the runway to the operations building and a parking apron for search and rescue helicopters, are included as parts of this line item.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, CHERRY POINT, N.C.

Admiral CHEW. The second project, consisting of two line items for a total of $1,611,000, is at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N.C. This is the major east coast Marine Corps air station, and is comparable, in many respects, to a Navy master jet station.

The first line item is for replacement of aircraft parking apron at the estimated cost of $316,000. The existing parking apron for the planned aircraft loading is acceptable insofar as area alone is concerned. However, approximately 25,400 square yards of the existing 302,000 square yards of apron is flexible pavement which has become badly deteriorated. It is needed for parking 22 tactical jet fighter and one transport aircraft. The high temperature of jet blasts has disintegrated the pavement with the result that loose pavement particles are sucked into the engines. This damages the engines and may cause plane crashes and loss of life. The proposed line item will provide for replacement of the deteriorated flexible pavement with rigid pavement.

The second line item is for extension of utility lines at the estimated cost of $1,295,000. This item is urgently required to provide utilities to buildings recently completed or now under construction. Buildings in the overhaul and repair, Navy supply and public works areas are dependent on this item to meet their steam requirements for heat and industrial functions. The mains supplying the family housing and BOQ areas of the station have become so saturated by new lateral feeders that the fire protection, telephone, and electric services have become inadequate. Voltage fluctuation now disrupts the operation of navigational aids and operations facilities. Extension of the various utility lines as proposed under this line item will correct the serious deficiencies.

Senator STENNIS. Well, are the old ones worn out, or do you just need do you have an expansion program, or what would cause that? Admiral CHEW. It is a combination of both, but generally expansion within the area to take care of the additional facilities.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

Admiral CHEW. All right, sir.
Senator STENNIS. Next item.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, EL TORO, CALIF.

Admiral CHEW. The third project is at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif., for relocation of powerlines and road at the estimated cost of $558,000. This is the west coast counterpart of the Cherry Point Station. The main runway from which 75 percent of the airfield operations are conducted, has been lengthened in recent years to accommodate the modern, high performance jet aircraft assigned to the station. Powerlines traverse an area dangerously close to the southeasterly end of this runway. The powerlines and a station

road are also close to the westerly end of the other main runway of the station. The powerlines seriously jeopardize pilots engaged in flight operations and have been directly involved in several major aircraft accidents. The road involved is about 1,200 feet from the end of the runway. It has been crossed many times by overrunning aircraft, endangering lives and property. The proposed relocation of the facilities will eliminate these dangers.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE BAY, OAHU, HAWAII

Admiral CHEW. The final unclassified project in this group is at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, for modification to aircraft fuel facility at the estimated cost of $397,000. This line item is required as a safety of flight measure, the same purpose as the two items I previously described for the naval air stations at Alameda and Quonset Point. It will provide for changing the jet fuel storage from the existing aqua system to a pumped system, to eliminate the danger of dispensing jet fuel with water in suspension. The existing tanks, installed in 1941, have become so corroded that their further usefulness has been impaired. Therefore, in addition to the installation of pumping station, above and underground fuel pipelines, this line item will also include construction of two tanks, each of 27,000 barrels capacity, to replace the existing corroded tanks.

Senator STENNIS. We about have that throughout the world, though, made modern, do we not, fuel facilities?

Admiral CHEW. We do indeed, sir; and it is a very vitally needed safety item.

Senator STENNIS. All right. Next item.

(SPECIAL PURPOSE STATIONS)

Admiral CHEW. The fourth and final group of projects in the class of naval weapons facilities inside the United States, is for specialpurpose stations. Included in this group are four unclassified line items at three stations for a total of $3,788,000. These are covered in section 201 of the bill. The other projects in this group are classified. They consist of nine line items at two stations for $5,911,000. These stations support the Navy's research, development, test, and evaluation program. A line item at one of these activities, in classified status, is for ordnance functions. The remaining line items are at aeronautical activities.

NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER, JOHNSVILLE, PA.

The first project is at the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa., for an inertial guidance test facility at the estimated cost of $1,334,000. Recent advances in the development of inertial navigation and guidance for missiles, air-breathing pilotless aircraft, piloted aircraft, surface ships, and submarines, has resulted in remarkable improvements in accuracy. The major, and important, value of this equipment is that the guidance system, once set in motion, cannot be jammed or affected by countermeasures. To achieve this accuracy and reliability, extreme sensitiveness to acceleration is necessary in the

equipment. The proposed line item will provide a unique, shockproof structure, built in a remote area of the station on one of the most stable rock formations in the North American Continent. Although commercial facilities of a similar type are available, they are not capable of testing to the degree of accuracy required. This Navy facility will be used to test and check the fully assembled equipment and its components, to insure that the manufacturers actually meet the exact specifications. This should result in lessening the number of rejects and eventually, to lower cost of the product.

Senator STENNIS. What does it have to do with aviation medicine? You have something on page 30 about aviation medicine.

Admiral CHEW. This has nothing to do, Mr. Chairman, with aviation medicine. This is the test of equipment.

NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, MD.

The next project is at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., for replacement of the heating plant high temperature water system at the estimated cost of $2,116,000. Included as the chief component of the station is the Naval Air Test Center, which has for its mission the testing and evaluation of aircraft and their various parts. The capacity of the central heating plant is less than 70 percent of the total heating load. Excessive corrosion in four of the old boilers; inadequate circulating pump capacity; and lack of accumulators and controls, all contribute to an expensive and unreliable operation. Six separately located, hand-fired boilers have been salvaged from scrap in an attempt to meet heating loads. Excessive tonnage of coal is burned because of the inefficient heating plant and excessive losses in the steam distribution system. These critical conditions will be overcome only upon installation of the proposed improvements.

