gricultural levees Construction of authorized local flood protection projects and agricultural bees in the Missouri River basin has lagged for lack of adequate budget support. Ce agricultural levee authorization is under review by the Corps of Engineers result of an executive order. We urge the earliest possible completion s review by the Corps of Engineers and support by the Congress of an rated program of construction of the levees and local protection works red to protect the cities and farmlands of the Missouri River basin ent floods originating below reservoir sites which cannot be prevented stream reservoirs. We request the Chief of the Corps of Engineers to continue planning and pomence construction of the authorized agricultural levees in organized diss while restudy of the program is underway. nk stabilization We urge Congress to accelerate appropriations for channel and bank stabiliin work from Sioux City, Iowa to the mouth. We urgently recommend at Caress appropriate sufficient funds annually for the earliest possible open of work between Kansas City and the mouth of the river. Tes of land by bank erosion between Sioux City, Iowa and Fort Bad Dam has increased since the closure and operation of these dams. that funds be provided without delay for bank protection on this pred portion of the river. ee that flood protection facilities below the Kansas Cities, properly ated with authorized flood control projects upstream, be constructed without farther delay. Laude River basin We recognize that the most urgent remaining flood control program in the Missouri River basin is the Kansas River basin draining most of Kansas and part of Nebraska. We recognize that this is the primary remaining cause potential downstream floods. We urge that Congress recognize this vital problem and accelerate the program to control floods originating in the Kansas River besin Local food protection We urge the Corps of Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service to continue and expedite their cooperative efforts to work out a satisfactory od protection project for Indian Creek in Iowa. We recomend that Congress continue to appropriate sufficient funds so the Corps of Engineers may complete the general survey and plan thereby ing final plans at the earliest possible date to protect Atchison, Kans., disaster community", from flooding by White Clay and Brewery Creeks, Leavenworth, Kans, from flooding by Three Mile Creek. Further, we urge that Congress appropriate the necessary funds for the ed railroad bridge raises at both Atchison and Leavenworth, Kans., and ural levees and flood control works at both cities. urge Congress to appropriate funds to complete the authorized survey for d protection projects at Hays and Great Bend, Kans. rge congressional appropriations for the authorized flood protection for the cities of Osawatomie, Ottawa, Topeka, Manhattan, Lawrence, Frankfort, Kans. ge that adequate funds be provided promptly to complete the Kansas City protection project. item dams authorized dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the Missouri River rt Peck, Garrison, Fort Randall, Gavins Point, Oahe, and Big Bend are leted or approaching completion. urge Congress to make appropriations to complete the dams under traction. igation channel e recommend early completion of the authorized 9-foot channel to Sioux Iowa. We oppose any legislation which would limit the depth of any portion of the orized navigation channel to less than the authorized 9-foot depth. urge early completion of a survey report on the engineering and economic ibility of navigation above Sioux City. Reclamation We urge Congress to appropriate funds for the completion of survey Oahe-James River reclamation project in South Dakota. We urge the uninterrupted construction of the Ainsworth irrigation pr the Niobara River in Nebraska. We urge Congress to appropriate funds to start construction of the unit in Kansas. This project has met all Government requirements in execution of repayment contracts with users of irrigation and municipal v We urge the commencement of construction of Red Willow Dam and Re We recommend that Congress make possible full utilization of the co Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir in Kansas by appropriating funds to b authorized irrigation facilities to serve lands of the Cedar Bluff Ir District. We recommend that Congress appropriate funds to expedite completi definite plan report for Glen Elder unit in Kansas. We urge the Bureau of Reclamation to request and Congress to app funds to expedite completion of a feasibility report on the Little Blue Nebraska in order to support a request for authorization. Garrison unit project One of the principal benefits of the comprehensive Missouri River program is the development of further irrigation projects in the uppe We, therefore, urge Congress to enact appropriate legislation to constr Garrison unit project if it finds that the project is sound and econo justified, after provision is made in the plan for the return of subst: all of the return flows of water from the lands irrigated into the Missour Basin and, further, that appropriations therefor will not delay or appropriations for flood control reservoirs and other works within the necessary for the completion of the over-all plan for flood control in the ba Tributary stream projects We urge Congress to continue appropriations for the construction of Creek Dam in Kansas. We urge the early authorization of the revised Kansas River Basin re the Corps of Engineers as a logical way to supplement the reservoir impound enough flood water to give protection to the Kansas River against a recurrence of the 1951 flood. We urge the early authorization comprehensive program for the North Grand River in Missouri, as incor in the North Grand River report. We urge that funds be appropriated for continued construction Pomme de Terre Dam in Missouri and the Pommona Dam in Kansas, a sufficient planning funds be made available for the Kasinger Bluf Scott, Melvern, Hillsdale, and Stockton Dams in the Osage River B Missouri and Kansas. We urge that early construction funds be made