From the records it appears that there were five bids and the highest bid was $84.23. Can someone tell us if these were obsolete items or new items that were in excess?

Lieutenant Colonel JENNINGS. Captain Clare will testify with respect to that,

TESTIMONY OF CAPT. GEORGE CLARE, ASSISTANT POST SIGNAL OFFICER, CAMP DRUM, N. Y.

Captain CLARE. They were declared surplus by Baltimore. For the most part they were maintenance parts from the obsolete series of radio equipment which, since last fall, has gone out of the picture. That is the SCR series which is replaced by the ARGSC series. They were resistors and vacuum tubes and things of that sort.

Mr. COTTER. Were they walkie-talkies?

Captain CLARE. They are the old series of the walkie-talkie and the handy-talkie.

Mr. COTTER. Are they obsolete, and is there a possibility of civilian use?

Captain CLARE. There might be some civilian applications, sir.
Mr. COTTER. I do not have any more questions.

Mr. RIEHLMAN. Do you have anything on that, Mr. Ikard?
Mr. IKARD. No, sir.

SALE NO. 11

Mr. COTTER. The next one is sale No. 11. The bids were issued on September 4, 1953, and they were to be opened on September 23, 1953. This involved 840 tons of coal with an estimated acquisition cost of $7,189.78.

This sale was canceled shortly after the invitation for bids was issued as a result of some adverse publicity at the time. That cancellation was issued on September 11, 1953,

In compliance with the above invitation, and subject to all the General Sale Terms and Conditions and any special conditions, the undersigned offers and agrees, if this bid be accepted within. calendar days (60 calendar days if no period be specified by the bidder) after date of the opening, to purchase any or all of the items described herein upon which prices are quoted, is enclosed. at the price set opposite each item. Bid deposit in the amount of $ BIDDER REPRESENTS: (1) That the aggregate number of employees of the bidder and its affiliates is (Check appropriate boxes)

500 or more, less than 500. (2) That he has, has not, employed or retained a company or person (other than a full-time employee) to solicit or secure this contract, and agrees to furnish information relating thereto as requested by the contracting officer. SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THIS BID

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BIDDER (Street and number, city and State)

ADDITIONAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS

1. Consideration of bids.-Bids on items listed by lot will be considered only on all or none basis.

2. Adjustment for variation in quantity.-The purchaser agrees to accept and pay at the quoted unit for any number of units delivered by the Government, up to and including 25% more or less than the estimated quantity stated in the Schedule.

3. Items to be delivered "as is and where is," and the Government shall not undertake to load contractor's vehicles.

4. The bidder warrants that he (it) has no interest, direct or indirect, in any other bid submitted in response to this invitation. If it should be determined that the bidder has such an interest, then his (its) bid, together with such other bid or bids, shall be rejected.

5. The United States Criminal Code (18 U. S. C. 1001) makes it a criminal offense to willfully make false statements or misrepresentations to any department or agency of the United States as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

6. Approximate weights.-The purchaser agrees to accept the weights shown on Schedule of Property to be sold as an estimate weight of the items listed and unconditionally releases the United States Government, its agent, officers, and subdivisions from any claims that may arise due to inaccuracies in such approximated weights.

7. In the interest of paper conservation, only one copy of Invitation is furnished. If interested in the items listed, three additional copies will be furnished upon request.

8. Bidders who do not respond to a minimum of three solicitations will be dropped from the list automatically.

A 20% deposit of the total amount bid must accompany bid.

PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING OFFICE

Date: 11 September 1953.

To: All Bidders.

Camp Drum, New York

Addenda No. 1 to Invitation No. A1-30033-S-54-11, dated 4 September 1953. For Sale of coal, bituminous, nut and slack (reclaimed).

Invitation No. A1-30-033-S-54-11 is hereby canceled in its entirety.

MANUEL S. PINA,

Captain, Inf.,

Acting Contracting Officer.

Could somebody tell us the story on that sale?

Lieutenant Colonel JENNINGS. Colonel Bedell has the story on that

coal.

FURTHER TESTIMONY OF COL. JOHN R. BEDELL, POST
COMMANDER, CAMP DRUM, N. Y.

Colonel BEDELL. Some time during the year 1951 the coal boxes which were attached to various buildings at the camp became rotten and unsightly and no longer suited for the purpose of storing coal. So, the post commander ordered them torn out.

He was perhaps assisted in his decision to remove them by the fact that there was a contract being performed that year to repaint all the buildings in Camp Drum. It did not seem to be a wise matter to paint these old, rotten coal boxes. So, he had them torn out and then, of course, expected to have them replaced in time for winter storage of coal. But that did not happen.

Why that did not happen, I don't know. I am not familiar with that detail.

But it was necessary to dump coal that winter on the ground. The early part of the winter was very severe. We had a lot of snow, and