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[No. 51]
HEARINGS ON H. R. 3180 (H. R. 2894), A BILL TO IMPOSE CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISPOSITION OF NAVAL VESSELS AND
FACILITIES NECESSARY TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COM-
BATANT STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE NAVY, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ITashington, D. C., Tuesday, May 1, 1945.
The committee met at 10 a. m., the Hon. Carl Vinson (chairman)
presiding.
The CHAIRMAN. Members of the committee, the purpose of the
hearing this morning is to consider H. R. 2894, a bill to impose certain
restrictions on the disposition of naval vessels and facilities necessary
to the maintenance of the combatant strength and efficiency of the
Navy, and for other purposes. Briefly, this bill would prohibit the
disposition of certain naval vessels and facilities unless the Secretary
of the Navy had reported why any naval vessel or facility was no
longer needed by the Navy, and unless Congress had failed to pass a
concurrent resolution stating that the vessel or facility should be re-
tained by the Navy within 60 session days after the report had been
made. The Naval war facilities affected include:
(a) Battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines,
and floating drydocks;
(b) Mine vessels, patrol vessels, auxiliary vessels, landing ships,
and district craft, of 1,000 tons or more standard displacement;
(c) Navy yards, air fields, training stations, ordnance plants or
depots, or other realty, except property acquired or constructed solely
for the training of naval personnel at colleges and universities; and
(d) Plants acquired, constructed, or used to produce materials for
the Navy, except those facilities which are not capable of economic
operation as a separate unit and those facilities which are an integral
part of a private plant.
The objective of the bill is to restore to Congress appropriate author-
ity and responsibility in the maintenance of the fleet. The Surplus
Property Act of 1944 delegated too much of that authority and re-
sponsibility to the executive department. I do not believe that the
bill saddles the Navy Department with' any undue burdens nor that
it would materially slow down property disposal, for it covers only the
large items of property.
The bill provides a safeguard in the constitutional system of checks
and balances between the executive and the legislative departments
of the Government by giving Congress a veto voice in the disposition
of major naval property. We authorized the appropriation of the
taxpayers' money for the magnificent fleet that we have today; we
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