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Committee Slashes Half Million Dollars.
From Defense Dept. Construction Bill
WASHINGTON, (TPi—The House
Appropriations Committee Tues
day cut more than half a billion
dollars from Defense Department
construction fund requests. It
cited the new Air Force Academy
as an outstanding example of
' “loose fiscal procedures.”
It slashed $511,838,000 from the
$1,730,653,000 requested by the
administration for construction
program at military bases in the
United States and abroad.
The new appropriations, added
to carryover funds which the ser
vices are permitted to use, would
% give the Defense Department
$1,638,069,000 for construction
programs. It had requested a
funding program of $2,812,624,000.
The Air Force was given the
biggest cut, 300 million dollars
from the $1,001,500,000 it re
quested.
The Navy’s bid for $368,253,000
was trimmed by $85,502,000,
while the Army’s request for
$340,900,000 was pared by
$126,336,000.
Project after project, including
such items as .officers’ swimming
pools and elaborate housing ac
commodations was cut out com
pletely or sharply slashed as
undesirable or “certainly not
essential.”
The committee rapped the mili
tary services for poor planning
on construction programs and for
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having “little, if any, idea of the
cost, plans or the types of facil
ities to be constructed.”
In too many cases, it said, re
quests for money were based on
“merely a dream in some plan
ner’s mind.”
It directed the Secretary of
Defense to take positive steps to
correct the situation and to pre
vent the individual services from
seeking new construction when
there are available facilities owned
by but not used by another ser
vice.
And it took a slap at the
President’s budget bureau for not
having submitted the money re
quested earlier so Congress could
review it more thoroughly.
The committee was especially
critical of policies and practices
relating to construction of the
Air Force Academy at Colorado
Springs, Colo. It called this pro
ject “an outstanding example of
costly and inadequate planning,
loose fiscal procedures, and a
disregard for justifications sub
mitted to the Congress.”
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Stepovich’s Plans
To Be Announced
Late This Week
ANCHORAGE, W — Gov. Mike
Stepovich's political plans ap
parently will not be announced
until later this week at Juneau.
The 39-year-old governor, who
faces the prospect of resigning
his job when he decides what
office to seek under Alaska state
hood, arrived here Monday night
from Fairbanks.
In an interview at the airport
after his arrival, Stepovich said
he had no date in mind for
making known his decision.
He is expected to be a Repub
lican candidate for governor ,or
for the U.S. Senate in the first
state jwimary election Aug. 26.
The deadline for candidates to
enter the various races is next
Monday.
Stepovich, guest at a barbecue
dinner here last night, was ex
pected to return to Juneau to
morrow.
26 SENATORS URGE
ACTION ON HAWAII
STATEHOOD BILL
WASHINGTON, UP) — Twenty
six senators, all but two of them
Republican, were reported Tues
day to have signed a statement
urging Congressional action ' at
this session to grant statehood
to Hawaii.
Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R
Utah), who circulated the state
ment, said he was certain “there
are others who will be pleased
to join with us.”
“Many of those contacted—I
should like to point out—said they
would not be willing to sign the
statement now but they definitely
would vote for the bill at this
session if it were called up,” he
said.
“The thing is—we want action
—now. Not the first bill of the
first session of the next Congress
. . . but a present bill of this ses
sion of Congress. That’s our pro
gram.”
In the statement, addressed to
Sens. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex)
and William F. Knowland (R
Calif), Senate majority and minor
ity leaders, backers of Hawaii
said:
“Justice dictates that the
Hawaiian people be accorded the
same opportunity for statehood—
at this session—that has been '
already given to the. people of
Alaska.
“We believe that statehood for
Hawaii is inevitable now that
Alaska has been approved for
statehood.
“Many savings would be pos
sible if Hawaii also were ap
proved for statehood at this ses
sion. In addition, such action
taken by this Congress would
inevitably bring great satisfation
and rejoicing not only to the ,
people of Hawaii but the people
of our our states.”
NAZARENE YOUTH CAMP
The youth camp of the Church
of the Nazarene proved a sue- ;
cess during the week of July 14- ,
19.
Mrs. FVed Greene served as
camp counselor along with Rev.
and Mrs. Edgar Bibb. The girls j
who attended were Sue Savok,
Nancy Bernhardt, Harriet Henry, ,
Ella Gillespie, .Mary Pasquan,
and Bertha Perry. John and
Bernhardt Savok also spent some
time at the Sunset Road camp.
Christian Service Training
classes were held each morning
by the pastor and a young people’s
service in the evenings was en
joyed by visitors as well as the
camp group. Everyone enjoyed
the fun, food, Christian fellow
ship, and look forward to another
such get-together.
Stepovich & Hendrickson Must Resign
Offices Prior To August 26 Primary
WASHINGTON, OR — Secre
tary of the Interior Fred A.
Seaton’s chief legal aide said
Monday there is general agree
ment that Alaska’s Gov. Mike
Stepovich and territorial secre
tary Waino Hendrickson should
resign before either seeks elec
tive office in the state of Alaska.
Elmer Bennett, Interior Depart
ment solicitor, said there has been
no formal ruling and' probably
will be none on whether failure
to resign would constitute a vio
lation of the Hatch Act which pro
hibits political participation by
federal employees.
But, Bennett added, “We’re
•pretty well agreed they should
resign.”
Neither Stepovich nor Hen
drickson has yet announced for
any elective office. They have
until July 28 to declare their
candidacies for nomination in the
Aug. 26 primary.
Stepovich has been mentioned
as a possible Republican candi
date for* either governor or the
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U.S. Senate. Hendrickson has
been figured as a possible Re
publican candidate for secretary
of state.
Bennett discounted the possibil
ity of a Congressional waiver of
the Hatch Act to permit the two
Presidential appointees to con
tinue to hold office while seeking
state offices. There have been
reports that Delegate E. L. Bart
lett (D-Alaska) would introduce
such a bill upon his return
from Alaska later this. week.
Bennett said he doubted that
Congress could enact such a bill
in time to meet the July 28 fil
ing date in Alaska.
In any event, he said, it was
felt the two should resign if they
seek state office in order to com
ply with the spirit of the Hatch
Act as well as with the law’s
technicalities.
Should either or both the men
seek elective office, Bennett said,
it was possible that new appoint
ments could be made to fill one
or both offices pending Alaska’s
! formal admission to statehood.
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