Show Senators A Await waif Fort fori Hearing A hearing hearing- and report of the Sen Arthur V. V Watkins R. R Utah bill biu r relating lating to disposition f the Fort Fort Douglas military reservation Is Js expected Wednesday y by the senate committee on armed services services services ices it was reported here Tues Tues- T es- es day Sen Watkins indicated he felt further explanation of the bill is called for since the tho war assets administration ad ad- ministration U n having once acquiesced acquiesced acquiesced ac ac- In n the plan of disposal het to forth in the bill has now changed its plans and wants the thc fort turned over to W A AA A offices for disposal under surplus property property property prop prop- erty act This would make the fort available to practically anyone anyone anyone any any- one bidding high enough He is expected to point out the fact that if it Fort Douglas is turned over overto to to W A A any stockman making a high bid could obtain the whole area regardless of the fact that some acres and the waterworks and reservoir I should be turned over overto to the forest service service Ice as e expressly pressly outlined in the bill Sen Watkins has a complete set of of photographs of of the the thC fort and buildings showing the temporary nature of most of the buildings as is aswell aswell well vell as as' permanent buildings of bf historic value and ana thel relatively few especially adapted to state and federal use s Under W WAA A A procedure procedure procedure pro pro- federal agencies would have top priority state and University University University Uni Uni- of Utah following |