Our research and development items include a request for $6,730,000 for three line items at the Naval Research Laboratory, District of Columbia, including a sector focusing cyclotron and an operations and technical services building amounting to $3,484,000. These items are urgently needed to permit the Naval Research Laboratory, a world-renowned research institution, to maintain its competence in today's scientific environment.

At the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Md., we are requesting a hypervelocity wind tunnel at a cost of $6,173,000. This wind tunnel represents a state-of-the-art technological advancement and would be unique in the Department of Defense. It will provide experimental information of the aerothermodynamic behavior and aerodynamic stability of vehicles flying in the upper atmosphere. The requirement for this facility has been thoroughly coordinated within the NASA-DOD complex, and it was concluded that the proposed facility is urgently required and complements and extends the existing wind tunnel capabilities of this country.

The Marine Corps portion of this program is composed of 29 line items at a total estimated cost of $11,810,000. Of the total funds requested $5,675,000 is for construction projects at five continental activities. The remainder of the program, $6,135,000, is for projects at Camp Butler, Okinawa. The projects at the five continental activities are essentially facilities for the training of personnel, combat equipment maintenance facilities, and personnel support. The Okinawa projects constitute an additional increment in the development and construction of facilities for the 3d Marine Division. The projects requested for Okinawa will permit the Marine Corps to proceed with the orderly and phased development of safe, economical, and typhoon-resistant facilities for the 3d Marine Division.

In addition to the items discussed above, we propose a total of 87 line items at an estimated cost of $95,641,000 in the classified section of this program. All of these items will be presented to you in detail later in executive session. I have discussed the foregoing projects without intent to detract from the remaining items in the program. I have mentioned these rather to highlight some of the major requirements of this program. The others, although smaller in scope, remain vital and necessary to assure a balanced Shore Establishment of the Navy in support of our current missions.

Family housing is one of my specific areas of responsibility and interest. As you know, the Navy centralized management of all aspects of family housing in one office 3 years ago. This has been an advantageous, effective, and efficient consolidation. We have direct control of our houses and we know what they cost to maintain and operate. We know where our money goes, whether for operating services, utilities, repair or alterations, and improvements. We have gained experience in what these functions should cost, and are able to exercise management direction resulting in increased efficiency or reduced costs. We are also in a better position to evaluate where new housing is required consistent with the long-range need.

In this year's program we are requesting authorization for construction totaling $81.2 million for family housing. This includes: construction of 4,597 family units of which 3,694 require new authorization and 903 were previously authorized. Also included are provision for 172 trailer spaces, and improvements to 3,604 public quarters. The total Navy housing deficit approved by the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1964-68 is 23,326 domestic, 1,886 foreign, for a total of 25,122 units. To meet this deficit we are programing 4,597 units this year.

In addition we are, in accordance with section 507 of Public Law 87-554, requesting authorization for appropriation of an additional $109,6 million for maintenance and operation, improvements, debt payments, and so forth.

Retention of unneeded real estate and facilities constitutes one of the largest hidden costs in Navy and Defense operations. Consequently, the Department of the Navy is participating in a permanent program of inspection and review of defense installations. In addition to this review, the Chief of Naval Operations conducts annual analyses of the missions and tasks assigned to the Navy installations. These actions have permitted certain consolidations and closures. In summary, I should like to say that the importance of an adequate Shore Establishment has been magnified many times by the needs of the fleet in operating and maintaining modern weapons systems. We believe that the construction program being presented today will assist materially in advancing the capability of our existing Shore Establishment to meet the demands of the fleet.

(Statements referred to follow :)

STATEMENT OF HON. KENNETH E. BeLIEU, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS)

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I appreciate the opportunity and distinct privilege of appearing again before this committee to present the Department of the Navy's request for $265,567,000 in new authorization for military construction for 1964. This includes $17,500,000 for emergency authorization and $5,700,000 for the Reserve forces. We are also requesting authorization for new construction totaling $81.2 million. This includes 903 family housing units previously authorized ($15.4 million) and 3,694 new units for 1964 ($65.8 million).

As in recent years, the overall program is designed to support the fleet striking force, submarine warfare including POLARIS, antisubmarine warfare, Marine Corps combat forces, communications, and research and development programs. Included is a modest effort at the replacement of many of our seriously outdated personnel facilities related to the Department of Defense basic programs. This military construction program is broken down as follows:

The requirements expressed in this program have been subjected to searching reviews within the Department of the Navy and, within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Bureau of Budget. It is our considered opinion that the program is hard core and represents the minimum necessary to support our current operating requirements.

I would now like to comment upon some of the major line items of this program.

There are included in the program nine line items at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla., at a total estimated cost of $8,031,000. The largest single item of this is for a 2,000-foot runway extension with the necessary land acquisition. In order to improve the overall quality of operations at the U.S. Naval Academy we propose authorization this year of three line items in a total amount of $13,439,000. This includes $5,219,000 for the fourth and final increment for the rehabilitation of Bancroft Hall, $7,600,000 for a science building, and land acquisition at $620,000. The last two projects are the results of a comprehensive study of the curriculum and facilities at the Naval Academy, and represent the first increment of a much-needed improvement program to be presented to you over the next several years with an estimated additional cost of $24,860,000.

