persons in need of mental care and treatment if the person making the application is found to be mentally competent to do so (Public Law 737, approved June 22, 1948). Many of the patients who would be subject to this bill would be at the hospital for a very short time. It is probable that most of them would have a legal residence in other States and they could be returned there very promptly. In cases where there was no legal residence elsewhere and prolonged treatment was necessary, commitment proceedings might be instituted in the District Court for the District of Columbia. I do not believe that a procedure for voluntary admission, such as that authorized by Public Law 737, involves any infringement of civil liberties. This view is apparently shared by a considerable majority of the States. The advantages of the procedure to many of the patients concerned are so great that I hope your committee will give favorable consideration to extending it to the persons to whom S. 934 would apply. The Bureau of the Budget advises that there is no objection to the submission of this report to your committee. Sincerely vours, J. DONALD KINGSLEY, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT BOSTON, MASS., DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1950 AUGUST 17, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. HESELTON, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT To accompany H. J. Res. 338) The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 338), to authorize the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics to undertake a project under the Federal Airport Act for the development and improvement of Logan International Airport at Boston, Mass., during the fiscal year 1950, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. This proposed legislation has the approval of the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of the Budget as will appear from letters attached dated August 15, 1949. PURPOSE OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION The Federal Airport Act, enacted in 1946, makes provision for Federal aid to States and political subdivisions for the establishment of a Nation-wide system of public airports adequate to meet the needs of civil aeronautics. Before aid is granted in the case of a particular airport, it must be included in a national airport plan prepared, and revised annually, by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics. By section 8 of the act it is provided that in the case of a class 4 or larger airport a project may not be undertaken by the Administrator unless there has first been submitted to Congress a request for authority to undertake the project. The request must be submitted to Congress at least 2 months prior to the close of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which it is proposed to undertake the project. The Logan International Airport, at Boston, Mass., a class 6 airport to which section 8 applies, is included in the national airport plan but, for reasons given below, was not included in the list of projects which the Administrator has requested authority to undertake during the fiscal year 1950. The Administrator's list was submitted to Congress under letter of the Acting Secretary of Commerce dated April 18, 1949, and is printed as Senate Document No. 77, Eighty-first Congress, first session. As will be seen from the attached letter from the Secretary of Commerce, since the list was submitted, the Administrator has determined that a project for the development of the Logan International Airport should be undertaken during the fiscal year 1950. The purpose of this joint resolution is to authorize the Administrator to undertake the project under the Federal Airport Act during the fiscal year 1950 to the same extent as if the project had been included in the list submitted to Congress on April 18, 1949. NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATION Ordinarily, the committee would be reluctant to recommend passage of legislation for this purpose, being of the opinion that prospective sponsors and the Administrator should be able to anticipate the need for projects for the development of class 4 and larger airports sufficiently in advance to permit adherence to the procedures and requirements of section 8 of the act. However, the unusual facts and circumstances of this particular case are such that the committee considers an exception to those procedures and requirements justified and necessary. These facts and circumstances are as follows: Both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Civil Aeronautics Administration are of the opinion that the Logan International Airport is inadequate to meet the needs of the city of Boston, the Commonwealth, and the country as a whole, and that this airport should be greatly expanded and improved as soon as possible. It appears that this airport, although the second most active and important American terminal for trans-Atlantic air carrier operations, and although the only available terminal airport to serve the air transportation requirements of a major metropolitan center, does not have facilities comparable to those of other major terminal airports. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which owns and operates the airport, has been carrying out with its own resources an ambitious program for its improvement during the last several years and it is expected that the legislature of the Commonwealth soon will appropriate an additional sum for use in continuing this program, particularly to make possible the completion of a new administration building and extension of runways to accommodate new types of overseas planes. It is highly desirable that the question of inclusion of the project under the Federal Airport Act program be settled promptly in order that the legislature of the Commonwealth will be able to plan intelligently for the future. According to current revision of the national airport plan, adopted by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, the development which remains to be accomplished at the Logan International Airport in order to meet present and foreseeable needs of civil aviation includes the completion of four runways and appurtenant taxiways and apron, the construction of a terminal building and of roadways and