watershed. The committee is urged to provide adequate funds for this work, consisting of the comprehensive survey report on the Trinity River basin, planning of the salt-water barrier project near Wallisville and the authorized Bardwell project near Ennis, and the continuation of construction at an economical and expeditious rate on the Navarro Mills project.

It is vital that the comprehensive survey on the Trinity River be completed at an early date. Projects vital to the development of the entire watershed are involved in the survey. It is particularly critical with respect to adequate funds to permit work by the Corps of Engineers in connection with the Livingston project proposed for immediate construction jointly by the Trinity River Authority and the city of Houston. Further economic growth and development or the great metropolitan area of Houston and the lower Trinity River watershed is dependent upon the construction of this project.

Closely related to the Livingston project is the salt water barrier project near the mouth of the Trinity River, proposed for construction by the Corps of Engineers with the Trinity River Authority, the city of Houston and the Chambers-Liberty Navigation District providing the required participation by local interests. The creation or an adequate water supply for the Lower Trinity Valley and the city of Houston from the Livingston project is devenaen: upon this sait water barrier project. Further. the present users of water Iron the lower Trinity River need relief from sait water intrusion to which the have been subjected for an excessive period of time. Sufficient funas snouic be provided to permit detailed planning by the Corps of Engineers on the Wallis ville project.

The authorized Bardwell Reservoir on Waxahachie Creek will provide a source of water for the city of Ennis. Ennis is in desparate need of additional water supply; the present supply consisting of a dual system furnishing raw water for lawn irrigation and other uses and a well supply for potable water. Both supplies are inadequate in quantity and the well supply is of extremely poor quality, being beyond acceptable standards in total solids, sulfate, chloride, and fluoride contents. Funds should be appropriated now to permit detailed planning of this project to avoid unnecessary delays.

The appropriation for the continuation of the construction on the Navarro Mills project should be increased to permit economical rate of construction on the project and to assure its completion to augment the water supply of the city of Corsicana, Tex.

In summary, the committee is urged to provide not less than the following amounts for use by the Corps of Engineers in order to make the necessary progress on the Trinity River:

(1) For further planning on the salt water barrier project (Wallisville Reservoir) --

(2) For detailed planning on the authorized Bardwell Reservoir___ (3) For continuation of the comprehensive survey report on the Trinity River basin..

(4) For continuation of construction of the Navarro Mills Reservoir project

$100,000 125, 000

350,000

4,500,000

I am Houston Hill, a resident of Fort Worth, Tex., and vice president of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. I am appearing here in support of the requests for funds for the continuation of the Comprehensive Trinity River survey, now under way by the Corps of Engineers. We recognize the extreme importance of the full and complete development of The Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 is actively engaged in providing for and meeting the water supply needs of the metropolitan Fort Worth area.

our water resources.

Extremely valuable and essential data is being developed by the Corps of Engineers in the Trinity River resurvey now under way. Many locally financed projects are handicapped in proceeding in the most efficient manner by the fact that this survey has not as yet been completed. We strongly and urgently request that the $350,000 requested for the continuation of this work be provided for in the year 1961.

I am Joe E. Butler from Corsicana, Tex. I am president of the Trinity Rive Authority of Texas, an agency of the State of Texas. The Trinity River At 'thority of Texas is engaged in several projects in cooperation with the U.S Corps of Engineers in the water development program of the Trinity River o Texas. We, in the State of Texas, are prepared, capable, and anxious to pro ceed at an accelerated pace on these various projects, but it is necessary tha the Corps of Engineers be provided the funds to proceed with the Federal por tion of these projects simultaneously and with the same dispatch.

Specifically, we urgently request that the Congress appropriate for the 196 budget $4,335,000 for the continued construction of the Navarro Mills Reservoi now under way in Navarro County, Tex., $125,000 of planning funds for the salt water barrier project near Wallisville, Tex., which has been previously au thorized by the Congress, $75,000 of planning funds for the Bardwell Reservoir previously authorized by the Congress, and $350,000 for the continuation of the comprehensive resurvey of the Trinity River initiated in 1959 by the Corps of Engineers. These various projects are essential to bring about a solution to the water supply needs of various municipalities in our area. The cities involved in the Trinity River Authority are all prepared to provide the non-Federal financing necessary in each of these projects, and we urgently request that the Congress provide the funds for the Federal portion of these projects in order that the critical situation which exists can be corrected at the earliest possible date.

For example, the city of Houston and the Trinity River Authority have only recently been authorized a permit by the State Board of Water Engineers of the State of Texas to construct projects on the lower Trinity River at an estimated cost of over $40 million. These funds will come from local sources, yet we cannot proceed with these most important projects until the Federal Government makes available the funds in substantially lesser amounts which are necessary to finance the Federal phases of one of the projects and to make determinations in the comprehensive survey essential to the issuance of additional permits of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. We respectfully request your consideration in these matters.

I am Dan C. Williams of Dallas, Tex. I am vice president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce,

We fully recognize the value of the complete development of the Trinity River. Although most of the area of the West Texas Chamber lies outside of the Trinity drainage area and would not benefit directly from the flood control or conservation features of this development, we feel strongly that barge navigation to Fort Worth would be a substantial benefit throughout this large area. This section of Texas raises and produces many commodities for distribution elsewhere and receives various items from the Fort Worth-Dallas distribution centers.

