SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
AMENDING TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, WITH RESPECT
TO PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES OF THE ARMED SERVICES
REQUIRING THE USE OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO THE
GREATEST PRACTICABLE EXTENT IN THE PROCUREMENT OF
PROPERTY AND SERVICES BY THE ARMED FORCES THROUGH
THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OF
SPECIFIC STANDARDS GOVERNING THE USE OF NEGOTIATED
CONTRACTS FOR SUCH PROCUREMENT
AMENDING TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, TO ENCOURAGE
COMPETITION IN THE PROCUREMENT OF THE ARMED
JULY 13, 15, 21, 24, 28, AND 31, 1959
Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia, Chairman
HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas
JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi
STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri
HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CLAIR ENGLE, California
E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts
STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine
FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota
PRESCOTT BUSH, Connecticut
J. GLENN BEALL, Maryland
HARRY L. WINGATE, Jr., Chief Clerk
SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONSIDER S. 500, S. 1383, AND S. 1875
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman
JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts PRESCOTT BUSH, Connecticut
Bailey, Charles M., Associate Director, Defense Accounting and Audit-
ing Division, General Accounting Office....
Barron, Paul, staff director of the Interagency Procurement Task
Force, General Services Administration..
Bridges, Hon. Styles, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire
Case, Hon. Clifford P., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey.
Chamber of Commerce of the United States...
Chapman, Robert B., III, executive vice president, Aircraft Arma-
ments, Inc.__.
Bean, Clarence D., Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, General
Services Administration.
McMorrow, Gen. F. J., Director of Procurement, Office of Deputy
Chief of Staff for Logistics, Army..
Thurman, Maj. Gen. William T., Office of Deputy Chief of Staff
for Material, Air Force...
DeLuca, Frank, vice president, Acoustica Associates, Inc.
DeRose, Louis J., DeRose & Associates, New York City.
Electronic Industries Association...
McGuire, Hon. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply
and Logistics___
Saltonstall, Hon. Leverett, U.S. Senator from the State of Massa-
chusetts
Smathers, Hon. George A., U.S. Senator from the State of Florida,
joint statement with Senator John Sparkman, for the Select Com-
inittee on Small Business__.
Sith, George P. F. (vice president of Borg-Warner Corp.), repre-
senting Chamber of Commerce of the United States___.
Snepp, Charles D., Knoxville, Tenn..--
Thurman, Maj. Gen. William T., Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for
Materiel, Air Force...
Webster, Warren, chairman, National Defense Committee, National
Association of Manufacturers _ _
Welch, J. Edward, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. General Accounting
Office__
Williams, Hon. John J., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware__
I. Determination of Military Requirements, by Charles H.
Donnelly, senior specialist in national defense, Legislative
Reference Service, the Library of Congress (May 6, 1959) – .
II. Disposition of Funds Appropriated for National Defense, by
Charles H. Donnelly, senior specialist in national defense,
Legislative Reference Service, the Library of Congress
(March 31, 1959)..
III. Our Legal System of Defense Procurement, by F. Trowbridge
vom Baur, General Counsel of the Navy Department--
IV. Procurement by Negotiation or Advertised Bidding, published by
the National Security Industrial Association-
V. AF/Industry Relations-What Air Force Wants, by Lt. Gen.
C. S. Irvine, Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force
(Armed Forces Management, October 1958).
VI. What Price Procurement Integration? by Ernest F. Leathem,
assistant to the president, Raytheon Co. (Armed Forces
Management, November 1958).
VII. Why Subcontractors Run Into Trouble, by David Fromson,
secretary, counsel, and director, Greer Hydraulics, Inc.
(Armed Forces Management, December 1958) –.
VIII. The WSPO Concept: Space Age Procurement (Armed Forces
Management, February 1959).
IX. Defense Department Explains Weapons System Management
and Procurement Concept; Army, Navy, Air Force Outline
Operation of Concept in Each Service (Army, Navy, Air
Force Journal, June 27, 1959)_.
X. Weapon System Contracting, by J. Sterling Livingston (Harvard
Business Review, July-August 1959)---
XI. Comments on Weapons System Procurement Policy, by Capt.
E. C. Callahan, USN, commanding officer and director, U.S.
Naval Training Device Center, Port Washington, N.Y...
XII. Atwood Backs Weapon Systems Concept, by Irving Stone
(Aviation Week, June 22, 1959).
XIII. References to Congressional Hearings and Reports Relative to
Treatment of Small Business Concerns in Connection with
Government Procurement, by Harry G. Ritchey, Head,
Congressional Documents Section, American Law Division,
Legislative Reference Service, the Library of Congress,
November 20, 1958, together with the transmittal letter from
Hugh L. Elsbree, Director of Legislative Reference Service. _
XIV. Small Business Trends, With Particular Reference to Govern-
ment Procurement, Economics Division, Legislative Reference
Service, the Library of Congress, February 4, 1959---
XV. Current Status of National Defense: A Study in Appropriations,
Organization, Inefficiency and Waste, and Trends in Roles
and Missions, by James D. Threlkeld, Foreign Affairs Division,
Legislative Reference Service, the Library of Congress,
September 11, 1958.
XVI. Why Research Costs Too Much, by Burgess Dempster, presi-
dent, Electronic Engineering Co. of California (Armed
Forces Management, March 1959).
XVII. Military Management, by Bernard K. Gordon, analyst in na-
tional defense, Foreign Affairs Division, Legislative Reference
Service, the Library of Congress, March 13, 1959.
XVIII. Legal Status of Low Bidder on Military Procurement Contracts,
by J. R. Bolinger, legal analyst, American Law Division,
Legislative Reference Service, the Library of Congress, April
17, 1959.
XIX. Gifts or Undue Influence Between Subcontractor and Prime Con-
tractor on Military Contracts, by J. R. Bolinger, legal analyst,
American Law Division, Legislative Reference Service, the
Library of Congress, April 22, 1959
XX. Pentagon Expands Incentive Contracts, but Obstacles Rise, by
Louis Kraar (the Wall Street Journal, April 30, 1959)_.
XXI. AMC Gets Ready for Change, by Gen. E. W. Rawlings, com-
mander, Air Material Command (Armed Forces Management,
January 1959.
XXII. Formula for the Future: Military/Industry Cooperation, by Vice
Adm. E. W. Clexton, Chief of Naval Material (Armed Forces
Management, January 1959)_ _ .
XXIII. Filling the Gap in Defense Supply Operations, by Bill Borklund
(Armed Forces Management, January 1959) _
XXIV. How Army Handles Tri-Service Buying, by Lt. Col. William T.
Bell, Jr., Chief, Procurement Policy Branch, Office of Quarter-
master General (Armed Forces Management, January 1959) -
XXV. Army's Buying System: What It Does, by Col. E. J. Gibson,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department
of the Army (Armed Forces Management, January 1959)____
XXVI. Why Navy Procurement Is Flexible (Armed Forces Management,
January 1959)_
XXVII. How Air Force Handles Logistic Support, by Maj. Gen. T. P.
Gerrity, commander, Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area
(Armed Forces Management, January 1959)
XXVIII. Time *** The Resource We Mismanage Most, by Bill Bork-
lund (Armed Forces Management, May 1959).
XXIX. No Time for Sale, by Maj. Patrick W. Powers (Army, March
1959)__
XXX. An Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Armed Services
Procurement Act of 1947, by Charles W. Celson and Murray
Zweben (the George Washington Law Review, April 1959)__
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