Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. That is a brand new set-up? Colonel GALLOWAY. Yes, sir; it is a brand new set-up at that particular location. There is a facility now existing up there which is unsatisfactory and which they have been endeavoring to locate in place where they could put in the facility for a better operational procedure. Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Is that going to replace what we have, or will it be supplementary to it? Colonel GALLOWAY. It is going to replace what we have, sir. Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. You cannot tell us about that. Can you tell us about it off the record, or not? Colonel GALLOWAY. No, sir. Mr. SHEPPARD. Just a moment. Colonel GALLOWAY. Somebody can, sir. Mr. SHEPPARD. May I say that that subject was covered before the committee the other day, Mr. Wigglesworth. I am sure that the information can be given to you in the committee. You were present at that time, Mr. Tabler-were you not?-when that particular situation was discussed? Mr. TABER. No; I do not believe so. Mr. SHEPPARD. General Lawton discussed it, if you will recall. Mr. TABER. That was in the afternoon after I had to leave. I had to go upstairs while the other bill was on the floor. ALASKAN PRICES Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Is there any chance that these Alaska prices that you use will come down? Colonel GALLOWAY. I would say it is a matter of conjecture. Actually, I do not think so in view of the current world situation. These prices are down over the past estimates, and during the last year we had with some of our construction some fine experience, but our later estimates indicate that the downswing has stopped and it is on the way up. It is slight at this time, but if conditions of uncertainty persist I think we are going to have more difficulty. LABOR TO BE USED Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. What percentage of labor from the continental United States do you use? Colonel GALLOWAY. Well, sir, I have talked with people up there, and I have talked with contractors, and they give varying percentages. Actually, I think at the present time probably 30 to 40 percent of the labor comes from the United States, on defense projects. At one time it was much more than that. Mr. PLUMLEY. Would it be more or less from now on? Colonel GALLOWAY. No, sir; I think it will be about the same. The people up there from Alaska will be there. Of course, if we go into an accelerated program with more construction, the labor supply up there is limited. Those that are engaged in nongovernmental construction will be available, but they are relatively few compared to the load that will be thrown on them by the military program. I expect there will be more from the continental United States in the future, sir. Mr. PLUMLEY. That is what I thought. Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. I do not think I have anything further. BARRACKS Mr. TABER. You have the barracks already provided for all these set-ups; do you not? Colonel GALLOWAY. Yes, sir. There is no barracks in this. We have them in the other. We do not have them up there yet, sir. They are under construction, or on the way. Mr. TABER. I do not think I have any further questions. OKINAWA AND JAPAN Mr. SHEPPARD. All right, gentlemen, let us pick up the next item, "Okinawa," which is reflected on page 84 of your justifications, for which you are asking $13,688,000. I assume that your presentation here is merely an augmentation of the presentation you made in the previous bill for the same general purposes; is that correct or incorrect? General BARRIGER. For Okinawa? Mr. SHEPPARD.. Yes. General BARRIGER. Mr. Chairman, for Okinawa we have sent these figures out by cable to General MacArthur. We have an estimate based on his requirements for Okinawa and Japan. It is $13,000,000 at Okinawa and $22,000,000 in Japan. This is our best estimate of what we think he will use those things for. We asked the committee to consider both of these projects as emergency projects. We know he needs that much money, and he may need more. Frankly, we are not sure that this is what it will be used for. Mr. SHEPPARD. In other words, insofar as your total request of $35,688,000 is concerned, the committee should consider that, I presume, en bloc, because they are a part of that particular defense aspect under General MacArthur over there? General BARRIGER. That is right. SUMMARY JUSTIFICATION DATA Mr. SHEPPARD. We will insert the prepared justifications at this point. Okinawa POL handling, storage, and dispensing facilities Warehousing, ammunition storage, and handling facilities-- Total - - . Okinawa general POL handling, storage, and dispensing facilities - - The present construction program in Okinawa was planned to make the utmost use of Army, Air Force, and Garioa funds and provide all required facilities at the least cost within the minimum period of time. The present international situa tion, however, requires