Yesterday, Mr. Chairman, you asked me what the policy was concerning the building of chapels. The Department of Defense policy has two phases to it. If the population is less than 500, we use other facilities and do not build a chapel. But regardless of population, we try to use facilities in the community where they are available. In this particular case, this is a remote location, and it is too far away from any community facilities. Occasionally we will have a request for a chapel in a more metropolitan area, because the military population overcrowds the facilities existing in that area. Senator INOUYE. I presume there is a difference in religious beliefs. Admiral HULL. I am sure that the local religion there is Catholic, but it is also Spanish-speaking, so even for our Catholic population, they would prefer to have their English services. Senator INOUYE. Thank you, sir. Admiral HULL. Multipurpose buildings, $374,000. The second line item will provide five multipurpose buildings at the total estimated cost of $374,000. It is for construction of community support facilities including a Navy exchange, cafeteria, dispensary, theater, hobby shop and gasoline filling station which are required to support the projected population of 1,115. There are no facilities in the adjacent rural area which can meet this requirement. The present facilities providing these services are crowded into small, makeshift structures. They cannot accommodate the requirements of the stations' present population. Senator INOUYE. Please proceed. NAVAL COMMUNICATION, SAN MIGUEL, REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES Admiral HULL. Naval communication station, San Miguel, Republic of the Philippines, a single line item, repetitive, communication center, $563,000. Senator INOUYE. I notice that the buildings in the Philippines are all permanent. What sort of base rights do you have there? Admiral CORRADI. We have a continuing Status of Forces Agreement with the Republic of the Philippines, with no termination date on it. It continues as long as the two countries mutually agree. The construction factor is 1.0, sir. Senator INOUYE. Is this index for all of the Philippines, or does it differ with areas? Admiral CORRADI. It is for all the Navy areas, sir, for the SubicCubi-Sangley complex. NAVAL RADIO STATION, SUMMIT, C.Z. Admiral HULL. The next project is at the Naval Radio Station, Summit, C.Z. It consists of two line items totaling $383,000. EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, $242,000 The first line item is for equipment environmental control estimated to cost $242,000. The existing transmitter is relatively lowpowered and requires only natural ventilation for cooling. However, it is obsolete and is being replaced by modern, high-powered equipment to meet operational requirements in the Canal Zone area. The new high-powered transmitters generate more heat and, in this climate, where the average temperature in the transmitter building is 95° Fahrenheit, it is necessary to install air conditioning to control the temperature and humidity and eliminate dust. The proposed environmental control will serve to reduce maintenance costs and provide increased communication reliability. Admiral CORRADI. This area has a 1.3 cost factor. Senator INOUYE. 1.3? Admiral CORRADI. Yes, sir. Senator INOUYE. I thought that the cost was higher there. The employees have a cost-of-living allowance of 25 percent. Commander IRWIN. If they are U.S. citizens only. The Panamanians do not have that 25-percent allowance, sir. Admiral CORRADI. In Panama the costs are 30 percent higher than they would be in Washington, D.C. That is what the 1.3 indicates. Senator INOUYE. I thought it was 1.0. I am sorry. Admiral HULL. Multipurpose buildings $141,000. The second line item is for provision of multipurpose buildings by the rehabilitation and alteration of two existing buildings, a barracks and a recreation building, at the estimated cost of $141,000. This station is relatively isolated and consequently must be as self-sufficient as possible. There are no other military installations nearby to lend support, and the nearest town, Panama City, is 12 miles distant. Under the proposed line item, the barracks will provide berthing for 56 men, a dispensary, and a mess with a newly equipped 76-man capacity galley with seating for 48. The rehabilitated recreation building will house community facilities, including a 60-seat theater, Navy exchange, soda bar, hobby shop, and lounge. Senator INOUYE. Admiral, I note in your testimony on all the other items you speak of distance from certain facilities. What is your standard of measurement as to what is considered near and what is considered far? I can understand that if the nearest facility is 50 miles away, I would consider that extremely far away. Admiral CORRADI. There really is no overall standard, Mr. Chairman. If we were considering say, a recruit training station, like Great Lakes or San Diego, where the recruits are not allowed off the base in the first 10 weeks of their training, anything off the base would be considered too far for them to get to. But at a place like the Canal Zone, why I think other considerations would obtain, namely are there equivalent commercial facilities within easy driving distance, or public transportation availability. We will try to provide a more complete answer for the record. Senator INOUYE. I believe the committee would appreciate it. Admiral CORRADI. And give you some examples. That would be the best way to describe it. (The material requested follows:) PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE TERM "IN THE PROXIMITY" FOR MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION FACILITIES (MWR) The term "in the proximity" as used in the provision of personnel, morale, welfare and recreational (MWR) facilities does not have definite time or distance standards. Design criteria provides for the availability to all personnel of primary MWR facilities consistent with the mission and climatic