Investigation of Military Public Works: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session, Volume 19, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 |
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acres additional administration Admiral COMBS Admiral JELLEY Admiral MOORE Air Force aircraft ammunition amount appropriation approximately Army asking authorization barracks base BASIS OF REQUIREMENT BENDETSEN bids bill Budget building Bureau Calif Camp Chairman Colonel CARTER Command committee Congress contract cost DAVIS Defense depot DONNELLY engineer enlisted equipment estimate existing facilities field figure fiscal year 1953 FLOOD Fort Benning Fort Bliss Fort Bragg Fort Devens Fort Hood funds FURCOLO going housing HUGGINS included increment installation laboratory land located MAHON maintenance Major YORK Marine Corps Memphis ment military million mission MYERS Navy officers Okinawa operation Ordnance over-all overseas percent permanent personnel plans present proposed Public Law 155 record repair requested RILEY runway SCRIVNER Secretary FINLETTER shops square feet statement supply TABER tank things TIMBERLAKE tion United utilities warehouse World War II
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Page 369 - ... this is, amended and changed in so many particulars, in order to comply with the rigid rule of the fourth section, would hardly be permitted to go into effect unless the commission held some sort of a hearing. There were immense protests when 15 per cent advances were proposed by the carriers, and it looked for a while as though we were not going to have any preliminary hearings on them; but the commission, of course, granted the hearing: and now, while it is not to be denied that the commission...
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Page 1 - For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by law...
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Page 209 - They are not in any better condition than they were then. I think they are deplorable. Do you think you have adequate budget requests to upgrade the housing facilities for NCOs and enlisted men? Admiral MCDONALD. On a reasonable basis, Senator. I would like to invite your attention to the fact that this year our budget is devoting more money to housing and BOQs and barracks than we have in the past budgets. We have heretofore taken most of our Milcon and put it on what we would call operational facilities.
Page 5 - All civil public works, both direct Federal programs and grant-in-aid programs, should be screened with the objective, as far as practical, of deferring, curtailing, or slowing down those projects which do not directly contribute to defense or to civilian requirements essential in the changed international situation set forth in my message.
Page 5 - ... review of Government programs, for the purpose of modifying them wherever practicable to lessen the demand upon services, commodities, raw materials, manpower, and facilities which are in competition with those needed for national defense. The Government, as well as the public, must exercise great restraint in the use of those goods and services which are needed for our increased defense efforts.
Page 6 - Government costs related to the supervision of construction contracts by the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Yards and Docks.