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UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

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H. R. 9131

AN ACT MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1958, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WASHINGTON: 1957

The committee met, at 10:30 a. m., pursuant to call, in room F-37 of the Capitol, Hon. Carl Hayden, chairman, presiding.

Present: Chairman Hayden and Senators Ellender, Thye, Dworshak, and Potter.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO RYUKYU ISLANDS

STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. C. K. GAILEY, CHIEF, OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF OF CIVIL AFFAIRS AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AC-
COMPANIED BY RODERICK GILLIES, DEPUTY CIVIL ADMINIS-
TRATOR, USCAR; STUART T. BARON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMICS
AND FINANCE, USCAR; W. F. PINCKERT, POWER DIRECTOR,
UNITED STATES ARMY, RYUKYU ISLANDS; OSCAR MEIER,
DEPUTY CHIEF, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BRANCH, ECONOM-
ICS DIVISION, OCAMG; HENRY WOHL, CHIEF, ECONOMICS
BRANCH, ECONOMICS DIVISION, OCAMG; JOSEPH S. HARBISON,
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION, OCAMG; W. E. NOWELL, BUDGET
OFFICER, OCAMG; AND LT. COL. JAMES J. GIBBONS, MILITARY
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

GENERAL STATEMENT

Chairman HAYDEN. The committee will be in order.

We have for consideration today two appropriation items under the Department of Army relating to the Ryukyu Islands. The first one is administration, and the second one is a new one, construction of power systems. The first witness this morning is Gen. C. K. Gailey, Chief, Office of the Chief of Civil Affairs and Military Government, Department of the Army. You may proceed, General.

You have a prepared statement. Do you want to read that, or do you want to highlight it?

General GAILEY. Sir, I have a prepared statement. If it meets with your pleasure, I would like to read it, sir.

Chairman HAYDEN. You may proceed.

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