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Show Brought Out Facts H iJHBRxv "'" " IUi il Rk- " Vv ' l ' I fH HONORABLE FRED A. BRITTEN. tH Tho subcommittee ot tho Houno Naval Affairs Committee which In- -W il vcstlgatod tho, aviation base scandal at Norfolk, Va., .was beaded by 14 H Representative Dritton of Illinois. This commlttco mado a persoaal f H trip of inspection of tho Norfolk aviation baso and found that where H tho Navy Department, started, to build a" $10,000,000 aviation baso It H has roally spent up to dato $41,000,000 and Undo Sam does not yet H own tho site' for which tho original land owners aro now asking Con- H gross to appropriate another $450,000. Secretary Daniels and Navy H Department officials selected a swamp near Norfolk1 for this aviation J H babe. Then they had It filled by pumping in sand from tho ocean aad I 7 ! H Hampton Roads at a cost of $0,000 an aero for 340 acres. Officials I It H havo now discovered that (his ocean sand Is salty and wU not grow I -f -I H grass and thoy are asklngCongrcss for an additional apprtfbrlaUou ef I '. M ;: H $2,000 an aero t2 sod tho 340"-cr. c T 1 |