posal plant which is a first step in the elimination of the serious pollution of Pearl Harbor. The plant will be in operation by December

1963.

This item will authorize the transfer of funds to the local governments to reimburse them for the extra costs incurred in enlarging the municipal plant sufficiently to handle Navy sewage. Second and third increments will provide for modification of the Navy system to collect and deliver sewage to the municipal plant. The total estimated cost of the complete modification of the Navy system is $1,246,000.

NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER,
PORT HUENEME, CALIF.

The final project in this facilities class, and the final unclassified project inside the United States, is at the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. It includes two line items for a total amount of $1,490,000. This activity supports the Pacific Naval Construction Forces, providing storage for advance base and mobilization reserve stocks and training in construtcion fields for the Navy Seabees. It also supports the Pacific Missile Range.

The first item is for the "Reconstruction of wharf 6" at the estimated cost of $1,320,000. Wharf 6 is one of five deep-water Navy wharves in the Port Hueneme Harbor. Wharves 2, 5, and 6 are of timber construction and have been reduced in structural strength to less than one-fifth of their designed capacity by action of marine borers and extensive dry rot. Wharves 2 and 6 have been condemned and closed to all traffic. Wharf 5 is used only on a day-to-day restricted load basis. Reconstruction of wharves 2 and 5 will be included in future programs in order to restore the port to full operating capability. This port is strategically located north of Los Angeles near the Pacific Missile Range installations at Point Mugu and Point Arguello. It provides key logistic support to missile range operations and performs large-scale outloading in the continual deployment and support of the naval construction battalions.

The final line item is for "Extension of water supply system" at the estimated cost of $170,000. It will provide for construction of necessary waterlines to connect with a high capacity United Water Conservation District treatment plant. The existing water supply for the Naval Construction Battalion Center consists of 10 wells, 4 of which have been abandoned because of salt water intrusion, plus service from a low-capacity United Water Conservation District plant limited to 30 percent of the Center's requirement. Water is being drawn from the ground surrounding the Center faster than it is being replaced. Another United Water Conservation District plant can supply 100 percent of the Center's needs from a different underground source if this item is accomplished, without causing further salt water encroachment. If the item is not provided, the conservation district will be unable to supply more than 30 percent of the water requirements of the Center and the remaining 70 percent must come from wells which have a very limited future as sources of potable water.

OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

BUREAU OF SHIPS FACILITIES

U.S. NAVAL STATION, SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

The next group of projects are at U.S. installations outside the United States. The first facilities class is Bureau of Ships Facilities, which consist of 13 classified line items at 5 locations for $9,415,000 and 1 unclassified line item for a brig at the U.S. Naval Station, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, at the estimated cost of $255,000. The latter project is included in program III for support of general purpose forces. The naval station provides general logistic support of the fleet and other naval activities in the area.

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The existing naval confinement facilities at the Naval Station, Subic Bay, consist of four deteriorated quonset huts whose facilities do not meet established space and security requirements. Ventilation poor and the cells are frequently damp, especially during the tropical rainy season when the surrounding ground becomes flooded. Confinement in these facilities is hazardous to the health of the naval and marine prisoners and offers minimal opportunity for their rehabilitation. This is one of the worst brigs in the Naval Establishment. The brig at the Naval Station, Sangley Point, is in practically the same poor condition.

This line item will provide for consolidation of the functions of the 2 deteriorated brigs in a new 50-man brig at the Naval Station, Subic Bay, and permit the razing of the old brigs. This action will result in annual savings, estimated at $19,500, through reductions in operating and maintenance costs.

NAVAL WEAPONS FACILITIES

The second class for oversea installations is "Naval weapons facilities." Included in this category are 10 unclassified line items at 6 locations for the total amount of $2,802,000. These items are included in program III for support of general purpose forces. This class also includes 30 classified items at 4 locations for a total of $18,156,000.