available for Perry, M and Wilson Dams in the Kansas River Basin in Kansas. We urge that additional planning funds be made available for the R Dam on the Chariton River in Iowa. We urge Congress to appropriate construction funds for the Floyd flood protection project so that construction of this urgently needed proj be started as soon as possible. The proposed Gering Valley flood control project and the Salt Cre tributaries project in Nebraska have been authorized by Congress. It i that Congress appropriate funds for the early construction of these p We urge early completion of a study of a flood control plan for the River in North and South Dakota and recommend that full use of th Byron reservior as proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation be incor] in the flood control plan. We urge authorization of the flood control plan for the Vermillion when approved by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. We recommend that funds be made available to the Corps of Engine an economic feasibility study of flood control dams and reservoirs Platte River in Missouri and the Little Papio Creek in Nebraska. We urge early completion of the Bowman-Haley project report in Dakota. We urge the Corps of Engineers to expedite its review report on the authorized Pembina River project in North Dakota so that the project may be submitted Congress. We urge the Corps of Engineers to expedite the completion of its authorized rvey of the Crystal Lake project in South Sioux City, Nebr. OHIO RIVER BASIN Idernization of main stem navigation facilities Accompanying and stimulating the nation's tremendous economic progress, me on the main stem of the Ohio has more than doubled during the decade the 1950's. To support and make possible the continuation of this vital Momic growth we urge Congress to speed up construction schedules on the Ohio River main stem recanalization and modernization program. Unless the program is expedited, normal growth will result in a traffic volume that exceeds the river's capacity by the late 1960's. A good start has been made. Six new highlift locks and dams are now under construction. These are New Cumberland, Greenup, Anthony Meldahl, Markand, locks and dam No. 41 and Pike Island. Feds to begin construction on Belleville locks and dam in fiscal 1961 tial to the overall program. Pestruction planning on the remaining locks and dams is lagging badly. Bale sites are becoming more difficult to find and more expensive to acquire. Armation of funds to initiate planning on four additional locks and dams bra 1961 is a minimum requirement. These four are Cannelton, Opossum Creek, Uniontown, and Racine. Flood control projects We urge continued progress on the authorized Ohio Valley flood control program in fiscal 1961. Construction should be expedited on the following dam and reservoir projects now under construction: Allegheny River Reservoir, Dillon Reservoir in the Muskingum Basin, Flannagan Reservoir in the Big Sandy Basin, Nolin River, and No. 2 Barren River Reservoirs in the Green River Basin, Shenago River Reservoir and Summersville Reservoir in the Kanawha River Basin, and West Branch Reservoir in the Mahoning River Basin We recommend that funds be provided to initiate construction on Fishtrap Reservoir the Big Sandy Basin. We further urge that advance planning funds be provided for Frazeysburg Reservoir in the Muskingum River Basin, and the No 2 Green River Reservoir. Local flood protection We recommend that adequate funds be provided to insure orderly progress on the following local protection projects: Bradford, Pa., Brookville, Pa., East Belle, W. Va., Evansville, Ind., Princeton, W. Va., Ridgway, Pa., Washington, Williamson, W. Va., Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., Saline River and tributaries, is, Sturgis, Ky., and Turtle Creek, Pa. ragahela River navigation projects urge that sufficient funds be appropriated in fiscal 1961 to insure orderly ess on the Monongahela River. Initial construction funds should be approated for Maxwell and Opekiska, together with advance planning funds for struction of dam No. 4. Freys Surveys and reappraisals are necessary to evaluate present and proposed ects in light of current conditions. We therefore urge that sufficient funds propriated for this work in fiscal 1961. abash River Basin We urge the early completion of the investigation and survey to determine the sibility of providing a commercial barge channel on the Wabash River. We urge that Congress appropriate funds in fiscal 1961 for advanced planning the Mississinewa, Salomonie, and Huntington flood control reservoirs in the er Wabash River Basin and the Monroe multiple-purpose reservoir on Salt ek, a tributary to White River in the Wabash River Basin, and the Mason Niblack and unit No. 5 levee on the Wabash River. We recommend that adequate funds be made available to the Corps of Engiers to complete at an early date the investigation and survey for flood control and other purposes in Illinois and Indiana of the Wabash River Basi particular attention to expediting the reports on the Wildcat, Big Pine. Creek and Wolf Creek flood control reservoirs and the local protection of Carmel, Ill., and West Terre Haute, Ind. Bayou Bartholomew OUACHITA RIVER BASIN This drainage project was authorized in 1950. The President's budg ommends $25,600 to complete a restudy of the project. Congress is urged favorably on this budget request. Caddo River The DeGray Dam on the Caddo River was authorized in 1950. A rest 1958 found it economically justified. A total of $835,000 will be requ complete advance engineering and designing, $146,250 was appropriated fo year 1960. The President's budget recommends $300,000 for fiscal 19 because of long delays and the urgent need for additional industrial water and hydroelectric power, we urge that fiscal 1961 appropriations include $ the balance needed to complete all preconstruction design and engineering Navigation The Corps of Engineers released a revised report on this project in Jul economically justifying two construction plans, one with 400-foot locks ha benefit-cost ratio of 1.35 to 1 and another with 