CARD DIVISION INVESTIGATION OF MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS JOHN J. RILEY, South Carolina, Chairman FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin PART 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations Monograph (Incomplete) INVESTIGATION OF MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS - 11. S. Congress. Houss. HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 96640 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS JOHN J. RILEY, South Carolina, Chairman FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin PART 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 1952 AX15 1952€ COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico E. H. HEDRICK, West Virginia PRINCE H. PRESTON, JR., Georgia OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH, New York SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio EARL WILSON, Indiana NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania FRED G. AANDAHL, North Dakota GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk REAR ADM. JOSEPH F. JELLEY, CEC, USN, CHIEF, BUREAU OF YARDS CAPT. D. B. VENTRES, CEC, USNR, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL, COMMANDER J. A. STELGER, CEC, USN, DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING H. C. SULLIVAN, HEAD, ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING AND SITE S. B. GLENN, PROJECT MANAGER, AVIATION FACILITIES BRANCH B. J. KATZ, MANAGER, CONTRACTS BRANCH COMMANDER J. HENRY ETTER, JR., CEC, USN, STAFF OFFICER, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND RE- CARLOS R. BOSS, BUDGET ANALYST, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER, INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN Mr. RILEY. The purposes of this subcommittee on military public works for the armed forces are to obtain information and to analyze the use of the appropriations that have heretofore been made, and to consider the justification of the appropriations which are to be asked We have had certain investigations made by trained investigators whose sole purpose has been to get the actual facts in the matter. I think that all of us recognize the fact that the American public is carrying a tremendous tax load at present. I have never seen the |