THE AIRFIELD AT FORT LEE, VA.
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
MARCH 13, 14, 15, 20, 22, 27, 28, AND 29, 1962
Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida KATHRYN E. GRANAHAN, Pennsylvania NEAL SMITH, Iowa
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio JOHN B. ANDERSON, Illinois
CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan, Er Officio
ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel ARTHUR PERLMAN, Investigator DANIEL KAVANAUGH, Investigator VERONICA B. JOHNSON, Clerk IRENE D. MANNING, Clerk
Glossary..
Testimony of-
Baras, Hyman, supervisory accountant, U.S. General Accounting
Office, on assignment to House Committee on Government Opera-
tions__
Connor, Col. James W., U.S. Army (retired).
Denniston, Maj. Gen. Alfred B., U.S. Army, commanding general, the
Quartermaster Training Command, Fort Lee, Va--
Godwin, James E., staff, Judge Advocate, Headquarters, 2d Army..
Healey, Col. Grant N., Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army..
Jarrett, Lt. Col. William H., U.S. Army (retired) -
Kelly, David C., supervisory auditor, Norfolk regional office, U.S.
General Accounting Office-
MacDonald, Robert G., Chief, Facilities Branch, Quartermaster
General's Office_
Newman, William A., Director, Defense Accounting and Auditing Division, U.S. General Accounting Office, accompanied by John Moore, attorney__
Pennington, Col. James C., General Staff, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Ryukyu Islands.
Pylant, Lt. Col. Julian E., U.S. Army, post engineer, Fort Lee, Va.--
Ridlehuber, Col. Walter R., director of warehousing, Memphis Gen-
eral Depot, Memphis, Tenn.
Shirley, Col. Louis H., U.S. Army (retired), former deputy post com-
mander and Deputy Commander, Fort Lee, Va
Swartz, Maj. Thomas S., U.S. Army Reserve (retired), former assistant
Tracy, Robert L., legal adviser to the Comptroller of the Army.. Traub, Lt. Gen. David W., Comptroller of the Army.
Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by—
Anderson, Hon. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois:
Excerpt from project description form DA 5-25, approved Sep- tember 17, 1957, re landing strip--
Excerpt from summary of pertinent facts, Quartermaster Corps
Inspector General's "Report of Investigation re Construction
of Airfield at Fort Lee, Va." (exhibit 37)-
Excerpt from testimony of Hyman Baras- 61, 72, 73, 74, 183, 228, 241 Excerpt from the act of August 3, 1956, section 408 (70 Stat. 991, 1016) relating to possible violations of law in connection with construction of airfield at Fort Lee, Va. (app. 1) -
Excerpt of letter from Col. J. C. Pennington, Chief, Installations
Division, Quartermaster Corps, to Hon. William L. Dawson,
June 2, 1959_
Excerpt of memorandum from Col. James W. Connor, Acting
Chief of Staff, G-4, Fort Lee, Va., to the post engineer, July 28,
1959 (exhibit 34).
Excerpt of memorandum from Lt. Col. Julian E. Pylant, post
engineer, Fort Lee, Va., to Maj. Thomas S. Swartz, July 24, 1959
(exhibit 33).
Letters, statements, etc.-Continued
Baras, Hyman, supervisory accountant, General Accounting Office, on
assignment to House Committee on Government Operations:
Excerpt of letter from Brig. Gen. A. G. Viney, Deputy Chief of
Engineers for Military Operations, to Maj. Gen. Îra K. Evans,
October 1, 1957 (exhibit 2) -
Excerpt of letter from Col. James C. Pennington, Quartermaster Corps, Chief, Installations Division, to Col. Walter R. Ridle- huber, June 2, 1959 (exhibit 22).
Excerpt of memorandum from Col. Oliver C. Harvey, Quarter-
master Corps, Chief, Installations Division, to commanding
general, Quartermaster Training Command, re fiscal year
1960 military construction, Army program, January 30, 1958
(exhibit 6)-
Excerpt of letter from Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, Acting Chief
of Staff, G-4, Fort Lee, Va., to Col. J. C. Pennington, May 25,
1959 (exhibit 20)_
Excerpt of memorandum from Col. J. W. Connor, Acting Chief of Staff, G-4, to the post engineer, July 28, 1959 (exhibit 34)__ Excerpt of memorandum of telephone conversation between Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Fort Lee, Va., and R. G. MacDonald, May 25, 1959 (exhibit 19) _ _ Excerpt of memorandum from Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Fort Lee, Va., re permanent air- field, February 19, 1959 (exhibit 11) -
Excerpt of memorandum of telephone conversation between Col.
Walter R. Ridlehuber, and Col. J. C. Pennington, May 29, 1959
(exhibit 21).
