Show SI SL LI L. SEEKS PW A AIR BASE FUND Requested for Project Salt SaIt Lake City's efforts to secure e ure location of or a military ai air ai defense base bac here took a new turn Thursday when cit city officials and the chamber of commerce recommended expenditure expendi expendi- ture of to const construct ct such suchs z 3 base to e public works adminis adminis- Vj The recommendation will be ed cd in the the list of feasible projects ts beLag being be be- ing Lag compiled In a statewide survey survey requested by S Secretary of oC the Interior Ickes according to Edmund B B. B Feldman Feldman Feld Feld- man P W A engineer examiner who is directing the the- survey Construction of f an a air base here as asan asan an interior defense point against Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast invasion is l being ein studied by army experts in connection with witha a nationwide survey on which will be based plans to improve the country's air defense facilities Location of an air base here has been proposed to government officials in Washington D. D C. C already but w we desired to have have the project included ed in the Utah project list to make certain it will be fully tully considered Gus P. P Backman exe executive ut ve secretary of ot the chamber of commerce ex ex- It is highly p possible that some of the projects being listed by Utah taxing tax tax- tag ing ng units may become federal projects ts so we wanted the airport plan In a position to be considered |