ECONOMICS OF DEFENSE PROCUREMENT:

SHIPBUILDING CLAIMS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

PRIORITIES AND ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT

OF THE

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

PART 3

MAY 19 AND SEPTEMBER 8, 1978, AND JANUARY 3 AND 4, 1979

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CONTENTS

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1978

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement.......

Ballato, Charles J., pipefitter, Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corp., Groton, Conn...

Eno, Stanley W., Jr., independent labor relations consultant and former

industrial relations manager and supervisor of labor relations, Electric

Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn.___

Camara, Albert, president, Local No. 1871, International Association of

Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Groton, Conn..

Weicker, Hon. Lowell P., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut-

Bryan, Vice Adm. C. R., USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command,

accompanied by Rear Adm. F. F. Manganaro, USN, Chairman of Navy

Claims Settlement Board, Naval Material Command; Rear Adm.

J. H. Webber, USN, Deputy Commander, Submarine Directorate,

Naval Sea Systems Command; and Robert Storey, Assistant Division

Director, SCN Appropriation Division, Naval Sea Systems Command___

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1978

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement__

Claytor, Hon. W. Graham, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by

Assistant Secretary Edward Hidalgo....

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1979

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement_ __

Stolarow, Jerome H., Director, Procurement and Systems Acquisition

Division, General Accounting Office, accompanied by Felix E. Asby,

Assistant Director; and John D'Esopo, team leader.

Harvie James, vice president, marketing, Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath,

Maine___

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979

Proxmire, Hon. William, chairman of the Subcommittee on Priorities and

Economy in Government: Opening statement--

Claytor, Hon. W. Graham, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by

Edward Hidalgo, Assistant Secretary; Togo D. West, Jr., General

Counsel; and Capt. John D. Beecher, U.S. Navy, Project Manager,

Guided Missile Frigate Project__.

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Gilbride, John T., chairman of the board, Todd Shipyards Corp., New

York, N. Y., accompanied by Edwin J. Peterson, FFG program man-

ager, Los Angeles Division; and Ward E. Squires, vice president and

assistant general manager, administration, Todd Pacific Shipyards

Corp--

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