NAVAL STATION, ARGENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND,

CANADA

The first project is at the Naval Station, Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada. It includes two line items for $1,365,000. This station is an all-weather field which supports airborne early warning barrier aircraft, antisubmarine warfare aircraft, the International Ice Patrol, and Coast Guard rescue aircraft. It is also an important refueling stop for military aircraft en route to and from Europe.

The first line item is for airfield lighting at the estimated cost of $998,000. Due to severe foul weather conditions at this field, approach lighting is mandatory for all-weather operations. Portions of the present lighting system have been severly damaged or destroyed by ice formation, winds, and wave action. The only runway of ade

quate length extends from a point close to the ocean beach on one end to the shoreline of the bay on the other. Consequently, this limits the length of the parallel rows of the approach lighting to 1,500 feet. Approximately 1,000 feet can be built inboard and the remaining 500 feet must be built on steel and concrete piers extending into the water. The second line item is for a bowling alley at the estimated cost of $367,000. Due to the severely inclement winter weather at this station, indoor sports provide the only recreation available for the physical training and morale of assigned military personnel and dependents during 9 months of the year. The majority of the existing bowling lanes were built in 1942-43 and are so badly worn that further sanding is not possible. There is no local community to provide this vitally needed recreation. The nearest city, St. Johns, is 90 miles away and transportation is infrequent and expensive. This item will provide for erection of a prefabricated building and installation of 12 bowling lanes for the wholesome recreation of the 4,500 personnel composing the military and civilian population of the station, including dependents.

MARINE CORPS AIR FACILITY, FUTEMA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS

The next project is at the Marine Corps Air Facility, Futema, Okinawa. It consists of a single line item for an instruction building at the estimated cost of $202,000. This building will be used in providing basic training to military personnel and indoctrinating military and civilian personnel in such courses as safety, leadership, moral guidance, and other professional development courses. The classrooms will be used to train the locally hired civilians in spoken and written English, naval correspondence, and supervisory development. At present, these courses of training are conducted wherever the personnel can be assembled without too much interference with normal work routines-in shops, hangars, barracks, or outdoors. This line item will permit a planned and orderly training program which will be much more effective than the present facilities will allow.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, IWAKUNI, JAPAN

The third project is at the Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. It consists of three line items for a total of $287,000.

The first line item is an aircraft truck fueling facility at the estimated cost of $65,000. This station dispenses a monthly average of 2,600,000 gallons of JP-5 jet fuel and 450,000 gallons of aviation gasoline. The existing fueling facility consists of a single truck fill stand with two outlets, one for jet fuel and one for aviation gasoline. One of the station missions is to provide aviation fuels to squadrons assigned to the 1st Marine Air Wing, the Navy Fleet Air Wing 6, and other smaller aviation units which have a total of 118 aircraft. The high rate of fuel loading, especially the peakloads imposed when a visiting carrier air group is aboard, can be met for short periods only by utilizing facilities to their maximum. Safety requires a separate truck fill stand for each product dispensed. The proposed line item will provide for construction of a second truck fill stand, thereby alleviating the heavy peakloads and satisfying safety criteria.

The second line item is a receiver building at the estimated cost of $129,000. Home ported at Iwakuni are Marine squadrons, Navy patrol squadrons, and a Japanese instrument training squadron. Also using this field are transient aircraft and occasional carrier air groups. Since the area is under instrument conditions 25 percent of the time, and is located in mountainous terrain, it is imperative that radio communications between aircraft and ground facilities be efficient and reliable. The present radio equipment is a piecemeal installation erected to meet temporary necessities of various past users of the field. The antenna systems are in a congested mass on the control tower roof. This causes distorted radio patterns, reduced efficiency and unreliable communications. The present manually operated emergency power requires 5 minutes to get into operation-a delay which could be disastrous under actual instrument conditions. The proposed line item will correct the present deficiencies by construction of a separate receiver building, antennas and emergency generator with automatic start-stop device.

