De MAINTENAsCE,HOUSING AND OPERATIONS. 1. Warehousing, The exphasis in this phase of the post opere ation was more on normal function, as contrasted to construction and Fewarehousing, than in previous monthes However, work of relnforcenent of the "Sandstone" refrigerator bank was virtually completed, and portions of this space were being utilised for storage spacee Two additional A frames were campleted in the open storage area, and are ‘Bow being weilised for storage of durable and heavy material, Rewaree housing slse continued on & redused scale, . Reaoval of material from daptan Tsland was nearly completed éuring this period, and the program of inventory, repair, packing and Grating, storage and reporting for disposition was oontinued with the time and labor available. 2. Preservation and Cooconins, This program oontinued on & maintenance basis only during Farch and April. Spot checks of*several — types of equipment, with satisfactory or better results in all casess ~ , Somes signal equipment, notatly eight SCR-300's, was renoved fron covconing. ala thig oquipmant was in excellent state of presere ° vations. Mention has already ‘been madovet the exoellext reaults ot:the! cee prevention progran t ‘theagbile refrigerator‘unktes aoieei * §, Bower and Distiliation Plant.’ No difficulties ef umeul nature were; experienced ” this operating equipment during the report period. : ‘The power and distilletion plant, operated by Holmes and ‘Barver, experienced two power failures during the period.e One of these, between 1700 and 1815 on 24 April, was caused by transformer trouble BEST AVAILABLE Copy prot ~ 737 7 TS OODER ¢ a