Frederick, 1954-1955

Correspondence. Topics include: thanks for cooperation in the negotiations which led to the establishment of the Brantly helicopter industry at Frederick, Oklahoma; helicopter training schools; reactivation of the Frederick base; restrictions contained in a quitclaim deed; request that approximately 360 acres of land at the Frederick Municipal Airport be released from the deed restrictions; copy of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1945; release from the government if an agreement can be worked out with Brantly Helicopter Corporation; dire need of critical housing; no evidence on Frederick, Oklahoma as a critical housing area; request for additional information from regional office, Housing and Home Finance Agency; unexpected decision to move the entire Army Aviation School to Camp Rucker, Alabama; attempt to get the entire Army Aviation School to remain at Fort Sill and Frederick; attempt to negotiate a contract with the Department of Defense for the manufacture of large cargo helicopters; information requested on the helicopter training program; relative to the decentralization of certain airlines in an effort to get something lined up for Frederick; reply from the Quartermaster General; regarding heating equipment that was removed by the government from the building owned by the city of Frederick, Oklahoma and leased by the Army; information on what the city of Frederick did for the Brantly Helicopter Corporation; watermelons for the Army; application for changes in the deed; plans of the "Frederick Army Air Field."