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COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD-CONTROL PLANS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

ON

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, APRIL 6, 1937, HOUSE
FLOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE DOCUMENT NO. 1, SEVENTY-
FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, AND SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, AND
AMENDMENTS TO THE FLOOD CONTROL
ACTS OF JUNE 15, 1936, JUNE 22, 1936,
AND AUGUST 28, 1937

MARCH 30 TO APRIL 19, 1938

61916

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1938

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CONTENTS

Statement of—

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missioners, Greenville, Miss..

Aiken, Hon. George D., Governor of Vermont.

Allen, Hon. A. Leonard, Representative of State of Louisiana..

Allen, J. S., Chief of Engineers, Board of Mississippi Levee Com-

Archambault, Dewey G., mayor of Lowell, Mass-

296

942, 1046

914

Bennett, Henry G., president of the Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical College.

724

Brown, D. D., chairman, Elkins citizen's flood control committee,
Elkins, W. Va..

517

Brown, Leonard M., member of board of aldermen, Springfield, Mass.,
and chairman, flood protection committee..

264

Burdick, Maj. Roy, first assistant to the district engineer, Memphis,
Tenn....

180

Burnham, W. C., engineer for the water resources division of the
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board..

670

Cecil, George, executive secretary, Conservation Association of Los
Angeles County.

560

Chamberlain, P. M., Pittsburgh, Pa-

532

Christy, R. L., Lamar, Colo..

742

Citron, Hon. William M., Representative at large from Connecticut.
Clayton, Harold, mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio. -

1049

437

Cochran, George T., La Grande, Oreg...

583

Connally, Hon. Tom, United States Senator from Texas_.

626, 951

Covell, Lt. Col. William E. R., district engineer, Pittsburgh dis-
trict.

Costello, Thomas J., chairman, Board of Hampden County Com-
missioners

261

139, 180

Crooker, H. S., chairman, Jeffersonville, Ind., flood protection com-
mittee...

410

Davidson, E. L., Parkersburg, W. Va..

Davison, Lt. Col. Donald A., Corps of Engineers, Louisville district

Dean, Arthur, acting treasurer of Bent County.

Disney, Hon. Wesley E., Representative in Congress from the State
of Oklahoma.......

741

707, 1055

Dockweiler, Hon. John F., Representative in Congress from the State
of California___

547

Ferguson, Gen. Harley B., president, Mississippi River Commission..
Feringa, Capt. Peter A., Office of Chief of Engineers, War Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C..

35

Ford, Hon. Thomas F., Representative in Congress from the State
of California_

554, 1030

586, 695

636

of Ohio

Huey, S. E., Baton Rouge, La..

Imhoff, Hon. Lawrence E., Representative in Congress from the State

Jacobs, Harry, chief engineer of Louisiana_
Jacobson, John, Jr., Manchester, N. H...

701

452, 996

898
290, 314

Jenkins, Hon. Thomas A., Representative in Congress from the
State of Ohio....

437

Jessup, Roger, chairman, board of supervisors, Los Angeles County,
Calif

539

Johnson, Hon. Edwin C., United States Senator from the State of
Colorado-

704

Johnson, George W., Representative in Congress from the State of
West Virginia__

442, 964

Johnson, Hon. Jed, Representative in Congress from the State of
Oklahoma_

634, 1000

Jordan, Alan N., executive secretary of the Ohio Valley Conservation
and Flood Control Congress_

438

Kearney, Stephen B., city engineer, Lowell, Mass-
Kelso, Maurice M., Chief of Division of Land Economics, Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agriculture_-

326

232

Kramer, Hon. Charles, Representative in Congress from the State
of California_

548, 976

McClure, Rev. M. B., chairman, Orleans flood prevention committee,
Orleans, Ind..

Lewis, Hon. Lawrence, Representative in Congress from the State of

Colorado

Long, J. H., president of the Chamber of Commerce, Huntington, W.
Va

450

424

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Mendenhall, H. B., Rocky Ford, Colo..

741

Miller, Hon. John E., United States Senator from the State of Ar-
kansas..

716

Munns, Edward N., Chief, Division of Forest Influences, Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture_-

221, 229

Nelson, Hon. William L., Representative in Congress from the State
of Missouri _ _ .

800

Nolan, John W., representing the Governor of Kansas

743

Offenhiser, N. É., chief engineer for the Yazoo-Mississippi levee dis-
trict, Clarksdale, Miss..

921

Overton, Hon. John H., United States Senator from the State of
Louisiana..

817, 971

Patman, Hon. Wright, Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas.

Patrick, Austin L., Chief, Division of Watershed and Conservation
Survey, Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture-----

Pierce, Hon. Walter M., Representative in Congress from the State

of Oregon.-.-.

606

230

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