Disposal Project No. 133

Departmental reserve plant, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., Seattle, Wash., DOD No. 422.

To lease the Government-owned facilities to Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., the owners of the underlying land, for a consideration depending upon usage. Disposal Project No. 145

Former naval commissary store site, United States Naval Base, Key West, Fla.

To be reported excess to GSA.

Disposal project No. 151

Naval industrial reserve metal fabrication and machining plant, Warren, Ohio, DOD No. 322.

To be reported excess to GSA.

Disposal project No. 152

Naval Ammunition Depot, Shumaker, Ark.

To be reported excess to GSA.

Disposal project No. 154

United States Naval Radio Station, Amagansett, Long Island, N. Y.

The Department of the Navy proposes to transfer to the Coast Guard, the Naval Radio Station, Amagansett, Long Island, N. Y., for use as a potential site for a loran station. This property consists of 41.45 acres of land acquired in 1942 for use as a Navy radio direction finder station. Original cost of land and existing improvements was $38,476. Additional improvements constructed at Government expense total $152,150.

Acquisition project No. 240

NALF, Fentress, Va.

Area: 1,430 acres at $340,000.

In order to provide complete protection with the field carrier landing prac.ice approach zones for this runway it will be necessary to acquire fee title to 1,430 acres of land and flight clearance easements over an additional 780 acres of land.

Acquisition Project No. 444

Truax Field, Madison, Wis.

Area: 109.26 acres at $39,490.

AIR FORCE

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 109.26 acres of land to support the construction of a classified facility in the vicinity of Truax Field, Madison, Wis. The project also involves the acquisition of restrictive easements over approximately 75 acres and right-of-way easements over 3 acres, required for an access road.

Acquisition Project No. 430

Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Mo.

Area: 147.44 acres at $54,125.

This project involves the acquisition in fee title to approximately 147.44 acres of land required for the construction of an Air Defense Command type ammunition storage facility at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Mo. The ammunition storage facility is required in support of the fighter-interceptor squadron located at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.

Acquisition Project No. 431

Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

Area: 104.50 acres, fee, at $37,000.

This project consists of the acquisition in fee title of approximately 104.50 acres of land. This acquisition is required to support construction of SAC alert facilities consisting of an alert operational apron and a ready crew building.

Acquisition project No. 435

Olmsted Air Force Base, Pa.

Area: 75.3 acres at $45,788.

This project consists of the fee acquisition of approximately 75.3 acres of land required for construction of a dispensary, Air Police building, airmen dormitory, dining hall, exchange facility, and a vehicle fueling station at a cost of $45,788.

Acquisition project No. 437

Pinecastle Air Force Base, Fla.

Area: 120.26 acres, fee, at $60,000. The subcommittee changed this to 240 acres and $100,000.

This project consists of the acquisition in fee title of approximately 120.26 acres of land. This land is required to support construction of SAC alert facilities consisting of an alert operational apron and ready crew building.

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 88.5 acres of land to support the construction of a classified facility in the vicinity of Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, N. Y. This project also involves the acquisition of restrictive easements over approximately 72.4 acres and right-of-way easements over 17.7 acres required for access roads.

Acquisition Project No. 441

Duluth Municipal Airport, Minn.

Area: 102.5 acres at $52,000.

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 102.5 acres of land to support the construction of a classified facility in the vicinity of Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minn. The project also includes the acquisition of easements over approximately 68 acres of land.

Acquisition Project No. 434

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

Area: 49.65 acres at $95,350.

This project consists of acquisition in fee of approximately 49.65 acres at Anclote, Fla., for construction of an instrumentation station as an integral part of the Eglin Gulf Test Range.

Acquisition Project No. 433

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Area: 19 acres at $47,500.

This project consists of acquisition of fee title of approximately 19 acres of land required for construction of an instrumentation station which is a portion of a 450-mile gulf test range for guided missiles.

Acquisition Project No. 442

Gibbsboro, N. J., site.

Area: 28 acres at $27,500.

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 28 acres of land to support the construction of a classified facility in the vicinity of Gibbsboro, N. J.

Acquisition Project No. 432

Castle Air Force Base, Calif.

Area: 52.31 acres at $199,515.

