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Letter from Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, dated April 10,

1951

Copy of H. R. 6 introduced by Mr. Phillips.

Copy of H. R. 7 introduced by Mr. McKinnon.

Copy of H. R. 6578 introduced by Mr. Engle-

Copy of H. R. 6704 introduced by Mr. Phillips_

Copy of H. R. 7185 introduced by Mr. McKinnon..

Letter from F. J. Lawton, Director, Bureau of the Budget, dated March

16, 1951__

Letter from Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army, dated June 18, 1951

Letter from K. T. Hutchinson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, dated

March 13, 1951-

Letter from W. S. Davis, Acting Secretary of Commerce, dated June 22,

1951.

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Statement of Hon. Clinton D. McKinnon, Representative in Congress,

California.

Statement of Hon. John Phillips, Representative in Congress, California_

Statement of the Department of Agriculture.

Excerpt from letter from the Department of State..

Statement of Dr. Helmut E. Landsberg, Department of Defense

Statement of the Secretary of Commerce.

Statement of the Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency

Statement of the General Services Administration (subsequently Housing

and Home Finance Agency).

Statement of William E. Warne, Assistant Secretary of the Interior..

Letter from Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, dated June 15,

1951.

Statement of N. B. Bennett, Director, Branch of Project Planning, Bureau
of Reclamation__

Statement of Fairfield Osborn, president, the Conservation Foundation,

New York City -

Statement of Richard D. Searles, Under Secretary, Department of the

Interior

Statement of Michael W. Straus, Commissioner of Reclamation, Depart-

ment of the Interior-

Statement of Carlton P. Barnes, Agricultural Research Administration_.

Statement of F. W. Reichelderfer, Weather Bureau--

Statement of the Griscom-Russell Co., Massillon, Ohio.

Letter from Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, Pa--

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Copy of H. R. 6578 as amended in committee_.

Copy of House Report No. 1519 to accompany H. R. 6578-

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Language of bill as enacted into law (Public Law 448, 82d Cong)

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Letter from Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary, Department of the Interior.

Letter from Ionics, Inc., Cambridge, Mass..

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