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Statement of-

Brodsky, Nathan, Acting Director, Cataloging, Standardization, and

Inspection, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Supply and

Logistics; accompanied by Col. Joseph R. De Luca, Staff Director

of Cataloging, Office of Secretary of Defense.

Goldberg, Capt. Herschel J., SC, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval

Material (Material Control) -

Handley, Col. Rodney M., USMC, head, Catalog Section, Supply

Branch, Supply Department Headquarters, United States Marine

Corps; accompanied by Murray L. Evans, assistant...

Hays, Col. Charles S., Chief, Standards Branch, Procurement

Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Depart-

ment of the Army, on the conversion phase of the Federal cataloging

program

Keogh, John L., Director of Storage, Distribution, and Disposal,

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics);

accompanied by Vincent F. Caputo, Staff Director, Storage Division,

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics).

Shumar, W. A., Headquarters, USAF; accompanied by Col. A. B.

Robbins, Jr., Headquarters, Air Materiel Command; Maj. J. J.

O'Bert, Headquarters, USAF, and E. E. Sanders, Headquarters,

Air Materiel Command_

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

De Luca, Col. Joseph R., Staff Director of Cataloging, Office of

Secretary of Defense: Federal cataloging program identification

schedule..

Eckhart, James F., associate counsel, Military Operations Sub-

committee: Army concept of conversion..

Goldberg, Capt. H. J., SC, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Material

(Material Control): Excerpt of letter to Michael P. Balwan_

Hays, Col. Charles S., Chief, Standards Branch, Procurement

Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Depart-

ment of the Army, on the conversion phase of the Federal cataloging

program:

Chart-Federal Cataloging Program, conversion of items of

supply to Federal data_

Exhibit A-Status of Army conversion (cumulative) by FSC
classes and by items__

Holifield, Hon. Chet, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California and chairman, Subcommittee on Military Operations:

Excerpts from House Report No. 1216, Federal Catalog Program,

part 1, Eighth Intermediate Report of the Committee of

Government Operations, February 22, 1954.

Letter from Miles D. Kennedy, director, The American Legion,

national legislative commission, Washington, D. C., to Hon.

Chet Holifield, March 3, 1955-

Resolution No. 319.-National Convention of the American

Legion, Washington, D. C., August 30-September 2, 1954-

Resolution No. 617.-National Convention of the American

Legion, New York, N. Y., August 25-28, 1952-

Resolution No. 610.-National Convention of the American

Legion, Los Angeles, Calif., October 9-12, 1950..

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Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Keogh, John L., Director of Storage, Distribution, and Disposal,

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics):

Excerpts from Department of Defense instructions, June 1954--

Federal Cataloging Program Conversion Schedule..

Sec. I-Conversion by Federal Supply Catalog Commodity

Areas

Sec. II-Department of the Navy (less Marine Corps)

conversion schedule by cognizance system_

Master conversion plan, September 1953__

Lipscomb, Hon. Glenard P., a Representative in Congress from the

State of California: Department of Defense report re Public

Law 436.

O'Bert, Maj. J. J., Headquarters, USAF: Excerpt from Air Force

master plan schedule for conversion to the Federal cataloging

program

Shumar, W. A., Headquarters, WAF:

Definition of conversion__.

USAF conversion estimated quarterly production schedule__

APPENDIX

Appendix A-Federal Catalog Program Identification Phase, estimated

projections of completion (based on identification schedule April 21, 1954).