This project consists of the acquisition in fee title of approximately 52.31 acres of land required for construction of a hospital and bachelor officer quarters at Castle Air Force Base. These facilities are needed to support the missions of the Strategic Air Command and the Air Defense Command." There is insufficient land available, on base, to support this construction.

Acquisition Project No. 416

Test building, 54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.
Area: 11,513 square feet at $30,728.

This project consists of amendment and renewal of a lease by the GSA to provide for assignment to the Air Force pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 18 of 1950 of 11,513 square feet of office space for the Indianapolis Air Procurement District Office. This activity administers all Air Force procurement contracts in the Indianapolis area.

Acquisition project No. 440

Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich.

Area: 48.90 acres at $211,900.

This project involves the acquisition in fee title to approximately 48.90 acres of land required for the approach clear zone and the installation of the approach lighting system at the north end of the extended north-south runway at Selfridge

Air Force Base, Mich. The runway is being extended 800 feet to the north to provide a 9,000-foot runway in support of the SAC tanker dispersal program. The land is the minimum required to meet Air Force criteria for the runway approach zone. This project also involves the acquisition of clearance easements over approximately 245.45 acres of land at a cost of $37,425.

Acquisition project No. 439

Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

Area: 60.66 acres at $89,772.

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 60.66 acres of land at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to provide a site for construction of a title VIII family housing project of 290 units.

Acquisition project No. 436

Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Mich.

Area: 173.54 acres at $47,600.

This project involves the acquisition of fee title to approximately 173.54 acres of land required for the construction of 618 title VIII family housing units at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Mich. This housing project is required in support of programed missions of 1 fighter interceptor squadron, 1 heavy bomber squadron, 1 missile squadron, and an air refueling unit.

Mr. KILDAY. Is there any objection to any of the items reported on by the gentleman from Texas?

Mr. REECE. Mr. Chairman, may I make an inquiry?
Mr. KILDAY. Mr. Reece.

Mr. REECE. With reference to the items that are referred to the subcommittee, are the items having to do with these Reserve training centers referred to your subcommittee? I am not suggesting so much as to whether they are included in this report, but I am speaking in a general way.

Mr. DUCANDER. No, they are not.

Mr. REECE, They are not?

Mr. DUCANDER. No, sir; they are not.

Mr. FISHER. I do not think so.

Mr. DUCANDER. They are distributed to members of the committee, Mr. Chairman, by mimeographed letter whenever they come in from the Department. If we do not hear from the members of the committee in 30 days, it is assumed that they have no objection.

Mr. KILDAY. Are you speaking now of the Reserve training centers? Mr. DUCANDER. Yes, sir.

Mr. HARDY. Construction.

Mr. SMART. Armories and such, construction.

Mr. KILDAY. Similar to armories?

Mr. SMART. Yes, sir. They are not referred to the Rivers Real Estate Subcommittee.

Mr. KILDAY. Is there objection to any of the items reported upon? (No response.)

Mr. KILDAY. If not, the Chairman will notify the Department that the committee interposes no objection.

The next item on the agenda is full committee consideration of H. R. 13170 to amend title 10 of the United States Code to provide for a permanent professor of physical education at the United States Military Academy, Mr. Ducander.

Mr. DUCANDER. Yes, sir. We have General Throckmorton here, who is the Commandant of Cadets of the Military Academy. He has a short statement that will explain the bill.

Mr. KILDAY. Glad to have you here, General. We do not often have men from the Academy.

General THROCKMORTON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. KILDAY. Go ahead with your statement.

General THROCKMORTON. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Brig. Gen. John L. Throckmorton, Commandant of Cadets at the Military Academy. I am here to testify in support of H. R. 13170, a bill to authorize the appointment of a permanent professor of physical education at the Military Academy.

At present this function is performed by a line officer who is subject to reassignment. We consider that in order to develop and maintain a sound long-range program of physical education that will be responsive to the demands of our country and the Army, it is essential that the professor of physical education be designated as a permanent member of the faculty.

The enactment of H. R. 13170 will accomplish this objective with no increase in the budgetary requirements for the Department of the Army.

Mr. KILDAY. Thank you, General. You are the Commandant of Cadets, are you not?