utilities in connection therewith as well as numerous other items of development. The list of class 4 and larger projects submitted by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics for the fiscal year 1948 (Š. Doc. No. 14, 80th Cong., 1st sess.), contained a project for the development of this airport at an estimated cost to the Federal Government of $800,000 consisting of construction of runways and taxiways and the installation of airport lighting. Similarly, the list submitted in the fiscal year 1949 (S. Doc. 151, 80th Cong., 2d sess.) contained a project for the development of this airport at an estimated Federal cost of $800,000. Neither of these projects ever materialized, however, due to the inability of the Commonwealth authorities to accept Federal aid on the terms and conditions set forth in the regulations of the Administrator in effect at that time. The particular condition giving rise to difficulty was the requirement that a project sponsor agree to certain limitations with respect to the sale and delivery of aviation gasoline and oil at their airports. Due to this requirement it is understood that the Attorney General of the Commonwealth ruled that under Massachusetts law the Commonwealth could not legally accept Federal aid on the conditions proposed. In preparing its current list of class 4 and larger airport projects (S. Doc. No. 77, 81st Cong., 1st sess.) the Civil Aeronautics Administration omitted any project for the development of the Logan International Airport, after first ascertaining from responsible officials of the Commonwealth that the Commonwealth was still not in a position to participate in the program. Subsequent to the submission of that list, however, the regulations of the Administrator were amended to eliminate entirely the requirement with respect to aviation gasoline and oil above referred to. For this reason and others the Commonwealth is now desirous of participating in the program, and the present Attorney General has ruled that there is now no legal objection to such participation. Unless Federal aid is provided during the present fiscal year for a portion of the additional development necessary at the Logan International Airport, the entire program of the Commonwealth for improvement of that airport will be retarded. The Civil Aeronautics Administration considers it necessary that there be undertaken with Federal aid as soon as possible during the present fiscal year the construction of the administration building together with certain grading, drainage, and paving work at a total estimated cost to the Federal Government of $600,000. In view of the above considerations the Secretary of Commerce in his report on House Joint Resolution Res. 338 has approved and recommended the adoption of this resolution, and representatives of the Civil Aeronautics Administration have testified that the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics considers the resolution adequate to provide the required authority. for reasons given below, was not included in the list of projects which the Administrator has requested authority to undertake during the fiscal year 1950. The Administrator's list was submitted to Congress under letter of the Acting Secretary of Commerce dated April 18, 1949, and is printed as Senate Document No. 77, Eighty-first Congress, first session. As will be seen from the attached letter from the Secretary of Commerce, since the list was submitted, the Administrator has determined that a project for the development of the Logan International Airport should be undertaken during the fiscal year 1950. The purpose of this joint resolution is to authorize the Administrator to undertake the project under the Federal Airport Act during the fiscal year 1950 to the same extent as if the project had been included in the list submitted to Congress on April 18, 1949. NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATION Ordinarily, the committee would be reluctant to recommend passage of legislation for this purpose, being of the opinion that prospective sponsors and the Administrator should be able to anticipate the need for projects for the development of class 4 and larger airports sufficiently in advance to permit adherence to the procedures and requirements of section 8 of the act. However, the unusual facts and circumstances of this particular case are such that the committee considers an exception to those procedures and requirements justified and necessary. These facts and circumstances are as follows: Both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Civil Aeronautics Administration are of the opinion that the Logan International Airport is inadequate to meet the needs of the city of Boston, the Commonwealth, and the country as a whole, and that this airport should be greatly expanded and improved as soon as possible. It appears that this airport, although the second most active and important American terminal for trans-Atlantic air carrier operations, and although the only available terminal airport to serve the air transportation requirements of a major metropolitan center, does not have facilities comparable to those of other major terminal airports. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which owns and operates the airport, has been carrying out with its own resources an ambitious program for its improvement during the last several years and it is expected that the legislature of the Commonwealth soon will appropriate an additional sum for use in continuing this program, particularly to make possible the completion of a new administration building and extension of runways to accommodate new types of overseas planes. It is highly desirable that the question of inclusion of the project under the Federal Airport Act program be settled promptly in order that the legislature of the Commonwealth will be able to plan intelligently for the future. According to current revision of the national airport plan, adopted by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, the development which remains to be accomplished at the Logan International Airport in order to meet present and foreseeable needs of civil aviation includes the completion of four runways and appurtenant taxiways and apron, the construction of a terminal building and of roadways and utilities |