Exchange of Miller Field, Staten Island, New York for the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Congress requests our report on all aspects of plans for disposal of Miller Field. In particular, Congress question GSA's reliance on "unusual circumstances" as justifying negotiation of the exchange and by-in use of the property. In this connection, you state your under standing that while GSA is considering the request of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for 25 acres to turn over to the City of New York for a high school, it is not granting the same consideration to the Post Office Department's request for 10 acres for a new Post Office. You also state your understanding that other Federal agencies have expressed interest in the property. In this record, you ask to be advised whether there are priorities among the Federal agencies established by law and what discretion GSA has in the matter. Finally, Congress wishes to know if there is any law under which the local community would be entitled to express its needs and desires through hearings and consultations or to stop the proposed exchange.