600-foot locks having a cost ratio of 1.22 to 1. We urge acceptance by Congress of the 600-foot loc as the only one that can give the Ouachita River in Arkansas and Louisi: opportunity to develop fully its potential water cargoes and be able to p interchange loaded barges and towboats with the Mississippi River inland way system. We urge Congres to appropriate not less than $150,000 for 1961 to advance this long delayed project. Saline River The Benton Dam on the Saline River is a multiple-purpose water suppl under title III of Public Law 85-500. The Corps of Engineers held a hearing on this project in 1959 and their report is due to reach Congres in this session. Congress is urged to authorize construction of the project earliest possible date. TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was authorized by Congress in 194 exhaustive studies and a favorable recommendation by the Corps of Eng Since that time, a great forward step has been taken in the completion lock at Demopolis, Ala., at the confluence of the Tombigbee and Black W Rivers. A study to determine the present feasibility of the project ha completed by the Corps of Engineers but has not yet been made public. upon known factors, it is expected that the study will show the project feasible and economically justified. Subject to a favorable finding, we Congress to make sufficient funds available to conduct advance planning: initiate construction as soon as possible. Navigation WARRIOR-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway in Alabama is one of the oldest and growing inland barge channels in the Southeastern United States. Traf steadily increased in recent years and reached a record high of 5,666,20 in 1958. Demopolis and Warrior locks and dams, replacing six obsolete structures been completed. Jackson lock and dam, which will eliminate three small. quate structures in the waterway's lower reaches, is in its fourth year struction. Present schedules call for opening the lock to river traffic in t half of 1960. We urgently request approval of adequate funds to mainta present rate of construction. The next step in the waterway's orderly modernization is construction authorized Holt lock and dam to replace four outmoded structures near loosa. Preconstruction planning was undertaken with the appropriati $146,250 by Congress for fiscal 1960. We urge approval of funds suffici continue the advance planning and to initiate the construction of this facility. drater development In addition to the needed navigation projects, we also recognize the urgency of reloping fully the headwaters of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway to relieve ly floods and to provide a dependable supply of water for navigation, strial, agricultural and domestic use, fish and wildlife conservation, pollusbatement, and recreation. RED RIVER BASIN IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, AND ARKANSAS Tmption and bank stabilization We urge the allocation of funds to expedite studies on the proposed plan to bine an adequate navigation channel with a comprehensive bank protection ject on the Red River from the Mississippi River to Denison, Tex., with a ach channel to Jefferson, Tex. We recommend continued appropriations for construction of the Red River comprehensive flood control project. Total appropriations for levees and bank stabillation will soon reach the authorized limit and it is particularly urgent that additional funds be authorized for completing this work without interption. TRINITY RIVER BASIN Wendorse the comprehensive program for the Trinity River Basin in Texas, adding navigation, and urge that construction funds be provided so that work by the Corps of Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service may be continued. Comprehensive program WHITE RIVER BASIN We urge Congress to recognize that comprehensive development of the White River Basin as recommended by the Corps of Engineers and partially authorized Congress will return substantial benefits in flood control, bank stabilization, recreation, and incidental hydroelectric power. We are Congress to appropriate necessary funds, as recommended by the Carps of Engineers, to complete the construction of Greens Ferry Dam on the Little Red River in Arkansas. Wer hat Congress make appropriations sufficient to begin construction of the Beaver Dam on the White River in Arkansas. We are the early construction of Lone Rock Dam on the Buffalo River and that studies be made concerning the feasibility of including hydroelectric power. Navigation We urge Congress to take the necessary steps to reestablish navigation on White River and to make the necessary funds available to the Corps of Engibeers templete, as rapidly as possible the restudy on the White River between Batesville Ark., and the mouth. ATMENT OF T. M. WHICER, CHAIRMAN, WATERWAYS COMMITTEE, SIOUX CITY HAMBER OF COMMERCE, SIOUX CITY, IOWA-MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL AND BANK STABILIZATION PROGRAM waterways committee of the Sioux City, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce that Congress accelerate appropriations for channel and bank-stabilization from Sioux City to Omaha. Recognizing that the U.S. Corps of Army ers can efficiently utilize $7,600,000 this year and that said amount, aprated on a yearly basis, will move the completion date of the bank and rel stabilization work up to the spring of 1966, we ask that Congress give proposed amount their support. This $7,600,000 represents an increase of lion over last year's appropriation. The increase does not represent a er total cost for the project, but simply means moving the rate of apriations forward in order to complete the work 2 years earlier. fr request for moving up the completion date of the bank and channel lization project from Sioux City to Omaha is based on the urgency of ing water transportation to the Sioux City area. The industrial growth Ptial of the Missouri Basin is illustrated by the fact that six industries have based industrial sites and will begin construction as soon as water transation is assured. To illustrate the demand and economic necessity for this |