Joint Resolution of the Georgia General Assembly

Mar. 2, 1953

AIR FORCE ACADEMY IN SPALDING COUNTY -- MEMORIAL TO STATE DELEGATION IN CONGRESS.

No. 41 (House Resolution No. 188).

A Resolution.

Urging the Georgia Congressional Delegation to support legislation for the establishment of an Air Force Academy in Spalding County, Georgia; and for other purposes.

Whereas, it is proposed that a United States Air Force Academy be established similar to the Army Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis; and

Whereas, the establishment of such an Air Force Academy would be of great benefit to the entire nation; and

Whereas, there is pending in Congress House Resolution No. 385 which was introduced by Congressman Sidney Camp, of Georgia, which proposes that an Air Force Academy be established and that such academy be located in Spalding County, Georgia; and

Whereas, Spalding County was the only location in the State of Georgia and one of the fourteen locations in the United States which were selected to be placed on the approved list of locations for the establishment of said academy; and

Whereas, the establishment of such an academy in Spalding County would be of untold benefit to the State of Georgia, and would provide the academy with an ideal location from the standpoint of geography, weather, manpower, and State and county support;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the Georgia Delegation in Congress be urged and requested to support House Resolution No. 385 and exert all possible effort towards effecting its passage.

Be it further resolved that the Clerk of the House send a copy of this Resolution to each member of the Georgia Congressional Delegation.

Approved March 2, 1953.

Source: Ga. Laws 1953, pp. 405-406.

(c) Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

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