NAVAL MISSILE CENTER, POINT MUGU, CALIF.

The third project consists of two line items at the estimated cost of $338,000 for the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, Calif. This station conducts tests and evaluation of guided missiles and systems and supports the Pacific missile range.

The first line item is for stabilization of runway end zone at the estimated cost of $264,000. This is similar to the line item for the naval air station at Oceana which I discussed earlier in this hearing, except that the soil here is coarse, noncompacted material which is incapable of safely supporting the high performance aircraft operating at this station. A stabilized area about 1,000 feet beyond the southerly end of the northeast-southwest runway will be built up of compacted, select material and sealed with asphalt. A culvert will be constructed under the fill for proper drainage; and a short blast pad of soil cement will be provided to minimize erosion of the earth by jet engine exhausts.

The second line item is on the San Nicolas Island Annex to the Missile Center for improvements to electrical distribution at the estimated cost of $74,000. The electrical demands of new equipment in existing and planned facilities are considerably greater than the present distribution system can safely accept. The voltage drops which result from this condition will cause reduction in the output of trans

mitter equipment, a loss in antenna energy, a decrease in electronic equipment sensitivity, and a decrease in the reliability of test data. Replacement of the undersized distribution lines with larger cable, and related improvements in the system, are essential for proper operation of the island facilities. The Missile Center as well as the Pacific missile range are dependent on the island facilities for much of the important work being undertaken at these activities.

Senator STENNIS. I think that is a small request.
Admiral CHEW. It is similar to previous items.

Senator STENNIS. I thought you would have a larger program for Point Mugu this year. You had a large one last year.

Admiral CHEW. This is for the Naval Missile Center as differentiated from the Pacific missile range itself. We have a program for that, but it is not in any way as large as it was last year, sir. Senator STENNIS. All right. Next item.

SUPPLY FACILITIES

Admiral CHEW. Mr. Chairman, the next class of facilities in the Navy's program is supply facilities. This group includes five line items at four stations, all in the United States, at a total cost of $1,351,000. One of these line items, costing $248,000, is classified and is included in section 202 of the bill. Supply centers, depots, agencies, and offices discharge the basic functions of determination, procurement, and distribution of Navy material requirements. These activities are responsible for the timely replenishment of combatant and mobile support ships wherever deployed, as well as for furnishing material requirements to naval installations such as shipyards, operating bases, air stations, and so forth.

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS,

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The first project is at the offices of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, District of Columbia, for alterations to existing office space for electronic data-processing machine installation, or EDPM, as it is called, at the estimated cost of $85,000. This is the headquarters of the Navy's supply system. Since the Bureau is engaged in managing things rather than producing them, the EDPM is required for the effective and efficient maintenance and reporting of Bureau appropriation accounting and other accrued expenditures, financial inventory control, manpower information, stores accounting, budget preparation, and related recordkeeping for both material and operating management functions. Available space at the headquarters in the Navy Annex will be altered to accommodate the EDPM. This planned tape-operated system will provide the speed, flexibility, and accuracy essential to the functions and operations of the Bureau. Senator STENNIS. Yes. Next item.

NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER, NORFOLK, VA.

Admiral CHEW. The next project is at the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., for humidity control for warehouses at the estimated

cost of $151,000. This center, the east coast counterpart of the Naval Supply Center at Oakland, is the Atlantic Fleet's major continental supply support base. The project will be for the conversion of three existing warehouses to controlled humidity storage space. This storage space will protect electronic, ordnance, and ship repair parts and equipment, valued at approximately $68 million, from the damaging effects of uncontrolled atmospheric humidity. This will reduce periodic inspections, reduce preservation and cyclic represervation requirements, provide a holding area where material deterioration will be retarded, and continuously maintain materials in the same condition as they are received. The effectiveness and value of this system has been proven by Navy experience.

Senator STENNIS. Next item.

NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER, OAKLAND, CALIF.

Admiral CHEW. The third project is at the Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif. This center is the primary material distribution point in support of the Pacific Fleet and the Pacific theater of operations. The unclassified line item at this center is for construction of sewage collection lines at the estimated cost of $358,000. There are 20 sources of sewage within the center which discharge directly into San Francisco Bay in violation of a California State law. Executive Order 10014 of 1948 directs compliance with State laws relative to the abatement of pollution of waterways. The proposed line item will correct this condition by construction of new sewer lines for collecting the raw sewage from these 20 sources, by modernization of two existing sewage pumping stations, and provision of two new pumping stations to convey the sewage to the existing trunk sewer of the municipal sewage treatment system.

Senator STENNIS. Yes; I am familiar with that.

All right. Let us proceed. You are on page 37.
Admiral CHEW. Right, sir.

NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

The final unclassified project in this group is at the Naval Supply Depot, San Diego, Calif., for construction of boat storage sheds at the estimated cost of $509,000. This center is the principal west coast issuing and receiving activity for small boats needed for amphibious operations, personnel and cargo use, and shore patrol. The storage sheds are required to protect over 280 wooden boats from rapid deterioration due to sun, rain, fog, and condensation. The protection of the sheds will reduce the excessive deterioration, increase average life expectancy about 7 years, reduce maintenance and repair, and protect equipment in the boats.

I might add, sir, this is the only item on our authorization program that does not appear on our funding program.

Senator STENNIS. You are not going to ask for money?

Admiral CHEW. We are not asking for money for this one, sir. Senator STENNIS. All right.

Admiral CHEW. Mr. Chairman, with your permission, I shall relinquish my place to the next witness, Major General Allen, who is pres