AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO LOAN EQUIPMENT TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOR SECOND NATIONAL JAMBOREE AUGUST 2 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 5342] The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5342) to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Second National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of Defense, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lend certain items of equipment to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Second National Jamboree to be held early in the summer of 1950 at Valley Forge Park, Pa., in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. This bill would authorize the Secretary of Defense, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lend to the Boy Scouts of America the following specific items: Tents, cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags, refrigerators, and other articles of equipment as may be necessary or useful for the accommodation of the approximately 40,000 Scouts and officials who are to attend the jamboree. The bill provides that such equipment shall be delivered to the Boy Scouts of America at such time prior to the holding of the jamboree as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. It provides in like manner that the equipment shall be returned at such time after the close of the jamboree as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the national council. This legislation provides specifically, moreover, that no expense shall be incurred by the United States for the delivery or return of such equipment as may be loaned pursuant to the authority contained herein. Thus all costs of packaging and shipping are to be borne. by the Boy Scouts of America. In addition, as a condition precedent to delivery of the equipment which may be loaned, the bill requires that the Secretary of Defense take from the Boy Scouts of America a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of the property in good order and condition, and without expense to the United States. Testimony was received from a representative from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the effect that a bond in the amount of $50,000 is deemed to be a good and sufficient bond in the light of all known circumstances at the present time. However, the language of the bill does not preclude an increase in this amount should this later be deemed to be desirable. The items of equipment which it is contemplated may be transferred under the authority of this legislation are limited specifically to those enumerated above and do not include any expendable property nor any combat material or other items of a strictly military nature. The passage of this legislation is recommended by the Secretary of Defense as is evident from the testimony at the hearings. The Committee on Armed Services therefore unanimously recommends the passage of this bill. NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT LANDS ACT OF 1949 AUGUST 2, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. KILDAY, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 5368] The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5368) to authorize the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to participate in the transfer of certain real property or interests therein, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: On page 5, line 22, delete item (h) and insert the following new item: (h) The State of California for public highway purposes in, over, and across a strip of land 13,795.34 feet long, more or less, and varying in width, together with an adjacent strip of land 60 feet wide and 420 feet long, more or less, runnnig westward to Mission Road, containing in all, 61 acres, more or less, metes and bounds description thereof being on file in the Navy Department. On page 10, beginning at line 23, strike lines 23, 24, and 25, and on page 11, strike lines 1 to 12, inclusive, substituting the following new language: Beginning at the southwest corner of section 24, township 3 south, range 68 west, sixth principal meridian; running thence west along the south line of section 23 a distance of 47.94 feet to the east line of York Street; thence north along said east line of York Street a distance of 586 feet to a point; thence east parallel to the south line of sections 23 and 24 a distance of 408 feet to a point on the east line of a certain building, designated as Building No. 3, extended; thence south along the east line of said Building No. 3, extended, a distance of 170 feet to a point; thence east a distance of 8.5 feet to a point; thence south parallel to the east line of York Street a distance of 416 feet to a point on the south line of section 24; thence west along the south line of section 24 a distance of 368.56 feet to the southwest corner of section 24, the point of beginning; containing 5.57 acres. Upon the transfer of the above-described portion of the former Denver Medical Depot to the Department of the Army, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into such agreements as he may deem necessary, and under such terms such equipment as may be loaned pursuant to the authority contained herein. Thus all costs of packaging and shipping are to be borne by the Boy Scouts of America. In addition, as a condition precedent to delivery of the equipment which may be loaned, the bill requires that the Secretary of Defense take from the Boy Scouts of America a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of the property in good order and condition, and without expense to the United States. Testimony was received from a representative from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the effect that a bond in the amount of $50,000 is deemed to be a good and sufficient bond in the light of all known circumstances at the present time. However, the language of the bill does not preclude an increase in this amount should this later be deemed to be desirable. The items of equipment which it is contemplated may be transferred under the authority of this legislation are limited specifically to those enumerated above and do not include any expendable property nor any combat material or other items of a strictly military nature. The passage of this legislation is recommended by the Secretary of Defense as is evident from the testimony at the hearings. The Committee on Armed Services therefore unanimously recommends the passage of this bill. NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT LANDS ACT OF 1949 AUGUST 2, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. KILDAY, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 5368] The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5368) to authorize the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to participate in the transfer of certain real property or interests therein, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: On page 5, line 22, delete item (h) and insert the following new item: (h) The State of California for public highway purposes in, over, and across a strip of land 13,795.34 feet long, more or less, and varying in width, together with an adjacent strip of land 60 feet wide and 420 feet long, more or less, runnnig westward to Mission Road, containing in all, 61 acres, more or less, metes and bounds description thereof being on file in the Navy Department. On page 10, beginning at line 23, strike lines 23, 24, and 25, and on page 11, strike lines 1 to 12, inclusive, substituting the following new language: Beginning at the southwest corner of section 24, township 3 south, range 68 west, sixth principal meridian; running thence west along the south line of section 23 a distance of 47.94 feet to the east line of York Street; thence north along said east line of York Street a distance of 586 feet to a point; thence east parallel to the south line of sections 23 and 24 a distance of 408 feet to a point on the east line of a certain building, designated as Building No. 3, extended; thence south along the east line of said Building No. 3, extended, a distance of 170 feet to a point; thence east a distance of 8.5 feet to a point; thence south parallel to the east line of York Street a distance of 416 feet to a point on the south line of section 24; thence west along the south line of section 24 a distance of 368.56 feet to the southwest corner of section 24, the point of beginning; containing 5.57 acres. Upon the transfer of the above-described portion of the former Denver Medical Depot to the Department of the Army, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into such agreements as he may deem necessary, and under such terms |