General THROCKMORTON. Yes, sir; I am.

Mr. KILDAY. Any questions of General Throckmorton?

Mr. HÉBERT. Yes. How does that appointment line up with the Athletic Department situation? Is that under the Athletic Director or is it outside of his realm?

General THROCKMORTON. Sir, it is outside of his realm. The Office of Physical Education and the Athletic Department are two entirely different areas. The Office of Physical Education is directly under the supervision and control of the Commandant of Cadets.

Mr. KILDAY. All cadets would be required to take physical education, whereas all might not participate in sports under the Athletic Director, is that correct?

General THROCKMORTON. That is correct, sir. The physical education program is a formal program of instruction which has hours designated and programs and so forth throughout the 4 years, which all cadets of the Academy are required to pursue.

Mr. HÉBERT. This is calisthenics and the like; is that what you mean, gym exercise?

General THROCKMORTON. That is correct, sir.

Mr. KILDAY. Now, this would make him a professor at the Academy, rather than a line officer assigned to duty there?

General THROCKMORTON. Yes, sir.

Mr. KILDAY. So that he would remain permanently as a member of the faculty?

General THROCKMORTON. That is correct, sir.

Mr. PHILBIN. Who is the present head of the department? Who is discharging these functions at the present time?

General THROCKMORTON. Lieutenant Colonel Kobes.

Mr. PHILBIN. Has he full charge of all the athletic activities? General THROCKMORTON. He has full charge of the physical education part, sir.

Mr. PHILBIN. Does he have charge also of the regular games like football, baseball, and track?

General THROCKMORTON. No, sir. He has nothing to do with the intercollegiate sports program.

Mr. PHILBIN. Who has charge of the intercollegiate sports program?

General THROCKMORTON. That is under the Director of Athletics, Col. Earl Blaik.

Mr. PHILBIN. I see. How would that change Colonel Blaik's

status?

sir.

General THROCKMORTON. It would not change his status whatsoever,

Mr. PHILBIN. This just provides for putting a regular line officer in charge of all of the other noncompetitive athletic activities at West Point.

Mr. KILDAY. It does the opposite. It relieves a line officer from assignment as professor of physical education and places the professor of physical education on the faculty.

Mr. PHILBIN. I wanted to find out what impact this bill would have upon competitive sports at the Academy.

General THROCKMORTON. No impact whatever, sir.

Mr. PHILBIN. Would this give the new proposed physical director charge of all of the competitive games at West Point?

General THROCKMORTON. No, sir; it would not.

Mr. PHILBIN. It would just give him charge of the so-called physical exercise program?

General THROCKMORTON. Yes, sir. The physical education program is divided essentially into two parts, sir. An instructional program and an intramural program.

Now, the third portion of our athletic setup there is the intercollegiate sports program which is separate and apart and is conducted on an entirely different basis than our physical education program. Mr. PHILBIN. So that this would have no effect whatever upon the competitive sport program?

General THROCKMORTON. None whatever, sir.

Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Chairman, if I might ask the general.
Mr. KILDAY. The gentlelady from New York.

Mrs. ST. GEORGE. This program has always been in existence at the Military Academy, has it not, General?

It is simply that you now want a permanent position to take charge of physical instruction?

General THROCKMORTON. Yes, ma'am; that is correct.

Mrs. ST. GEORGE. You always had a physical instructor there and you have always had the program in existence?

General THROCKMORTON. We have always had a physical education. program and, on the other side, the intercollegiate sports program. Mrs. ST. GEORGE. So there is no, absolutely no change?

General THROCKMORTON. All this is doing is placing the officer in charge of the physical education program on a permanent basis. Mr. KILDAY. Any other questions?

Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Chairman, might I say that I hate to display my ignorance, but I am really astonished that they have not had such a position for a long time at the Military Academy. I think this legislation is called for in every possible way.

Mr. KILDAY. Thank you; any other questions of General Throck

morton?

Mr. DEVEREUX. Mr. Chairman.

Mr. KILDAY. The gentleman from Maryland.

Mr. DEVEREUX. What do they mean here in lines 7 and 8 where it says "law" and "ordnance"? Are we talking about two other professors?