COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Boutin, Bernard L., Administrator, General Services Administration;

accompanied by Joseph Moody, Commissioner, Utilization and

Disposal Service..

Brewster, Frank M., director, Norfolk County schools, Norfolk, Va._

Dix, Leslie V., Director, Civil Affairs, Office of Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Manpower).

Nestingen, Hon. Ivan A., Under Secretary, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare; accompanied by J. Wendell Gray, Chief,

Surplus Property Utilization Division; and Manuel B. Hiller,

Assistant General Counsel.

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Riley, Paul H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations
and Logistics)..

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Walker, Wakefield B., president, National Association of State

Agencies for Surplus Property-

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Waters, Herbert J., Assistant Administrator, Office of Material Re-
sources, Agency for International Development_

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Wilson, Dr. Alan S., vice chancellor for administration, University of

Hartford, Hartford, Conn..

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

Boutin, Bernard L., Administrator, General Services Administration:

General Services Administration_information pamphlet entitled

"Donation of Federal Surplus Personal Property".

Personal property utilization and donation programs.

Brewster, Frank M., director, Norfolk County schools, Norfolk, Va.:

Pictures of four Norfolk County schools, display of surplus mate-

rials, and pictures demonstrating how surplus materials were

used..

Reprint from the Science Teacher, showing uses of surplus prop-

erty materials, November 1960...

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

of Connecticut, and chairman, Special Donable Property Subcom-

mittee:

Educational activities of special interest to the armed services__

Extension of remarks of Hon. John W. McCormack, of

Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, May 6,

1957.

Letter from Hon. John W. McCormack, to Hon. Joseph

Campbell, February 5, 1957.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Directive No.
4160.10 Chapter 6, September 13, 1956-

Letter from Hon. Joseph Campbell, Comptroller General

of the United States, to Hon. John W. McCormack,

April 9, 1957.....

Excerpt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Nestingen, Hon. Ivan A., Under Secretary, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare:

Distribution of surplus personal property for civil defense pur-

poses___

Personal property made available for distribution to public health

and educational institutions and civil defense organizations and

real property disposed of to public health and educational insti-

tutions, July 1, 1955-June 30, 1961-.

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

sources, Agency for International Development:

Number of countries participating in excess program..

Original acquisition value of excess personal property acquired by

the Agency for International Development.--

APPENDIXES

Appendix 1: Letter from Hon. John W. McCormack, chairman, Special

Subcommittee on Donable Property, to Hon. Abraham Ribicoff, August

22, 1961___

Appendix 2: Letter from Hon. Abe Ribicoff, Secretary, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare, to Hon. John W. McCormack, Sep-

tember 7, 1961_.

Appendix 3: Letter from Hon. Ivan A. Nestingen, Under Secretary,

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, to Hon. John S. Mona-

gan, April 16, 1962_

Information furnished by the Surplus Property Utilization Division:

Table 1.-Comparisons-Acquisition costs, total operating costs,

income, liquid assets, fiscal year ended June 30, 1961.

Table 2.-Relation between property distributed and capital

assets, fiscal year ended June 30, 1961..

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Table 3.-Cost analysis, fiscal year ended June 30, 1961--.

Table 4.-Analysis of costs of acquiring property, fiscal year ended

June 30, 1961__.

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Table 5.-Analysis of distribution costs, fiscal year ended June 30,

1961.

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Table 6.-Analysis of cost of general administration, fiscal year

ended June 30, 1961.

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Table 7.-Relation of selected items of cost to acquisition cost

of property distributed, fiscal year ended June 30, 1961-----

Table 8.-Relation of selected items of cost to total cost, fiscal

year ended June 30, 1961-

Appendix 4: Letter from Hon. John W. McCormack, chairman, Special

Subcommittee on Donable Property, to Hon. Maurice Stans, November

22, 1960, with attachments_.

Appendix 5: Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949_.

Appendix 6: Department of Defense Instruction No. 4160.18, February 10,

1959.

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