Four bills are pending on the Union Calendar (2 will not be considered). Two bills are pending on the Consent Calendar, having received objection on the first call of the calendar. Three bills are pending on the Private Calendar. Four bills are at the White House awaiting the signature of the President. One bill (H. R. 5382-Survivor Benefits) is pending before the House with Senate amendments which are unacceptable. Thirty-six bills are pending in the Senate, three of which have been reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee. The committee has reported eight bills this morning which will be included on various calendars. During the current session, the Real Estate and Construction Subcommittee has considered and approved the following projects: 131 real estate projects, one of which covered 37 installations. 32 Capehart housing projects, involving 10,207 units. 56 housing projects involving 1,643 units to be constructed by appropriated funds. 19 Wherry acquisition projects, including 15,339 units. 6 surplus commodity housing projects, including 1,784 units. The Subcommittee for Special Investigations has conducted 41 days of public hearings and 15 days of executive hearings. It has processed 179 inquiries from congressional offices, of which 147 have been completed, 18 are pending, and 14 required no action after initial inquiry. As of this date there have been 92 printed committee hearings, containing in excess of 7,500 printed pages of testimony. Now, members of the committee, that is up to date-a very, very fine record which you have made. I want to also state that last, and by no means least, our distinguished gentlewoman from New York, Mrs. St. George, has been invited to christen the guided missile frigate, named for the great hero of Manila Bay, Dewey, at the Bath Shipyard. We are glad to know that this high honor has been given to Mrs. St. George. [Applause]. Members of the committee, we will recess, subject to the call of the Chair. Mr. DURHAM. Mr. Chairman. (Further chorus of "Mr. Chairman.") Mr. DURHAM. I would just like for the information of the committee for Mr. Smart to read the invitation. The CHAIRMAN. Oh, yes. Wait one minute, now. important. I forgot. Mr. RIVERS. The committee is back in session. The CHAIRMAN. Go ahead, Mr. Smart. This is very Mr. SMART. The chairman, as chairman of the full committee, and Mr. Durham, as chairman of Subcommittee No. 3, which handles civil-defense legislation, have received similar communications, as follows: This one to Mr. Durham. I invite you and the members of the subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee to observe the first few hours of the second phase of Operation Alert 1958 at our emergency relocation site. This part of the exercise begins at 8:30 a. m., eastern standard time, on July 16, and continues until 4 p. m., on July 18. This national training exercise is based on an assumed nuclear attack on the continental United States and its Territories and is developed jointly by the Department of Defense and the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. It is the kind of training that will help to insure the survival of the Nation. I enclose standards for Operation Alert which cover the details of the exercise. Approximately 5 hours of travel time will be required to visit the site and return to Washington. If you are interested, we may possibly be able to arrange helicopter service. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much. Nov, members of the committee, we will take a recess until the call of the Chair. Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman Mr. PRICE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Pennsylvania be heard. The CHAIRMAN. Yes, Mr. Byrne. Mr. RIVERS. Or extend his remarks. [Laughter.] Mr. BYRNE. Some time ago Congressman Barrett of Philadelphia introduced a bill to try to get piers 96, 98, and 101 back. During 1918, the city of Philadelphia yielded those piers to the United States Government. At those piers 50 ships can be tied up at 1 time. And if you remember, the Philadelphia port was one of the biggest ports for exporting everything you might say. Now, I had asked the counsel of the committee to ask for a report. We had meetings with the Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of the Army, and we brought everybody from Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that was interested. The mayor, city representative, city engineer, director of wharves, and the Philadelphia delegation including Congressman Gavin, were there. Now, I would like to know what is going to happen with those. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. BYRNE. They have been put up for sale. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. Kelleher, has any report come back? Mr. KELLEHER. To my best understanding, as of 2 days ago, Mr. Chairman, it had not. The CHAIRMAN. Has this bill been referred to a subcommittee? Mr. KELLEHER. No, sir. Mr. SMART. Pending no report, it is not referred, Mr. Chairman. Mr. KELLEHER. I requested the report again a few days ago. The CHAIRMAN. Just as soon as-what subcommittee would handle this? Mr. SMART. No. 3. Mr. KELLEHER. No. 3, sir. The CHAIRMAN. No. 3. Well, refer this bill when the report comes in to Mr. Durham's subcommittee, and Mr. Byrne, we will take it up with Mr. Durham. Mr. BYRNE. Will you see it is expedited, Mr. Chairman? Mr. RIVERS. Mr. Chairman, may I make a statement? Our Subcommittee on Reorganization of the Defense Department, No. 4, has a meeting tomorrow on MATS, continuation of the MATS hearings, when we will have General Curtis LeMay present. In view of the Lebanese situation and the Middle East situation, any member who wants to come will be welcome. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much. Now, members of the committee, we will take a recess, subject to call of the Chair. (Whereupon, at 11:52 a. m., the committee adjourned, to reconvene at the call of the Chair.) 4 AUG [No. 95] SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 CONSIDERATION OF ACTIVE-DUTY AGREEMENTS FOR RESERVE OFFICERS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1, Washington, D. C., Monday, June 23, 1958. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., Hon. Overton Brooks (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. DUCANDER. Mr. Chairman, now we have the full membership, would you like to hear Mr. Bartimo, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense? Mr. BROOKS. I think that is a good idea, since everybody is here. Mr. DUCANDER. Mr. Bartimo. Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Bartimo. Mr. BARTIMO. Mr. Chairman. Mr. BROOKS. You represent the Department of Defense? Mr. BARTIMO. I do, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BROOKS. Now, have you given the reporter your full name? Mr. BARTIMO. Yes. Frank A. Bartimo, Assistant General Counsel, Manpower, Personnel, and Reserve, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. BROOKS. We, this morning, asked the Department of Defense to send someone up here who could tell us the status of this bill, which was submitted with approval by the Department of Defense in January to us, covering contract retention of reservists. Mr. BARTIMO. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. And, after we had considered it, we had a little informal get-together meeting of all interested parties and worked out some changes in the bill which, apparently, were satisfactory to everybody. But we have heard nothing on the bill in a number of months. And the Congress, we hope, will adjourn reasonably soon. What is the status of that? Do you have a bill that you wish to give us? Mr. BARTIMO. Yes; we do, Mr. Chairman. I do not have a prepared statement, but I would like to bring you up to date. It is true that we sat down with you and your very fine counsel here, Mr. Ducander. You remember, Mr. Francis accompanied us at that informal meeting. Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Francis was a very fine man. Mr. BARTIMO. He certainly was, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BROOKS. We all, I know, on this committee regret deeply his untimely death. Mr. BARTIMO. This is one of the measures in which he devoted himself fiercely and was vitally interested, as you know. After our meeting with you, in which we reviewed your good advices you certainly gave us a lot to think about-we went back to |