Excerpt of memorandum from Maj. Gen. Alfred P. Denniston,
commanding general, Fort Lee, Va., re fiscal year 1960 Military
Construction Act program, aviation facilities, April 6, 1959
(exhibit 17)_-
Excerpt of purchase request signed by Maj. Thomas S. Swartz,
assistant post engineer, Fort Lee, Va., for 2,150 tons of crushed
stone (exhibit 29)__
Excerpt of memorandum referring to a meeting held at Fort Lee-
Va., January 21, 1958, reply of Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber and
Maj. Thomas S. Swartz to questions re borrow pits (exhibit 5)_
Notice of exception filed by the General Accounting Office against
two finance officers, September 14, 1960 (exhibit 35) – –
Purchase requests:
Letter from Hon. Joseph Campbell, Comptroller General of the United States, to Hon. William L. Dawson, April 10, 1962--- Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, to Hon. William L. Dawson, March 29, 1962--
Healey, Col. Grant N., Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army:
Excerpt from summary of pertinent facts, Quartermaster Corps
Inspector General's "Report of Investigation re Construction
of Airfield at Fort Lee, Va." (exhibit 37) -
Letters, statements, etc.-Continued
Kelly, David C., supervisory auditor, Norfolk regional office, U.S.
General Accounting Office: Letter from C. E. Merrill, regional
manager, Norfolk regional office, U.S. General Accounting office,
to the commanding general, Fort Lee, Va., August 27, 1959
Lanigan, James A., general counsel, Government Operations Com-
mittee:
Excerpt from a memorandum for the record in the Office of the
General Counsel of the Army, June 7, 1960__.
Excerpt from Department of Defense Directive No. 4270.6,
minor construction and related activities, October 10, 1957
(app. 2).
Excerpt from purchase request signed by Maj. Thomas S. Swartz,
assistant post engineer, Fort Lee, Va., for 2,150 tons of crushed
stone (exhibit 29).......
Excerpt from summary of pertinent facts, Quartermaster Corps
Inspector General's "Report of Investigation re Construction
of Airfield at Fort Lee, Va." (exhibit 37).
Excerpt from special audit report by the U.S. Army Audit Agency
on the construction of an airfield at the U.S. Army Quarter-
master Training Command, Fort Lee, Va., December 30, 1960
(app. 3, p. 419).
Excerpt from the Comptroller's Guide of July 1956, Department
of the Army.
Excerpt from the Corps of Engineers Manual, June 15, 1957-
Excerpt of letter citing limitations of the Fort Lee airstrip, Janu-
ary 29, 1959___
Excerpt of letter from Col. James C. Pennington, Chief, Installa- tions Division, to Col. W. R. Ridlehuber, June 2, 1959 (exhibit 22)__
Excerpt of letter from Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, Acting Chief of
Staff, G-4, to Col. J. C. Pennington, May 25, 1959 (exhibit 20).
Excerpt of individual project estimate repairs and utilities, post
request No. 10-57 (revised) from Col. Oliver C. Harvey, Ma-
rine Corps, Chief, Installations Division, to Training Com-
mand, USA, Fort Lee, Va., November 27, 1957 (exhibit 4) –
Excerpt of memorandum from Col. James W. Connor, Acting
Chief of Staff, G-4, Fort Lee, Va., to the post engineer, July 28,
1959 (exhibit 34).
Excerpt of memorandum from Lt. Col. Julian E. Pylant, post engineer, Fort Lee, Va., to Maj. Thomas S. Swartz, re purchase requests, July 24, 1959 (exhibit 33).
Excerpt of memorandum _from_Maj. Gen. Alfred P. Denniston,
commanding general, Fort Lee, Va., to the Quartermaster
General, re fiscal year 1960 military construction appropriation
program, aviation facilities, April 6, 1959 (exhibit 17).
Excerpt of memorandum of a telephone conversation between Col.
James C. Pennington and Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, May 29,
1959 (exhibit 21).
Newman, William A., Director, Defense Accounting and Auditing
Division, U.S. General Accounting Office:
Costs incurred in constructing the Fort Lee airfield_.
Excerpt from the Department of Defense Appropriation Act,
1962-section 637___
Pennington, Col. James C., General Staff, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Ryukyu Islands:
Excerpt from instruction on a memorandum for the record from Maj. Gen. Ira K. Evans, to the Comptroller_.
Excerpt of letter dispatched to Fort Lee, Va., February 24, 1959- Excerpt of letter from Maj. Gen. Alfred B. Denniston, command- ing general, Fort Lee, Va., to Col. James C. Pennington, Feb- ruary 24, 1959. Ridlehuber, Col. Walter R., director of warehousing, Memphis General Depot, Memphis, Tenn.: Excerpt from statement of Col. Walter R. Ridlehuber, re alleged irregularities (exhibit 41)__
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