Evaluation of the Donable Property Program

CONTENTS

Arnold, Robert H., president, National Association of State Agencies

for Surplus Property; accompanied by D. W. Latch, vice president;

Ausman, Robert K., executive director, Health Research, Inc.; ac-
companied by John Apostolokos, comptroller and general counsel..

Griffin, Robert T., Assistant Administrator, General Services Ad-

ministration; accompanied by Joe E. Moody, General Counsel;

and Howard Greenberg, Commissioner, Utilization and Disposal
Service___
Kelly, William P., Jr., Assistant Director for Management, Office
of Economic Opportunity; accompanied by Howard Dewey,
Property Officer; and John Donohue, Special Projects Officer, Office
of Management

Medley, Max, Associate Director for Management, Peace Corps;
accompanied by William Wilkes, Office of Management, and
Anthony F. Essaye, General Counsel's Office-
Paradisi, Roland A., staff, Philadelphia School Board.
Parkinson, George, director, Board of Vocational and Adult Educa-
tion, Milwaukee Vocational Technical and Adult Schools..

Riley, Paul H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Materiel

Requirements).

Siegel, Harold B., Acting Director of Field Administration, Depart-

ment of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by J. Lloyd

Taylor, Acting Chief, Division of Surplus Property Utilization;

and Manuel B. Hiller, Assistant General Counsel..

Waters, Herbert J., Assistant Administrator, Office of Material

Resources, Agency for International Development; accompanied

by Jack W. Woll, Director, Government Property Resources Di-

vision...

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

Arnold, Robert H., president, National Association of State Agencies

for Surplus Property:

2,87

Excerpt from statement of Senator Lee Metcalf before the Senate

Subcommittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures, May 24, 1965--- 73, 74

Excerpt from House Report 1943, 87th Congress, re evaluation

of the donable surplus property program_

Excerpt from the Federal Property Act of 1949.

Excerpt from the Surplus Property Act of 1944.

Exchange-sale category list..

Letter from Robert H. Arnold, to Hon. John S. Monogan, June

22, 1965

List of equipment in excess to be shipped to Kansas State

Forester, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans., on

PR 7561__.

Transfer order report PR 7561_-

Slides-

61, 68, 70

Hazard Vocational School, Hazard, Ky.-The school had no

freight elevator. But it improvised this way of lifting

heavy items of property to the second floor by means of a

surplus electric chain hoist attached to a swivel arm made

of surplus steel pipe- -

Cocoa High School, Florida.-The students of Cocoa High

School, with electronic equipment donated from Patrick

Air Force Base, constructed and operated a tracking sta-

tion which followed Gordon Cooper's space flight-----

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Arnold, Robert H., etc.-Continued

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Bethany College, Oklahoma.-Many colleges, such

Bethany College in Oklahoma, couldn't afford the high cost

of a neutron counter. But Bethany obtained this one at the

surplus cost of only $25.

Orange Unified School District, California.-Twenty-five

Quonset huts which were donated to the Orange Unified

School District in California provided 31 additional class-

rooms when a school opened in September. The huts were

assembled by school personnel..

City of Auburn Civil Defense, Auburn, N. Y.-An important

task of any civil defense unit is the feeding of people when

emergency requires it. A converted van could turn out

to be everybody's kitchen in a distress area__.

Norfolk County Public Schools, Chesapeake, Va.-A surplus

typewriter not only stimulates this child's desire "to do,"

but provides the opportunity. Development of manual

dexterity is the objective_

Lapeer State House and Training School, Michigan. The

"surplus special" takes the happy route at the Lapeer State

House and Training School in Michigan. What child

doesn't enjoy a train ride? These converted warehouse

tractors mean a lot of "heaven on earth" for the handi-

capped students. They also provide transportation needed

by some of the special patients at the school___

Phenix City, Ala.-When the city's growth justified a new

post office, the city planners snapped up the old one for

their new library faster than you can turn a page.

time was lost in the renovating-

Southern Illinois University. The Southern Illinois Uni-

versity Vocational Technical Institute received buildings

of every conceivable type when the property that was

originally the old Illinois Ordnance Plant was conveyed to

them. The administration offices for the vocational

technical institute and the school of welding are housed in

two of the many types of buildings that are in constant use.

Fifty percent of the equipment used in the school of weld-

ing came from surplus property.

University of California, Davis, Calif.-A beta ray spectrom-

eter used in studying radioactivity was constructed by the

physics department of the University of California at

Davis. It took 9 miles of edge wound copper ribbon to

bring its 8-foot-long coil, 30 inches in diameter, to the

necessary tolerances of performance. This is the only

instrument in existence which is absolute in accuracy in its

field of low energy research. Twenty-five percent of the

instrumentation and 50 percent of the raw materials used

in fabricating the spectrometer were obtained from surplus-

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.-Surplus real

property is bringing many worthwile benefits to communi-

ties. The 200-bed Lamar unit of the Baptist Memorial

Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., was formerly a VA hospital___

New Jersey School for the Deaf.-The New Jersey School for

the Deaf had students make street lamps from aluminum

tubing and sheets as a training project. The lamps be-

came a useful addition to the school grounds.

San Angelo Public School, Texas.-A bicycle rack made from

surplus steel cot ends.

