction of the Institute's mission is contemplated, will it result in requirements for additional personnel and/or facilities for research and engineering in food and rations by the Navy, Air Force, Military Subsistence Supply Agency, or Army Subsistence Center?

B. Were alternatives to the move adequately explored?

1. Was a study made of the possibility of reducing costs at the Chicago Administration Center by moving any of these other Chicago Government agencies now leasing space in the Loop or elsewhere in the Chicago area to the Center?

a. Military Subsistence Supply Agency, 226 West Jackson Boulevard.

b. District Engineer, U.S. Army Merchandise Mart.

c. Regional Engineer, U.S. Army, 536 South Clark Street.

d. Chicago Ordnance District, South Wabash Avenue.

2. Were private institutions in Chicago, such as Illinois Institute of Technology, considered as possible sites for the Institute?

If so, what criteria were used?

C. Were other agencies involved in the move consulted regarding it?

1. The General Services Administration.

2. Air Force.

3. Navy.

4. Army Subsistence Center.

5. Military Subsistence Supply Agency.

D. Were any benefits to mission alleged as a result of the move?

1. If so, in what respect is the Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center superior as a site to the Chicago Administration Center?

2. If so, in what respect is Natick superior as a site to Chicago?

VII. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN ARGUMENTS FAVORING A CHICAGO SITE FOR THE QUARTERMASTER FOOD AND CONTAINER INSTITUTE FOR THE ARMED FORCES

A. Unlimited research facilities are immediately available.

1. Major scientific research facilities in the immediate locality include:

a. The University of Chicago and the American Meat Institute on the south side.

b. Northwestern University Technological Institute, in Evanston.

c. Illinois Institute of Technology and the Armour Research Foundation just south of the central business district.

d. The University of Illinois Medical Center, west and south of the central business district.

e. Argonne National Laboratory, operated by the University of Chicago and located in Lemont.

NOTE. Two major research facilities not located in the immediate locale of the Institute are nevertheless convenient and much used-the Forest Products Laboratory, maintained by the Department of Agriculture at Madison, Wis., and the Institute of Paper Chemistry in Appleton, Wis. Because it it a Government agency, the Laboratory would be contacted by the Institute wherever it was located, but proximity of the Laboratory to Chicago has made close cooperation between the two Government functions possible.

2. Industrial research laboratories in the food and container fields are numerous in Chicago and the surrounding area because of the large number of food and container industries located here.

A list of industrial research laboratories in these fields follows this part (VII) of the appendix as enclosure 1. The Institute also obtains a great deal of information and assistance from General Mills, Inc., and the Pillsbury Co., in Minneapolis and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., St. Paul.

3. Technical libraries in the area offer a huge reservoir of literature on subjects of interest to the Institute. In addition to libraries at the major universities (Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern) these are also available:

a. The John Crerar Library: Founded in 1894, this is one of the greatest scientific libraries in the world. Its medical collection, comprising over 150,000 volumes, is the most comprehensive in the Midwest. Other extensive collections include the basic sciences (especially chemistry, physics, and geology), technology, and agriculture. They are supplemented by current subscriptions to 10,000 periodicals and other serial publications.

b. Illinois Institute of Technology and Armour Research Foundation.

c. Special libraries maintained by industries in food and packaging fields or at national headquarters by trade and professional associations.

(1) These libraries are devoted primarily to science-technology :

Armour & Co., 1355 West 31st Street, Chicago 9;

Victor Chemical Works, 11th and Arnold Streets, Chicago Heights;
Argonne National Laboratory, Post Office Box 299, Lemont;

Illinois Farm Supply Co., 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11;

American Can Co., 433 North Northwest Highway, Barrington;

Corn Products Refining Co., Chemical Division Library, Box 345, Arge;
American Institute of Baking, 400 East Ontario Street, Chicago 11;

Abbott Laboratories, 1400 Sheridan Road, North Chicago;

Baxter Laboratories, Inc., 6301 Lincoln Avenue, Morton Grove;

American Meat Institute Foundation, 939 East 57th Street, Chicago 37;
Libby, McNeill & Libby, 13036 South Western Avenue, Blue Island;

The Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo 99, Mich. ;

Dearborn Chemical Co., 1029 West 35th Street, Chicago 9;
National Dairy Products Corp., 923 Waukegan Road, Glenview;

Miles Laboratories, Inc., Myrtle and McNaughton Streets, Elkhart, Ind.;
Velsicol Chemical Corp., 330 East Grand Avenue, Chicago 11;

American Dry Milk Institute, Inc., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago 1;
Lewis College of Science and Technology, Route 66-A, Lockport;

Wilson & Co., Inc., 4200 South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago 9;

National Confectioners' Association, 36 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago 3;
G. D. Searle & Co., Skokie.

(2) These libraries have collections in the biological sciences: American Osteopathic Association, 212 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11; American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 10.

(3) These libraries relate primarily to metals:

Acme Steel Co., 100 Acme Avenue, Chicago 27 :

United States Steel Corp. (South Works), 3426 East 29th Street, Chicago 17; Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., 2200 Sheridan Road, North Chicago;

Inland Steel Co., 30 West Monroe Street, Chicago 3.

B. Institutions doing graduate work in food and container technology are more numerous in the Middle West than in any other part of the country. The following are within easy reach of Chicago:

1. Institute of Meat Research of the University of Chicago;

2. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago;

3. Armour Research Foundation, Chicago;

4. University of Illinois, Urbana;

5. Michigan State University, East Lansing;

6. University of Wisconsin, Madison;

7. University of Minnesota, St. Paul;

8. Iowa State University, Ames;

9. Kansas State University, Manhattan ;

10. Purdue University, West La Fayette, Ind. : 11. Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.;

12. Wayne State University, Detroit.

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