Harbor, Maine, which I explained previously. It is essential to the mission of the naval security group and the ASW effort that a modern direction finder compatible with fast control procedures be installed in this area. It is required in order to have rapid, accurate, long-range bearings from a station forming the southern anchor of the Atlantic net. This station will also be able to operate in the eastern Pacific net simultaneous with Atlantic operation with the Wullenweber direction finder which is planned for installtion. NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY, KARAMURSEL,

TURKEY

The fourth project is at another naval security group activity, at Karamursel, Turkey, where we propose to provide a receiver building at the estimated cost of $84,000. The need for this facility is generated by the programed increase in functions at this activity. To keep pace with this increase additional operational space is required to permit installation of onboard and projected equipment.. More space is also required for communication terminal equipment, for the processing functions and for electronics and teletype repair shops. The proposed facility will satisfy those requirements. Senator STENNIS. All right, next item.

NAVAL RADIO STATION, MARTIN PENA, P.R.

Admiral CHEW. The fifth project, like the first overseas communication project at Barrigada, Guam, which I previously described, is for construction of new antennas at the estimated cost of $72,000, at the Naval Radio Station, Martin Pena, P.R. This is the transmitter activity for the naval communication station at San Juan.. The new antennas are needed to provide for fleet communications in an area of ASW operations and missile testing. The antennas are necessary for use on ship-to-shore circuits which require omnidirectional capability for best results.

NAVAL RADIO FACILITY, SAN MIGUEL, LUZON,

PHILIPPINES

The last of the unclassified projects consists of two line items at the naval radio facility, San Miguel, on Luzon Island of the Republic of the Philippines for the total amount of $383,000. This is à receiver activity. It is our most westerly station in the Pacific and provides an invaluable communication link for the 7th Fleet with all our activities in the Pacific.

The first line item is for terminal building expansion at a cost of $142,000. Since this facility was activated in July 1957 additional operational circuits to the 7th Fleet have had to be added. This has required installation of additional electronic equipment which has caused overcrowding of all operational space in the terminal building. Consequently, the reliability, security, and speed of communications are adversely affected. The additional space to be provided by extending the existing terminal building will relieve this. adverse condition.

The second line item is for expansion of the electric power supply at the estimated cost of $241,000. The increased electric power load has resulted from the increased electronic communication equipment, the construction of six family housing units, additional shops, and other normal increased demands which were not contemplated in the original design of the facility. These increases have developed as a result of the increasing importance to fleet operations of this strategic area. The proposed extension of the powerplant and the installation of a diesel-electric generating unit will meet the total requirements of this facility insofar as can now be foreseen. Senator STENNIS. All right.

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Admiral CHEW. That concludes the unclassified portion. Mr. Chairman, except for the emergency authorizations and the housing,

sir.

Senator STENNIS. Let me see-refresh me, refresh my recollection now as to how these emergencies apply. You get a gross sum authorization every year, and you report to us then, our committees, . do you not?

Admiral CHEW. That is correct.

Senator STENNIS. What is an emergency in your book, just what do you call an emergency?

Admiral CHEW. An emergency project, Mr. Chairman, would be one that could not be foreseen because of a changed mission or, perhaps, a technological breakthrough. For example: The Camp Smith project was an emergent project because of the additional command requirements placed upon CINCPAC. That is a typical example of an emergent project.

Senator STENNIS. Do you remember how much your appropriation was for the current fiscal

year?

Admiral CHEW. Yes, sir. Last year we had $10 million authorized, and in 1959 we used about $7 million of it, sir.

In 1960, we have about $6 or $7 million in process right now, sir. Senator STENNIS. How much appropriation did you get for 1960? Admiral CHEW. Well, we get no appropriation at all, sir. This is only emergency authorization. When we fund a project it comes out of another project because it is more emergent.

Senator STENNIS. I thought we put in some appropriations for

those items.

Admiral CHEW. No, sir; there is no money appropriated against ́ this emergency authorization, Mr. Chairman, unfortunately.