The final line item is for an aircraft systems training building at the estimated cost of $93,000. This is the fifth such facility included in the program. An aviation training unit has been established at this station to provide training devices, training aids, instrument flight, and antisubmarine warfare ground training facilities support for the aviation units assigned. At present, equipment and classrooms are located in small, makeshift spaces. However, there are no available facilities to house the additional aircraft systems mockups and trainers needed to provide an adequate training program. This line item will allow conversion of two existing buildings to satisfy the training requirements.

NAVAL STATION, MIDWAY ISLANDS

Admiral PRESSEY. The next project is at the Naval Station, Midway Islands. It consists of two line items for the total amount of $581,000. The first line item is for a gymnasium at the estimated cost of $81,000. An adequate recreational program is necessary at this remote island, which has no civilian community, to provide physical training and for recreational purposes. The existing gymnasium occupies a portion of a galley built in World War II. This building has been deteriorated by dry rot, termites, and the corrosion of weather. The floor has "dead" spots, some columns have been eaten completely through, the metal siding is badly corroded, and the roof is too low to allow normal basketball playing. No other structure on the island is available for conversion to gymnasium use. The proposed line item will provide for construction of a steel frame, corrugated metal covered building specially designed as a gymnasium for physical recreation.

The second line item is for elimination of the albatross hazard at this station at the estimated cost of $500,000. Seventeen WC-121 (Super Constellation) aircraft operate from the Midway airfield as part of the distant early warning line. The field is also used extensively by transient aircraft. Collisions with the albatross which inhabit the island are a constant threat to safety. Numerous studies by

wildlife experts have shown that elimination of the bird's habitat by paving the concentrated nesting areas, is the most effective way of removing the birds from the runway areas. This line item will provide for seal coating-soil-cement stabilization of the concentrated nesting areas near the principal runway.

NAVAL AIR FACILITY, NAPLES, ITALY

The next project is at the Naval Air Facility, Naples, Italy. It consists of one line item, an aircraft parking apron, at the estimated cost of $310,000. This station has 30 aircraft permanently assigned and must support a daily average of 43 transient aircraft. Only part of the present aircraft parking areas are concrete pavement. Other areas are pierced-steel planking laid on the ground. At times aircraft are parked on the grass. The increasing numbers of heavier aircraft and the increasing susceptibility of aircraft engines to foreign object damage dictate that modern aircraft be parked on paved apron. Due to increased usage by civilian airlines, the civilian portion of the field's parking apron is no longer available for emergency use by the Navy. The station has a requirement for 83,700 square yards of aircraft parking apron, but has only 20,700 square yards which are adequate. This line item will provide for construction of 25,000 square yards of additional pavement.

NAVAL STATION, SANGLEY POINT, REPUBLIC OF

PHILIPPINES

The next project is at the Naval Station, Sangley Point, Republic of Philippines. It consists of one line item, extension of the telephone exchange, at the estimated cost of $57,000. This item will modernize the exchange by installation of automatic equipment to replace the existing manual switchboard and result in more efficient telephone service. This will allow the release of six operators and will reduce equipment maintenance costs to produce an estimated saving of $13,000 annually.

MARINE CORPS FACILITIES (OVERSEA ACTIVITIES)

General BATTELL. The Marine Corps program includes 3 projects, comprising 21 line items totaling $6,135,000, to be located in 3 camps at 1 oversea installation. These facilities are required for housing the division headquarters and related units of a combat division.

CAMP SMEDLEY D. BUTLER (CAMP COURTNEY)

Mr. Chairman, this project is outlined on pages 110c through 110g of the program book. It is the third increment of the Division Headquarters Facility, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, and comprises five line items totaling $702,000. This item is designed to provide adequate, permanent, typhoon-resistant facilities to house and support the division headquarters and related supporting units of a combat-ready Fleet Marine Force Division. Certain of these units are currently operating in typhoon-ravaged quonset- and Butler-type buildings, which are extremely dangerous to personnel working therein. These facilities were