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PAG LIN
1 1 That the United States Department of Defense and the United
1 2 States Army are urged to place additional production work at
1 3 the Rock Island Arsenal to maintain the current employment
1 4 level, increase production work, and lower overall production
1 5 costs at the Arsenal; and
1 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be
1 7 sent to the President of the United States, the United States
1 8 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Commander
1 9 of Headquarters of the Army Material Command, the Majority and
1 10 Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker,
1 11 Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the United States
1 12 House of Representatives, and to members of the Illinois and
1 13 Iowa congressional delegations.
1 14 EXPLANATION
1 15 This Joint Resolution requests that the United States
1 16 department of defense and the United States army place
1 17 additional production work at the Rock Island arsenal, in
1 18 light of indications by the army of a possible layoff of
1 19 several hundred skilled production employees at the arsenal
1 20 during the next fiscal year. The resolution provides that the
1 21 placement of additional production work could be facilitated
1 22 through the arsenal act, which allows for noncompetitive work
1 23 loading of the arsenal, and the competition in contracting
1 24 act, which would designate the arsenal an industrial
1 25 preparedness facility.
1 26 Factors supporting the placement of additional work at the
1 27 arsenal identified in the resolution include indications of
1 28 recent increased tension in the Middle East region and in
1 29 North Korea, potentially requiring an increased level of
1 30 production for needed war fighting equipment and material; the
1 31 achievement of an increased level of production being more
1 32 readily accomplished by a facility which is maintained in a
1 33 mobilized status with experienced employees; the capability of
1 34 production at the arsenal of many weapons systems at a lower
1 35 cost than production of such systems in the private sector;
2 1 and the immediate response capabilities of the arsenal to
2 2 conflicts or emergencies in contrast to potential private
2 3 sector delays caused by contract negotiations or labor-
2 4 management disputes.
2 5 The resolution provides for the furnishing of resolution
2 6 copies to the President of the United States, the United
2 7 States Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the
2 8 Commander of Headquarters of the Army Material Command, the
2 9 Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the
2 10 Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the United
2 11 States House of Representatives, and to members of the
2 12 Illinois and Iowa congressional delegations.
2 13 LSB 1949HH 78
2 14 rn/gg/8.1
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