Union High School, Milwaukee, Oreg.-This is one of two

complete stadiums fabricated from surplus steel. Steel

decking, steel trusses, steel flooring, steel seating supports;

surplus steel from bottom to top--

Florida College, Tampa, Fla.-A broadcasting station and

sound control booth were made possible for a new auditorium

at Florida College in Tampa through donations of surplus

from several Florida airbases___

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.-From surplus hy-

draulic landing cylinders, this intricate device for manufac-

turing artificial diamonds was constructed at Brigham

Young University. Surplus is making an inestimable

contribution to all phases of scientific discipline.

Dade County Junior College, Miami, Fla.-A 230-acre World

War II Navy airport was transferred to the Dade County

School Board for the Dade County Junior College. This

aircraft hangar underwent major surgery. New roof, new

ends and designed to finally match the planned architec-

tural styling of the new campus structures-a far cry from

the bleak skeleton it was when the resurrection trumpet

sounded. Inside, too, the old became new and now they

have an arena-gymnasium seating 7,000 people. This

added an urgently needed facility not only for large junior

college, but for countywide use by all the high schools----

Barash, Peter S., counsel, Special Subcommittee on Donable Property:

Excerpt from statement of Robert T. Griffin.

Cornish, Norman G., staff administrator, Special Subcommittee on

Donable Property:

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Excerpt from statement of Herbert J. Waters.
Excerpt from statement of Robert T. Griffin.......
Excerpt from statement of William P. Kelly, Jr..

144

26, 100
156

Excerpt from the General Accounting Office report of April 12,

1965.

140, 141

140

Excerpt from the Inspector General's report of January 7, 1964.

Erlenborn, Hon. John N., à Representative in Congress from the State

of Illinois: Excerpt from the budget presentation by AID to the

Congress

Farrell, William A., chief, California State Educational Agency for

Surplus Property: Statement_

132

Fisher, James M., vice president, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics:
Letter from James M. Fisher, to Hon. James S. Monagan, June 16,
1965____

172

Greenberg, Howard, Commissioner, Utilization and Disposal Service,

General Services Administration:

GSA rehabilitation program_

Title of publication listing regional utilization officers

Griffin, Robert T., Assistant Administrator, General Services Adminis-

tration: Letter from Robert T. Griffin, to Hon. John S. Monagan,

June 21, 1965---

Hansen, Hon. George V., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Idaho: Letter from W. C. Specht, director, Idaho Surplus

Property Agency, Boise, Idaho, to Senator Frank Church, July 19,

1965.

Resolution_

Kelly, William P., Jr., Assistant Director for Management, Office of

Economic Opportunity:

Contractor personal property cumulative expenditure report, as

of May 30, 1965__

Summary of vehicles at urban center-contractor's locations-
Knott, Lawson B., Jr., Administrator, General Services Administra-
tion: Letter from Lawson B. Knott, Jr., to Hon. John S. Mona-
gan, July 6, 1965___

Krettek, Germaine, associate executive director, American Library

Association: Statement_

Medley, Max, Associate Director for Management, Peace Corps:

Peace Corps acquisition cost of excess property obtained by

Washington office__

150

Summary, acquisition cost of excess property obtained by Peace

Corps, Washington, D.C., office.

149

Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Monagan, Hon. John S., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Connecticut, and chairman, Special Subcommittee on Donable

Property:

Excerpt from statement of Robert H. Arnold..

Excerpt from statement of Robert T. Griffin.

Laws relating to donable surplus property

Letter from George Parkinson, director, Milwaukee Institute of

Technology, to Hon. John S. Monagan, May 10, 1965---

Philips, Alfred M., president, Big Bend Community College, Moses

Lake, Wash.: Letter from Alfred M. Philips, to Hon. John S.

Monagan, July 7, 1965..

Riley, Paul H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Materiel

Requirements):

Amounts of property available for donation or for transfer to

other departments, fiscal years 1960-63-

Department of Defense instruction re policy and procedures
relating to nonexcess personal property to be sold or exchanged
for replacement purposes, with appendixes and exhibits_

Donation agreements in effect with educational activities of

special interest to the armed services, as of June 1, 1965...

Donations to Red Cross___

Examples of excess stocks utilized in the fiscal year 1964 grant-aid

program---

Federal surplus property to increase civil defense capability..

Foreign excess personal property generated in major oversea

Transfers of excess property to AID..

Shannon, William G., assistant executive director, American Associa-

tion of Junior Colleges: Statement__

176

Siegel, Harold B., Acting Director of Field Administration, Depart-

ment of Health, Education, and Welfare:

areas..

Acquisition cost of personal property donations, July 1, 1961,
through April 30, 1965.

Memorandum from Harold B. Siegel, re disposal of oscillographs___

Personal property received by State surplus property agencies for

distribution to public health and educational institutions and

civil defense organizations and real property disposed of to

public health and educational institutions, April 1 through

June 30, 1965 (acquisition cost) __

Transfers of surplus real property by Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare, July 1, 1961, through March 31,

1965__

Taylor, J. Lloyd, Acting Chief, Division of Surplus Property Utiliza-

tion:

Letter from Palmer O. Johnson, administrator, Wisconsin State

Agency for Surplus Property, to J. Lloyd Taylor, June 16, 1965-

Memorandum from J. Lloyd Taylor, Acting Chief, Division of
Surplus Property Utilization, Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, re machine tools listed in DSSO, Columbus,
Ohio, catalog No. 27-S-65–77_-_.

Memorandum re responsibility for screening in the adminis-
tration of the surplus property program, July 1, 1965.

Waters, Herbert J., Assistant Administrator, Office of Material

Resources, Agency for International Development:

Composition of $3.2 million non-AID financed excess property

transactions to Yugoslavia in 1960_.