the immediate construction of additional facilities for unloading, storing, and dispensing POL products including Avgas, additional warehousing, and additional facilities for handling and storing ammunition. facilities will be so designed and located as to constitute a portion of the permanent base development in Okinawa. The Refrigerated storage building and utilities (includes $600 for construction of administrative telephone system), $1,188,000 This project contemplates the construction of a combined refrigerated and cold-storage building at the Machinato General Depot, with a minimum floor area of 64,567 square feet and the necessary utilities in connection therewith. The structure will be constructed of concrete block with reinforced concrete frame, floor and roof slabs, and will be typhoon resistant, designed to withstand a wind velocity of not less than 120 miles per hour. Typhoon shutters will be provided for all openings. The estimated total requirements for both freeze and chill storage are 194,350 cubic feet of net storage. This structure provides a gross storage space of 347,720 cubic feet. It is estimated that approximately 57 percent of the gross storage would be net storage in view of the aisle space, clearance for machinery and stacking height. Utilities include long run lines, area distribution lines and service connections for water, sewer and electricity and necessary area roads to serve the facility. No real estate acquisition is required for this project. This structure is required to provide depot storage of perishables for the entire island complement of Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel. Extensive losses of perishable provisions have been experienced due to the existing inefficient and inadequate interim facilities. Such conditions, however, have improved since the refrigerated warehouse at Naha has been in operation and, with the rerouting of reefer ships, the continued loss of perishables has been reduced. There is no civilian refrigerated storage available for this purpose. An agreement has been reached between the Army and the Ryukus military government that the Army refrigerated warehouse constructed at Naha will be transferred to the military government upon the completion of this project. This action is required due to the change in Army planning to establish a consolidated depot at Machinato. The equity represented by the Army refrigerated warehouse at Naha will be offset by the equity represented by equipment and materials procured from GARIOA funds. The utilities are necessary in order that the refrigerated storage building can be made operable. The total cost of this project is estimated at $2,188,000 and includes $1,000,000 for equipment. Since fiscal year 1950 GÁRIOA funds in this amount have been authorized for the procurement of this equipment only. The amount stated above is required to provide the refrigerated storage building. Communication facilities, $1,046,000 This project contemplates the construction of structures required to properly house vital communication facilities on Okinawa. It includes: 1. A signal transmitter building for the Army command and administrative network. 2. A signal receiver building for the Army command and administrative network. 3. A communications center building for the Army command administrative network. 4. A VHF/FM radio relay building. 5. Emergency power buildings for each of the above facilities to house generators providing power in the event of failure of the primary power systems. 6. A telephone exchange at the Machinato General Depot. 7. Utilities for the above including water, sewer, and electric lines and necessary interior roads. All buildings will be constructed of concrete block with reinforced concrete frame floor and roof slabs, typhoon-resistant designed to withstand a wind velocity of not less than 120 miles per hour. Typhoon shutters will be provided for all openings. Air conditioning will be installed in operational areas, when necessary, to protect the delicate and expensive equipment from damage by moisture and dust. Existing facilities are housed in temporary structures, not air conditioned and requiring excessive maintenance. During typhoons "Libby" and "Gloria" the buildings were damaged with considerable loss of equipment which required immediate and costly replacement. Experience has indicated that the temporary quon sets or prefab buildings are not suitable for housing Signals Corps communications equipment, due to rapid deterioration caused by semitropical weather and by the severe storms experienced on Okinawa. The establishment of adequate, reliable Signal communication is essential for operation and efficiency of the command. The utilities are necessary in order that the facilities within the buildings can be made operable. The present international situation necessitates construction of the facilities at the earliest possible date. Japan Bridging components fabrication and assembly facilities. Highways__ Personnel rehabilitation centers. Hospital rehabilitation and expansion. Clothing and equipage repair facilities.. Communication facilities (security, command, and administrative) _. Intransit personnel facilities. Cargo unloading and forwarding terminal___ Total_ $6, 400, 000 5, 300, 000 2, 000, 000 500, 000 1, 750, 000 750,000 800, 000 1, 500, 000 3, 000, 000 22, 000, 000 Japan is the principal Pacific base for operations in Korea. To support this operation certain facilities are required. Because the Japanese people are not concerned with the war in Korea, the costs of providing the above items cannot be charged against the Japanese occupation. While facilities, in addition to the above, will undoubtedly be required, those listed above are required immediately in order to receive, store and forward to Korea personnel and equipment required in the Korean operation and to rehabilitate personnel and material evacuated from Korea. These facilities will be so designed as to be constructed in the shortest possible time and at minimum cost compatible with operational equipment. Mr. SHEPPARD. You do not know for what purposes they ultimately are going to have to be used for, but as of the moment you have it set up as to what in your best judgment it will be used for. General BARRIGER. That is right. We have sent these titles out to him. We have received no objection back. Mr. SHEPPARD. I think your frankness is throughly acceptable under the circumstances. Mr. Sikes, do you have any questions you wish to ask? Mr. SIKES. To me it appears much more desirable to wait until you know what you are going to spend the money for, before you come to us with a request for it? General BARRIGER. Well, he has estimated that he needs $13,000,000 on Okinawa. We know that the POL storage out there does require construction now. He has said that he cannot take any money out of the Japanese economy to support the Korean operation except in a very minor way. That is how much money he thinks he needs. That is how much we are asking for. Mr. SHEPPARD. Will you permit an interruption? Mr. SIKES. Yes. Mr. SHEPPARD. Do you anticipate that by the time you get over to the Senate side with this requirement you will have more specific details as to this justification? General BARRIGER. At what time, Mr. Chairman? Mr. SHEPPARD. When you appear before the Senate committee. General BARRIGER. That is possible; yes, sir. We hope to have. We have sent this out and we have not received the answer. only thing I can say is that he has not said this is what he does not want. The Mr. SIKES. That is all. Mr. SHEPPARD. Are there any questions upon this subject, Mr. Rabaut? CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT IN KOREA Mr. MAHON. General, when we start northward in our advance toward the thirty-eighth parallel in Korea it is going to be necessary to repair bridges and do a lot of things in order to make our transport feasible. General BARRIGER. That is right. Mr. MAHON. Where are you going to get the money for that sort of thing? General BARRIGER. I am afraid, sir, we are going to come back and ask for more. Mr. MAHON. When are you going to do it? General BARRIGER. Well, I would like to come back with some more definite idea of what our problem is going to be than is available to us now. Mr. MAHON. Yes, I think so. General BARRIGER. I would like to say that we will do it just as soon as we have something firm on which to base it. Mr. MAHON. When will you have to have the money? General BARRIGER. We will have to have it when the advance starts. I do not know when the advance will start. Mr. MAHON. Well, certainly before Congress reconvenes in January there will be some advance, and there will be some necessity for the expenditure of considerable sums. As much as we regret the situation, we know that a lot of money is going to have to be spent in South Korea rehabilitating bridges and so on for military purposes alone, leaving aside the question of the domestic economy. What we will do about the domestic economy has not been determined. General BARRIGER. Mr. Chairman, the military requirements will largely be in tactical bridging material and things like that, which will not be in the construction program. That is, the immediate requirements. Mr. MAHON. Do you have any further response? General BARRIGER. It will be an Engineer supply item. Mr. MAHON. We have given them a lot of things. General BARRIGER. Yes, sir. Mr. MAHON. Do you have any further response to my interrogation along this line? General BARRIGER. I do not think I can go any further with it right now, because I do not know. OKINAWA And Japan Mr. MAHON. This money you are discussing now is for Okinawa and Japan? General BARRIGER. That is right. Mr. MAHON. Of course, there has been no construction for war in Japan, in this Korean encounter, but you are asking in Japan for bridging components fabrication of $6,400,000, and $2,000,000 for highways, and $3,000,000 for cargo unloading and forwarding terminal. |