PUBLIC BUILDINGS-1963

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1963

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in room 4200, New Senate Office Building, Senator Stephen M. Young (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Young of Ohio, Jordan, Nelson, and Bayh. Also present: Senator John Sherman Cooper, of Kentucky. Senator YOUNG. This hearing will come to order, and we will go ahead as some of my colleagues will be here soon.

I see the distinguished Senator from Kentucky, Senator Cooper, is here.

Now, this hearing has been called for the purpose of taking testimony on whether to authorize buildings outlined in prospectuses covering construction of small Federal buildings, using accelerated public works funds, and certain other prospectuses for construction, extension, or alteration of public buildings, as submitted by the General Services Administration.

Senator COOPER. Mr. Chairman, I am not a member of the subcommittee.

Senator YOUNG. That is all right. We are very happy to have you here.

The first witness will be Lawson B. Knott, Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration. As I understand it, he is accompanied by William A. Schmidt, Deputy Commissioner of the Public Building Services, and by Robert T. Davis, Director of Legislation of the General Services Administration.

We will be happy to hear from all of you to the extent that you wish to testify on this, and we have your statement, Mr. Knott. STATEMENT OF LAWSON B. KNOTT, JR., DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM A. SCHMIDT, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICES; AND ROBERT T. DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATION, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Senator YOUNG. You may proceed with your testimony.
Mr. KNOTT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Since the statement is brief, Mr. Chairman, and I believe it will serve to highlight our program, I would like to take the 3 or 4 minutes that it would take to read it.

The program that we are presenting to the subcommittee today involves first a revised prospectus for the proposed construction of 87 small public building projects;

Secondly, 74 prospectuses for new buildings and acquisition of land, and 8 for extension and/or conversion of existing buildings; and thirdly, 41 prospectuses for the repair, improvement, and alterations in existing buildings.

(The proposed projects are as follows:)

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION