Flood Control Act of 1949: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5472, (title II) Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, Soil Conservation, and for Other Purposes. May 16-20, 23-27, June 1 and 2, 1949

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - Flood control - 1132 pages
H.R. 5472, (title II) authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, soil conservation, and for other purposes.

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Neosha River flow stability 417
108
George Hon Walter F United States Senator letter__ 47
109
Sook E R Secretary chamber of commerce Lawrence Kans statement_ 247
111
Meisner James F Marion County Kans letters 460465
112
H R 3791
113
Abels Edwin F president Kaw River Valley Association statement 239 251
115
Lafayette Pa Board of Supervisors letter
122
Myers Hon Francis J United States Senator statements 110116
133
Ohio River Basin project 168 191
168
Wellsville N Y project 954
172
Allen Hon A Leonard Member of Congress statement_ 999
186
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress statement
191
Breidenthal W J Flood Protection Planning Commission for Greater
227
Meyers E I consulting engineer Missouri River Flood Protection Asso
234
Lawrence Kans floodcontrol problems statement_
250
Anacostia River D C and Md project__ 85
258
H R 2519
260
South Platte River and tributaries Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska_
261
ArkansasWhite and Red River Basins United States Study Commission__ 971
266
Brey Claude Ozawkie Kans statement
278
LeavenworthJefferson Electric Cooperative Inc McLouth Kans letter_
305
Brown Hon Edgar A Clark Hill authority of South Carolina statement 71
318
Middle Rio Grande N Mex project
321
Aylor secretary Gretna Chamber of Commerce Gretna Va letter 159
335
Bureau of Reclamation jurisdiction in investigations 939
339
Barker Gordon Chanute Kans statement_ 407
341
Burton Hon Clarence G Member of Congress statement 161 182 940
391
Jackson Hon Henry M Member of Congress statement__ 686
398
Carroll Hon John A Member of Congress Colorado statement_ 264
406
Chandler E Leroy Alexandria La statement 997
419
Spokane Wash chamber of commerce statement 641
449
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board statement_
501
Mills Hon Wilbur D Member of Congress statement_ 895
502
Stefan Hon Karl Member of Congress statement_ 274
509
Old River closure lower Mississippi River project 765
511
Portland Oreg flood damage_ 625
651
Jacobson N H telegram_
671
Stewart Charles W Oskaloosa Kans letter_ 285
685
Johnson E R Roanoke Va letter__ 186
688
Lorence Walter E engineering consultant statement 131
691
West Riverside Calif resolutions__
703
Lost River Ind project 169
712
St Francis River Ark floodcontrol project 873
713
Mississippi River Basin upper project_ 925
739
Magee Hon Clare Member of Congress statement
816
Stone Clifford H director Colorado Water Conservation Board
910
Santa Ynez River watershed California project
913
White Hon Compton I Member of Congress statement_ 1037
926
TimesPicayune New Orleans La editorial and article_ 780 783
929
Sasscer Hon Lansdale G Member of Congress statement 91
933
Magnuson Hon Warren G United States Senator statement 934
934
Scott William P Roanoke Va letter__ 188
941
C Kawainui Flood Control Committee letter 737
964
Beall William attorney Clay Center Kans statement 275
966
Umphenour Ray Beatrice Nebr statement 950
971
Smith Nelson Lee Federal Power Commission letter__ 156972
972
Marion Dam Neosha River Kansas protest statements_ 451 457
993
Missouri River Basin
1026
Ragland H S Stuttgart Ark letter_ 844
1047
Will Ralph E Office of the Secretary of Agriculture statements 1059
1059
Vancouver Lake area Washington project_ 689
1080
Columbia River Interstate Commission_ 524
1081
Willamette River Oreg project 511 524
1083
Vinson Hon Carl Member of Congress statement 49
1094
Beatrice Nebr project 947
1115
Connecticut River project 111
1117
Duwamish River Wash project_ 513
1118
Billingsley Kirby Columbia Basin Commission statement_ 620
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