The CHAIRMAN. All right. Now, where is your next amendment? Mr. KELLEHER. The next amendment is a very minor one, on page 28, line 14. The figure reads "108,365,000." It should read "300," at the end. The CHAIRMAN. All right, correct all the figures. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. All right, where is your next one? Mr. KELLEHER. On page 30, another minor amendment. On line 2, the "460,706" should read "460,716." The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. KELLEHER. On page 31, line 2 The CHAIRMAN. Wait 1 minute. That finishes the Navy. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. And now the Air Force. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. Mr. RIVERS. Let me ask a question. Where is your Polaris authorization? The CHAIRMAN. All that is highly classified, Mr. Rivers. Mr. KELLEHER. That was in the $75 million figure. Mr. RIVERS. That is what I asked you at that point. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes. I am sorry if I didn't answer you fully. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. Air Force, page 31, line 2, change the money to read "$10,659,000.” Mr. KELLEHER. Brookley. The CHAIRMAN. Go ahead. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 34. Following line 21, insert a new heading: "School of Aviation Medicine," and the following language: School of Aviation Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Operational and training facilities, research, development and test facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing, community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, $12,000,000. Mr. VAN ZANDT. How much? Mr. KELLEHER. $12 million. Mr. BRAY. Was this approved by the The CHAIRMAN. This was approved and we went along with the bill. Mr. BRAY. That wasn't the question I asked. On the question here of the bill, it was found that the Department of the Air Force did not even ask for it to be in and a certain general of the Air Force did not even ask the Department of Air to include this in the bill. Are we going to doubt the Bureau of the Budget and the Department of the Air Force and the Surgeon General of the Air Force? Mr. KELLEHER. Mr. Bray, Mr. Kilday gave a rather detailed explanation of this. Mr. BRAY. I wasn't here. Mr. KELLEHER. It has had a rather unhappy history, as I understand, from its inception. This $12 million represents part of a total of $30 million, of which some $9 million or $10 million has already been authorized. He said in effect that if the school were going to be built, and in view of the hazards which it has run into before, the only effective way to do it was to insert the necessary authority in the bill. Mr. BRAY. I never before have known this committee to not onlyto approve a project that even the Surgeon General of the Air Force has not recommended to the Air Force, the Air Force has not recommended it to the Department of Defense and the Department of Defense did not recommend it to us. And the Surgeon General of the Air Force was here in this room at the time and in response to questions, stated that they had not even recommended it. Certainly the Surgeon General of the Air Force has not recommended it to even the Air Force. Mr. KELLEHER. I believe, Mr. Bray, that General Rentz testified at that same time that no opportunity had been provided for inserting it in the program. Of course, I can't say whether it would have gotten in, but it was a question of timing. Mr. BRAY. He did not even say that they had made a verbal request. The Surgeon General of the Air Force had not even asked the Air Force to include it. The CHAIRMAN. Off the record. (Further statement off the record.) Mr. BECKER. Mr. Chairman, if you remember-and I am sure you remember the testimony well-at the time the doctor was testifying on this certainly I think we should have the best medical facilities, but I thought I suggested at the time, and I thought it was acceded to by the chairman that we were going to try to find out the background of this, as to why everybody had been bypassed and why they are coming here and asking to put it in the bill. I know your interest in having the job done The CHAIRMAN. I suggest we let the item stay in. It has a long road before it. If it is not warranted, why the money will never be made available. Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Chairman, it has been approved by the full committee. They aready acted on it. Mr. BRAY. I want the record to show that this project that is now being put in the bill was not in the bill and furthermore that the Surgeon General of the Air Force in this room at the hearing in response to questions asked by myself, stated that he had not requested it, did not even request the Air Force to approve it. The CHAIRMAN. Well, of course Mr. BRAY. And some official from the Air Force said that they had not asked-even asked-that this be placed in the bill. Now, regardless of the merits of the matter, I think we are almost being irresponsible to go and not only-let's say the Surgeon General of the Air Force had said, "I want it in that bill." He didn't say so. Let's say the Secretary of the Air Force or someone in the Air Force said, "We want it in the bill and we asked the Department of Defense, but in some way we couldn't get it in the bill." I am not a doctor and I do not know the needs of it. It may be very vital. At least I do not want to and will not join in legislation where nobody apparently wanted it, but this man. But he hadn't even sold his boss on it. The CHAIRMAN. You will recall, Mr. Bray, that the doctor from the hospital there was here and he testified for it and he pointed out the reason why he thought it was highly necessary. Recent experiments have been carried on with reference to the flight to the moon, with the laboratory work there. The Air Force Surgeon General did not request it and the Budget did not request it. But that doesn't preclude Congress from reaching a decision of its own in the matter. And it was thoroughly discussed when Mr. Kilday was here. He is not here today. He is unavoidably absent. I suggest that we let this item stay in. We agreed to it when he was here. If there is any doubt about it, why-it has a long road before it. Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Chairman, might I say, if my memory serves me, there was no objection. The CHAIRMAN. Not a bit. Mr. BRAY. I do object to it. I do not remember it coming to a vote. I know I was here during all of the discussion. The CHAIRMAN. Well, let's vote on it now. We have a quorum present. All in favor of this item going in the bill, hold up your hands. (Show of hands.) Mr. SMART. 18, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. All opposed. Two opposed. The amendment is agreed to. A quorum being present, 18 voted in the affirmative and 2 in the negative. Now, what is the next one? Mr. KELLEHER. Mr. Chairman, may I include at this point a list of the facilities that would be constructed at the school? The CHAIRMAN. All right. (The document referred to is as follows :) Department of the Air Force, fiscal year 1959 military construction authoriza tion-Revised list of first priority group items for School of Aviation Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Tex. The CHAIRMAN. Next amendment. Mr. KELLEHER. The next amendment is on page 35, line 12, following the word "Colorado," insert the words "or alternate location." The CHAIRMAN. That is right, without objection it is agreed to. Now what is your next one? Mr. KELLEHER. Page 36, line 7. Change the money to read "$571,000." The CHAIRMAN. That is right, on line 7. All right. Mr. VAN ZANDT. Mr. Chairman, at that point. Is there any money or any authority in the bill that will permit them to rebuild the control tower at Stead Air Force Base, Reno? Do you know? Mr. KELLEHER. I can't answer that, Mr. Van Zandt. I will check it after the hearing. Mr. VAN ZANDT. Check and let me know. Mr. KELLEHER. This item in no way involves that. It involves diesel storage. The CHAIRMAN. Go ahead. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 36, line 22. Strike the money and insert "$11,589,000." Page 37, line 11, strike the money and insert "$2,874,000." On line 19 strike the words "maintenance facilities," and on line 20 strike the money and insert "$4,051,000." On line 22, following the word "Facilities," insert the words "troop housing," and on the same line change the money to read "$1,280,000." The CHAIRMAN. All right. Without objection. Go ahead. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 38, line 3-I am sorry, line 2, strike the money and insert $7,868,000." Following line 7, insert a new item as follows: Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine: Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, $11,417,000. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it is agreed to. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 39, line 15, strike the money and insert "$2,703,000." Page 40, line 19, strike the words "maintenance facilities" and on line 20 strike the money and insert "$3,577,000." On page 41, line 12, strike "Pinecastle" and insert "McCoy." And on line 14, strike the money and insert “$5,137,000.” Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Chairman, may I ask what was stricken? Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. Ammunition storage was cut from 5 units to 4 units based upon a restudy made within the Department. Mr. BENNETT. We get to the housing on page 43! Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. On page 42, line 5, strike the money and insert "$8,431,000." The CHAIRMAN. No, 42. Mr. KELLEHER. Sir? The CHAIRMAN. How about Mr. KELLEHER. There was an amendment on line 23. The CHAIRMAN. That is right. Mr. KELLEHER. But the amendment was changed and the original sum restored. The CHAIRMAN. Oh, I see. Seymour-Johnson. All right. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 43, line 14, strike the money and insert "$163,066,000." On line 17 strike the money and insert "$696,000." On page 44, line 5, strike the money and insert "$24,986,000." Mr. BENNETT. Is that where you are going into McCoy housing? You know there was testimony as to the need for more housing at McCoy. Mr. KELLEHER. We are going to come to the housing a little bit later on. The CHAIRMAN. Go right ahead. Mr. KELLEHER. On page 44, line 18, strike the money and insert "$15,688,000." And on line 25, strike the money and insert "$643,000." On page 45, line 3, strike the money and insert "$21,431,000." On line 8, strike the money and insert "$19,952,000." On line 16, strike the money and insert "$315,000." The CHAIRMAN. Now we lumped all these ballistic missiles together. Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. The effect of that will be on line 18, after the word "facilities" insert the words "for ballistic, strategic, and defense missiles," and on line 22, following the word "equipment," insert the following words, "in the total amount of $287,500,000." The CHAIRMAN. Wait a minute. Is that right? Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Are the figures right. Two hundred what? Mr. KELLEHER. $287,500,000. It was $277 million and you restored $10 million. The CHAIRMAN. That is right. Mr. KELLEHER. Strike all of lines 23, 24, and 25. The CHAIRMAN. That is right. Mr. KELLEHER. On page 46, line 13, the $25 million appears again. The CHAIRMAN. Reduce it to $10 million. Mr. KELLEHER. Right. On line 24 of page 46, following the word "quarters" insert the words "and community facilities." On page 47, line 9, change Iceland to read "Morocco." [Laughter.] Mr. KELLEHER. On line 15, at the end, add the words "and community facilities.' The CHAIRMAN. All right; go ahead. Mr. KELLEHER. Page 48, at the end of line 3, insert the words "and community facilities." On line 15, change the name of the station to read "Camp Adair Air Force Station." On line 17, strike "570" and insert "970." Mr. BRAY. Where is that? Mr. KELLEHER. On line 17, Beale Air Force Base, Mr. Bray. Between lines 19 and 20 insert a new item: "Clinton County Air Force Base, Ohio, 536 units." Between lines 21 and 22, insert "Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 275 units." On line 24, strike "240" and insert "365." On page 49, strike all of line 2. They are already under contract. On line 9, strike "730" and insert "270," for the same reason. On line 15, strike "935" and insert "595." Also under contract. Strike all of line 20 and all of line 21. They are under contract. Page 50, strike all of line 2. Those units are under contract. Between lines 2 and 3 insert a new item: "McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, 668 units." On line 3 strike "1,750" and insert "1,450." On line 14, strike "423" and insert "150." The remainder are under contract. On line 24, strike "1,500" and insert "300," for the same reason. |