HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS THIRD SESSION EXPANSION OF FACILITIES H. J. Res. 583 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1940 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi JOHN TABER, New York FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. EDWARD T. TAYLOR (CHAIRMAN), CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, CLARENCE CANNON, LOUIS LUDLOW, J. BUELL SNYDER, EMMET O'NEAL, GEORGE W. JOHNSON, JOHN TABER, RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, AND J. WILLIAM DITTER, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY: TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1940. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY STATEMENTS OF EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., AND WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, MEMBERS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMISSION, ACCOMPANIED BY GANO DUNN AND JOHN BIGGERS, ASSISTANTS TO THE COMMISSIONERS; DAVID E. LILIENTHAL, VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND COL. T. B. PARKER, CHIEF ENGINEER, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CONSTRUCTION OF HOLSTON RIVER DAM, INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL GENERATING UNITS; CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES, ETC. Mr. WOODRUM. We will take up now the supplemental estimate of appropriation contained in Senate Document No. 241 for the Tennessee Valley Authority: Tennessee Valley Authority Fund: For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the act entitled "The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933," approved May 18, 1933, as amended by the act approved Aug. 31, 1935, and by the act approved July 26, 1939 (16 U. S. C., ch. 12a), including the funds necessary to begin construction of a dam on the Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn.; to begin installation of 2 additional electric generating units at Wilson Dam, Ala., and 1 additional electric generating unit at Pickwick Landing Dam, Tenn.; and to begin construction of steam electric generating facilities with a rated capacity of approximately 120,000 kilowatts in the area served by the Authority; and the acquisition of necessary land, the clearing of such land, relocation of highways, and the construction or purchase of transmission lines and other facilities, and all other necessary works authorized by such acts, and for printing and binding, lawbooks, books of reference, newspapers, periodicals, purchase, maintenance, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and all necessary salaries and expenses connected with the organization, operation, and investigations of 1 |