At the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Md., we propose a structural mechanics laboratory at an estimated cost of $3,811,000. This laboratory permits the Navy to develop the designs of naval vessels having maximum operating effectiveness, maneuverability, propulsion efficiency, and damage resistance. There have been remarkable advances in this art and science in recent years with an increase in the numbers of personnel assigned to this important work, for example, we have developed the capability of simulating nuclear blast overpressures and techniques for measuring the effect of these overpressures and related shock and vibration on full-size structural members of naval vessels. This item will permit a more complete exploitation of these recent developments. We continue the modernization of our existing naval shipyards by proposing a project at the Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., for deepening of drydock No. 2 at an estimated cost of $5,382,000. This drydock is now unsuited to deepdraft vessels and cannot be used efficiently. Specifically, this project will permit its use for the overhaul of nuclear and POLARIS submarines.

Our research and development items include a request for $6,730,000 for three line items at the Naval Research Laboratory, District of Columbia, including a sector focusing cyclotron and an operations and technical services building amounting to $3,484,000. These items are urgently needed to permit the Naval Research Laboratory, a world-renowned research institution, to maintain its competence in today's scientific environment.

At the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Md., we are requesting a hypervelocity wind tunnel at a cost of $6,173,000. This wind tunnel represents a state-of-the-art technological advancement and would be unique in the Department of Defense. It will provide experimental information of the aerothermodynamic behavior and aerodynamic stability of vehicles flying in the upper atmosphere. The requirement for this facility has been thoroughly coordinated within the NASA-DOD complex, and it was concluded that the proposed facility is urgently required and complements and extends the existing wind tunnel capabilities of this country.

The Marine Corps portion of this program is composed of 29 line items at a total estimated cost of $11,810,000. Of the total funds requested $5,675,000 is for construction projects at five continental activities. The remainder of the program, $6,135,000, is for projects at Camp Butler, Okinawa. The projects at the five continental activities are essentially facilities for the training of personnel, combat equipment maintenance facilities, and personnel support. The Okinawa projects constitute an additional increment in the development and construction of facilities for the 3d Marine Division. The projects requested for Okinawa will permit the Marine Corps to proceed with the orderly and phased development of safe, economical, and typhoon-resistant facilities for the 3d Marine Division.

In addition to the items discussed above, we propose a total of 87 line items at an estimated cost of $95,641,000 in the classified section of this program. All of these items will be presented to you in detail later in executive session. I have discussed the foregoing projects without intent to detract from the remaining items in the program. I have mentioned these rather to highlight some of the major requirements of this program. The others, although smaller in scope, remain vital and necessary to assure a balanced Shore Establishment of the Navy in support of our current missions.

Family housing is one of my specific areas of responsibility and interest. As you know, the Navy centralized management of all aspects of family housing in one office 3 years ago. This has been an advantageous, effective, and efficient consolidation. We have direct control of our houses and we know what they cost to maintain and operate. We know where our money goes, whether for operating services, utilities, repair or alterations, and improvements. We have gained experience in what these functions should cost, and are able to exercise management direction resulting in increased efficiency or reduced costs. We are also in a better position to evaluate where new housing is required consistent with the long-range need.

In this year's program we are requesting authorization for construction totaling $81.2 million for family housing. This includes: construction of 4,597 family units of which 3,694 require new authorization and 903 were previously authorized. Also included are provision for 172 trailer spaces, and improvements to 3,604 public quarters. The total Navy housing deficit approved by the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1964-68 is 23,326 domestic, 1,886 foreign, for a total of 25,122 units. To meet this deficit we are programing 4,597 units this year.

In addition we are, in accordance with section 507 of Public Law 87-554, requesting authorization for appropriation of an additional $109,6 million for maintenance and operation, improvements, debt payments, and so forth.

Retention of unneeded real estate and facilities constitutes one of the largest hidden costs in Navy and Defense operations. Consequently, the Department of the Navy is participating in a permanent program of inspection and review of defense installations. In addition to this review, the Chief of Naval Operations conducts annual analyses of the missions and tasks assigned to the Navy installations. These actions have permitted certain consolidations and closures. In summary, I should like to say that the importance of an adequate Shore Establishment has been magnified many times by the needs of the fleet in operating and maintaining modern weapons systems. We believe that the construction program being presented today will assist materially in advancing the capability of our existing Shore Establishment to meet the demands of the fleet.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you and the members of the committee for your kind attention and may I say again, that it is always a privilege to be here. I, of course, shall be happy to answer, to the best of my ability, any questions the committee has; if not, Adm. John Sylvester, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), will continue with the Navy's presentation.

STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR LOGISTICS VICE ADM. JOHN SYLVESTER, U.S. NAVY

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a pleasure to meet with you again and to present, in summary, the Navy's military construction program for fiscal year 1964 and its basic justification.