Senator STENNIS. All right. What did the House allow on this emergency construction authorization?

Admiral CHEW. $10 million, Mr. Chairman. The request was for $17.5 million, and the House reduced it to $10 million.

Senator STENNIS. Give us some idea of the funds that you used in reaching this $17.5 million. You had some guidelines of some kind. Admiral CHEW. It was based on experience, sir. As I said, we used in 1959 about $7 or $8 million. We did not need all of the $17.5 million, but being emergency authorization, you really cannot anticipate. The only thing you can go on is an experience factor.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

Your next item, your amendments? Wait a minute-here is an item, though, before we get to those amendments.

Senator Morse has introduced a bill, an amendment here:

On page 55, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:

"SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he may determine to be in the public interest, to convey to the State of Oregon the lands, including acquired and public domain lands, comprising the Boardman Bombing Range ***”

Are you familiar with that one?

Admiral CHEW. Yes, sir; I am, Mr. Chairman. (The amendment referred to follows:)

[H.R. 10777, 86th Cong., 2d sess.]

AMENDMENTS Intended to be proposed by Mr. MORSE (for himself and Mr. LUSK) to the bill (H.R. 10777) to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes, viz :

On page 55, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:

"SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he may determine to be in the public interest, to convey to the State of Oregon the lands, including acquired and public domain lands, comprising the Boardman Bombing Range in the State of Oregon, as delineated on a map designated as War DepartmentOffice of the Division Engineer-North Pacific Division-Real Estate-Boardman Precision Bombing Range, approved February 17, 1947, drawing numbered O-3152. The conveyance of such lands to the State of Oregon shall be made in exchange for a conveyance, without restriction as to use, to the United States of such lands of the State of Oregon as the Secretary of the Navy shall find suitable for use as a bombing range, and upon payment by the State of Oregon to the United States of such amount as the Secretary of the Navy determines to represent the total of (1) the difference, if any, between the fair market value of the property so conveyed by the Secretary of the Navy and the fair market value of the land accepted in exchange therefor, and (2) the cost to the Department of the Navy of providing a complete substitute facility on the State lands so acquired.

"(b) The State of Oregon shall agree to be primarily liable and hold the United States harmless from any claims for personal injury or property damage resulting from the condition of the lands conveyed by the United States.

"(c) The money to be received by the Secretary of the Navy in connection with such exchange shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, except that such amount thereof as represents the cost of providing a complete substitute facility shall be available to the Secretary of the Navy for such purpose."

On page 55, line 23, strike out "SEC. 512" and insert in lieu thereof "SEC. 513". Senator STENNIS. What do you have to say about that?

Admiral CHEW. This is a land exchange. The State of Oregon wishes to acquire the Boardman Bombing Range, and they have offered, in exchange for this particular piece of property, other property for use for the bombing target.

This is a straight exchange, and provided there is no expense to the Navy it would be acceptable to us. We have written a letter to the Governor of Oregon, and feel that the negotiations will be carried forth.

This is a bona fide requirement. Actually, we need the bombing range, and if the State of Oregon wants to have the present land, we feel they should have it, provided they give us land in exchange.

Senator STENNIS. Is this a dollar-for-dollar swap on valuation? Admiral CHEW. This is a land-for-land swap.

Senator STENNIS. I know, but on evaluation, do you think it is of about the same value?

Admiral CHEW. We have requested that the Governor of Oregonthere are very limited facilities on a bombing range, very minimal facilities for instrumenting the fall of the practice bombs, and certain living facilities we have asked him that he provide, that is, the State of Oregon provide, the funds so there will be no expense to the Federal Government and to the Navy.

Admiral PELTIER. Mr. Chairman, this has the Morse amendment, so called, with the difference in valuation to be paid to the Government. Senator STENNIS. All right. Thank you.

Mr. Nease says that Congressman Ullman has sent us an additional request. He seems to have an amendment to the Morse amendment. Would you take this and make a study of it?

