SJR 19:  NAME SHEMYA AFB EARECKSON AIR FORCE BASE                            
                                                                               
  Number 350                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR FOSTER referred to the next item on the agenda, SJR                    
  19.                                                                          
                                                                               
  Number 355                                                                   
                                                                               
  JOE AMBROSE, ASSISTANT to REPRESENTATIVE ROBIN TAYLOR, PRIME                 
  SPONSOR OF SJR 19, referred to the history of Shemya Air                     
  Force Base, saying it is the most westerly of the Eleventh                   
  Air Force's bases.  The 5073rd Air Base Group provides base                  
  support to various tenant units assigned to other Air Force                  
  commands, primarily the Strategic Air Command.  He referred                  
  to Colonel William O. Eareckson, noting that he was a                        
  military leader and active combatant in the Aleutian                         
  Campaign of World War II, and that the Colonel had received                  
  numerous decorations for his service in Alaska, including                    
  the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Flying                    
  Cross and Air Medal, the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.                    
  He said Shemya Air Base is the only Air Force base in Alaska                 
  without a dedicated name.                                                    
                                                                               
  Number 391                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON moved for passage of SJR 19 from                       
  committee with individual recommendations.  No objections                    
  were heard, it was so ordered.