Our entire program, this year, as in the past, has been prepared to meet the needs of the operating forces. It supports the fleet, directly and indirectly. As before, we have endeavored to attain the proper balance between direct support of the fleet, immediate and clear in its effect, and the indirect support which is less dramatic but equally necessary in its contribution to our tasks and progress.

The complexity of modern sea warfare, its speed, range, and changing weapons, has emphasized the need for adequate indirect support. Training in new skills, research at all levels, the retention of capable men, deeper harbors, and improved waterfront facilities for fleet units are among the essentials for support of our ready forces.

The men and women of the Navy are the key element of our strength, but because of their own strength-moral, physical, and intellectual-and their dedication, support of these fine people, all too frequently, has not kept pace with requirements. Too often it has been necessary to postpone the basic needs of men in order to meet the pressing demands for material.

We are asking again this year, for the authority and funds to provide acceptable housing, messing, and facilities for healthful activity for our people, particularly our single officers and men. Too many of them still live and eat in barracks, BOQ's, and messhalls which in some cases are below the quality of those provided by many of the States for felons.

Most of our program, this year, is for direct fleet support, through the construction of facilities for which the need has been developed by experience. Berthing for ships, runways, and shops for aircraft, facilities for the operation and maintenance of our expanding POLARIS program, and improved communications for command control, are vital parts of this program.

The modernization of the Shore Establishment is being accomplished by careful planning in phase with our needs. At the same time we are accomplishing the replacement of buildings and utilities which are deteriorated by long life and hard usage. A backlog in these replacements, which include personnel support facilities, still remains with us in appreciable scope.

I am pleased to state that in my opinion the planning processes introduced in recent years has been most productive in the refinement of our construction requirements. Under this system each item has withstood a searching review within the Navy, the Department of Defense, and the Bureau of the Budget. These reviews have subjected each line item to detailed examination in justification of its individual worth and its value within the overall program. We have, I believe, achieved the best possible balance in the support provided the various segments of our forces.

The 1964 program supports the following Department of Defense programs: Program I, strategic retaliatory forces, $3,426,000: This includes the fleet ballistic missile forces support facilities. These facilities will further enhance our ability to retaliate immediately and effectively from secure positions. Included in this program are support facilities at various installations at the Charleston, S.C., naval complex in the amount of $1,762,000.

Program II, continental air and missile defense forces, $4,608,000: This includes facilities to support an oceanographic research system and associated communications for defense, if need be, against the formidable Soviet submarine threat. Program III, general purpose forces, $112,159,000: Line items included in this program are for facilities to support operations of the fleet in order that we may maintain our strength to control the seas. Included in this program are facilities amounting to $17,459,000 to help maintain the readiness of our anti

submarine warfare forces and attack carrier air groups. This program also contains facilities amounting to $16,785,000 in support of marine bases, activities and aircraft wings. Fleet support bases, stations, and activities to support ships, aircraft, and other weapons systems will receive facilities improvements through this program in the amount of $69,806,000. Other units supported in this program are submarines (other than POLARIS type), patrol aircraft squadrons, amphibious assault forces, special combat support forces, and operational control centers. Within this program is $11,529,000 for the development and consolidation of Navy installations in Puerto Rico.

Program VI, research and development, $35,079,000: This will provide for those new and expanded facilities required to further our technological progress. Without an aggressive research and development program and its recognized contribution to national defense, our Navy would soon fall dangerously behind in technological progress. A major part of this program is $7,669,000 for the Pacific Missile Range to provide facilities to enhance our world position in this very important field of military endeavor.

Program VII, general support, $87,095,000: This program provides for the overall logistic support of the operating forces. Included in this program is $7,595,000 for recruit, technical, professional, and flight training support facilities. These facilities are required so that we can train our personnel in the operations of the highly complex ships and weapons of the moderen Navy. Included in this program is $50,950,000 for communications, intelligence, and security facilities. Rapid and reliable communication is a vital necessity for effective command and control systems for our present day Navy and an important aspect of our overall deterrent capability. Other important general support facilities are the improvements of the Naval Academy, headquarters and command support, procurement and supply operations, medical facilities, emergency command post afloat, and public works facilities.

Our 1964 military construction program is one essential to meet our most urgent needs. I request your favorable consideration. Admiral Pressey, the head of our Shore Activities Development and Control Division is with me to present the details of our program. I am prepared to furnish you additional information if you so desire or to answer your questions.

STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR, SHORE ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL DIVISION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, REAR ADM. GEORGE W. PRESSEY, U.S. NAVY

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I welcome the opportunity to testify before this committee on the military construction program of the Navy for fiscal year 1964.

We are recommending new authorization in the amount of $241,734,000 for specific line items.

The various line items that will be considered by the committee, support one or more of the following Department of Defense programs:

There are 10 facilities classes included in the Navy's program this year. These are sponsored by the chiefs of the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department, including the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

In this statement, I propose to comment on, and to summarize briefly, the content of each section of title II, the portion of the bill devoted solely to Navy and Marine Corps shore activities. I am prepared to testify later on the details. Section 201, the unclassified portion of the bill, would authorize projects at various locations. The total amount inside the United States is $134,429,000; and the amount for oversea locations is $11,664,000. All oversea line items have