All right; so any difference in value between the items of land that may finally be exchanged under the terms of the amendment will be paid by the State to the Navy, or to the Federal Treasury; is that

correct.

Admiral CHEW. Federal Treasury. The conditions would be that there would be no expense to the Navy in the exchange, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Well, I know, having no expense is one thing, but suppose you are giving up $100,000 worth of land and you are getting only $50,000 in return.

Admiral PELTIER. Miscellaneous Receipts would get the difference, Mr. Chairman.

Senator STENNIS. But the amount to be paid would be the $50,000; would that be correct?

Admiral PELTIER. That is correct.

Senator STENNIS. And it would go into the miscellaneous receipts. All right; thank you very much.

Now, go back to your deficiencies.

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NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Admiral CHEW. That is page 78, sir.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

Total amount, $500,000; is that right?

Admiral CHEW. Pardon me for just a second, Mr. Chairman. This is $500,000 for a bombing range to take care of additional cost, Mr. Chairman. I think Admiral Peltier can speak to that, sir. Senator STENNIS. All right, Admiral Peltier.

Admiral PELTIER. We had initially five items authorized-
Senator STENNIS. Yes.

Admiral PELTIER (continuing). At a total cost of $2,224,000. We have constructed four of the items-pardon me, there were six items initially. We constructed five of the items at a cost of $1,798,000. We need to construct this last item and we have a deficiency of $500,000 to construct this bombing range.

The land that we were initially going to buy has gone up some in price, and the communications facilities have gone up from the original estimate.

Senator STENNIS. How did you miss that photographic laboratory by so much, Admiral-$458,000 and $236,000?

Admiral PELTIER. Well, that was probably a poor estimate, along with maybe a little increased requirement that went into it.

Senator STENNIS. What about your communications facilities? That is an old standard item.

Admiral PELTIER. There, again, it was-it cost us $616,000, and we originally had estimated $419,000.

Senator STENNIS. There is not a great amount of money involved, Admiral, but it is a large percentage.

Admiral PELTIER. Yes, sir. The estimates were just too low in most

cases.

Senator STENNIS. Does this tie in in any way with the Rodman range that you seem to have somewhere near there?

Admiral PELTIER. Yes; it is. It is part of it, Mr. Chairman. Senator STENNIS. Well, you had to have additional authorization for that or additional-your figures were too low on that?

Mr. TIENCKEN. We had to come in and get reapproval of the committee because the land costs had come up, and we will have the same thing in connection with Baywood, the second target in this program, that we have a project before the subcommittee now for reapproval for the same land at a higher price.

Senator STENNIS. Well, are the two tied together? Do they operate together? Why do you have two bombing ranges there so close together?

Captain BRIDGERS. There are different types of use, Mr. Chairman. One is for one type of practice and one for the other. They are in close proximity and in the same general area, but their use is different.

Senator STENNIS. I thought a bombing range was a bombing range. Captain BRIDGERS. No, sir; there are various kinds. There are high level and dive and loft, and the techniques are quite different; and they cannot be conducted simultaneously, nor are the requirements identical.

Senator STENNIS. Well, I would just imagine you would not bomb every day anyway. Each man would not, would he? Don't you rotate them?

Captain BRIDGERS. Sir, those targets are in use practically every day during daylight hours, not these particular targets because we don't have them, but similar ones on the west coast which we do have. Senator STENNIS. You have not gotten to targets yet here? Captain BRIDGERS. We do not have the targets.

Senator STENNIS. What kind of targets are they, Captain? You say you do not have the targets; what kind of targets are they, Captain?

Captain BRIDGERS. These particular targets we are talking about? Senator STENNIS. Yes.

Captain BRIDGERS. While both are so-called multipurpose targets, one would be used as a loft bombing target, sir and, the other as a high-level bombing target, the difference being that in the high level the practice bombs are dropped in horizontal flight from a high altitude, so you can see the possibility of error is quite great. With the other type, the possibility of error is much less, but the requirement for the run-in requires more unobstructed land and greater airspace. Senator STENNIS. All right.