conditions. When adequate, such facilities within military complexes, including those of all services, are not duplicated. Thus the provision of morale, welfare and recreational facilities within allowances established by authorized based loadings is a matter of sound judgment with consideration to cost, personnel, free time and available transportation. Current policy is to insure in close proximity, generally on station, chapels, physical fitness facilities, and low cost per man entertainment sources as theaters. High cost per man recreational facilities as golf courses are sometimes provided only when the absence of civilian community support is demonstrated. In other circumstances, as for laundries, personnel may be expected to pool resources and utilize facilities at a distance up to 100 miles, or facilities which may require more than an hour's travel time. There are no agreed standard distances when referring to "near" or "far." Various factors must be considered in each case. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: available on/off station transportation, condition of roads and travel time involved, size of nearest city having the facilities in question, and the type and quantity of these facilities. In addition, the types of personnel involved (recruits, petty officers, officers, married or single male, or female) as well as military and/or curfew regulations in effect in the locality involved have a significant bearing on such a determination. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES-VARIOUS LOCATIONS Admiral HULL. Electrical power systems (second increment). The next project is for the second increment of the improvement of the electrical power systems at the various locations of U.S. communication stations outside the United States, at the estimated cost of $4.5 million. Major improvements, expansions and alteration to existing power systems are required to minimize communication outages resulting from power deficiencies and to meet the increasing demand for power. The increasing demand is being brought about by the necessary installation of more higher powered multichannel transmitters, receivers and ancillary electronic equipment. Existing power systems are inadequate to provide the quality and quantity of power needs for operation of equipment now installed and to be installed under approved programs over the next 5 years. This item will assure the continuity of communication necessary for command and control of widely dispersed naval forces. We plan to provide these power system improvements at four locations this year. Admiral CORRADI. There are four future increments. Admiral HULL. This is the second. There will be a third, a fourth, fifth, and sixth. Senator INOUYE. Total, $15 million. Admiral HULL. DO you have the total, Commander Irwin? Commander IRWIN. I think it is $15.5 or $16 million. Admiral CORRADI. $14,945,000 is estimated. Senator INOUYE. I notice that we have a lot of requests for electrical power. Is the Navy presently considering the future use of nuclear power? Admiral CORRADI. Indirectly we are, sir. In most of our projects for improvements of distribution systems we are going to higher transmission voltages, and this would be usable when power generated from nuclear powerplants is available. Senator INOUYE. In other words, when nuclear powerplants are installed, the present system can be utilized? Admiral CORRADI. Yes, sir. I do not think that it would in any way be made obsolete by the fact that we were to get power from a nuclear station. Senator INOUYE. Thank you, sir. Shall we proceed? Admiral HULL. That completes the communication facilities, Mr. Chairman. We next go to the final facilities class, yards and docks, one project of two line items. YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES NAVY PUBLIC WORKS CENTER, SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES The single project is at the Navy Public Works Center, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. The Center provides general civil engineering services to the various U.S. naval installations in the complex. ELECTRIC POWERPLANT The first line item is for the construction of an extension to the existing electric powerplant and installation of an additional 4,400 kilovolt generating unit and overhead craneway at the estimated cost of $1,676,000. The existing powerplant cooling system will also be increased to accommodate the additional generating unit. Planned new construction and improvements will increase the present maximum sustained power load of 17,080 kilovolts to 19,950 kilovolts. Existing reliable generating capacity is 15,540 kilovolts. This item will provide sufficient capacity to satisfy current requirements and projected growth through fiscal year 1968. WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM The second line item is for expansion of the water supply system at the estimated cost of $402,000. It will provide for construction of a diversion dam and intake pumping station, diversion pipeline, pumping station, water treatment facilities, distribution line, and supporting facilities. The average workday demand for water is 5.18 million gallons. The existing potable water supply and treatment system designed with a capacity of 4 million gallons, can furnish up to 5 million gallons of potable water per day by operation of temporary intake pumps, temporary modification to treatment facilities and temporary pumps on primary mains. During these peak periods fire protection is reduced to practically zero. The proposed improvements of the existing system will increase the system capability by 2 million gallons per day and provide an adequate water supply of 6 million gallons for industrial and domestic consumption, as well as for ship issues and fire protection. Senator INOUYE. Please proceed, sir. Admiral HULL. We now come to our classified projects, Mr. Chairman. (Whereupon, at 3:20 p.m., the committee went into secret session. At 4:35 p.m. a recess was taken until Friday, May 7, at 10 a.m.) |