This entire area suffers from high freight rates and we are therefore vitally interested in seeing barge navigation to Fort Worth.

We appear before you today for the purpose of requesting funds to enable the Corps of Engineers to complete their current study promptly in order that this long delayed project may proceed.

I am Martin Harris of Austin, Tex., attorney for the Trinity River Authority of Texas.

I am intimately acquainted with the plans for developing the water resources of the Trinity River, Tex. I have been connected very closely with the many problems, legal and engineering, which have been solved successfully as far as local interests are concerned.

Now that this has been accomplished it is most urgent that Federal plans be brought current. The oportunity exists here on the Trinity River for an outstanding example of Federal-State-local cooperation in effective water de velopment providing that all echelons are enabled to keep their work in phase. For these reasons I most seriously endorse the request presented by other witnesses for aprpopriations adequate to enable the Corps of Engineers to expedite their studies to the limit of their capabilities.

My name is H. R. Norman of Houston, Tex., an engineer with the engineering frm of Brown & Root.

I have been involved in water planning for this section of Texas for many years and am entirely familiar with the solution evolved concerning the Trinity River, Tex. I fully concur in the urgency of securing the completion of the Federal planning on this river.

As an engineer I wish to testify specifically as to the urgency in the matter. Exhaustive engineering studies affecting the future water supply of Houston have been completed. Action must follow soon.

I therefore join the other witnesses from the Trinity River in endorsing the appropriation request as presented by Mr. Ben H. Carpenter, president of the Trinity Improvement Association.

I am Thomas A. McCann, mayor of the city of Fort Worth, Tex.

Our people in Fort Worth recognize the urgency of our water problems and are doing our utmost to solve them with long-range efficiency. Our future is tied intimately with the Trinity River. We believe in the comprehensive development of the entire river basin and support the Trinity River Authority master plan with that objective.

We also feel that the Federal interests in navigation and flood control must be coordinated with local planning.

Our purpose today is to make just one request, which is that the Federal planning be brought up to date with State and local planning. We cannot afford piecemeal construction which will limit the ultimate development. Many of our local needs are most urgent and must be met in the very near future. We are very appreciative of the good work the Corps of Engineers has done in our area for flood protection. We are grateful to the last session of Congress for providing funds for the corps to start a review report of the Trinity River. We now ask that this report be completed with all possible haste and that at least $350,000 be provided for that purpose. Time is the essence of our problems. I can assure you that we will do our full share toward the development of this river basin as a model of good cooperative basin development. We would appreciate your support in this matter.

My name is L. A. Wakefield from Madisonville, Tex. I am president of the Mid-Trinity Valley Association and represent the people of 11 counties located about halfway between Dallas and the gulf.

My association works in complete harmony with the Trinity Improvement Association and the Trinity River Authority organizations representing the entire Trinity River watershed.

We strongly believe in the comprehensive plan of development of our soil and water resources as prepared by the TRA master plan. We are convinced that navigation should be an element of this plan. We have financed and completed our local planning to the point where the navigation studies which can only be done by the Corps of Engineers are badly needed.

This corps study has been started with limited funds. We earnestly request that they be provided with funds sufficient to expedite their report. We appreciate that it takes considerable time to make the detailed type of study required by regulations. On the other hand, time is of great importance to us. We feel that each year lost is costing us severely, and that it will cost less to complete such a study promptly than to drag it out over several years. We feel that the State and local agencies have done and will continue to do all within their power to bring about a model plan for this Trinity River. We ask your support in bringing the Federal plans up to date with State planning. For this purpose we urge an appropriation of $350,000 for the Corps of Engineers.

I am J. C. Smyth, Jr., Liberty, Tex., president of the Trinity Valley Association and publisher of the Liberty Vindicator. Liberty is located at the lower end of the Trinity River and I represent the people of this downstream area.

We fully support the plans and objectives of the Trinity River Authority of Texas and the Trinity Improvement Association. We are dedicated to basinwide

comprehensive planning for all uses of water, including navigation and the soil conservation program.

In all of this planning our local agencies have cooperated effectively to the present. We must have completed Corps of Engineers study, now under way, in order that organized construction can follow planning in a logical order.

We have seen other river basin programs advance more rapidly. We have also seen piecemeal construction preclude eventual optimum development in some areas. In order to avoid this inefficiency in the Trinity Valley, we have carried our own master planning as far as is possible. The lack of up-to-date planning for the Federal responsibilities is now holding us back.

Therefore, we respectfully request your support in securing an appropriation of $350,000 at least for the Corps of Engineers to hasten the completion of their report on the Trinity River and its tributaries, Texas.

I am Lewis Cutrer of Houston, Tex., and I am appearing before you as mayor of the city of Houston. You are well aware of the dynamic growth which our city and our trade area are experiencing. Because of this growth we are faced with many problems, one of the most important and pressing of which is the need for additional water supply for the area. With the cooperation of the Trinity River Authority of Texas we have arrived at a solution to our water problems; a solution, however, which is subject to the cooperation of the Federal Government.

The city of Houston and the Trinity River Authority of Texas have developed a plan for construction of two reservoirs on the main channel of the Trinity River in the lower reaches of the watershed. The Board of Water Engineers of the State of Texas has authorized the issuance of water permits and construction privileges to us. We have entered into a contract with the Trinity River Authority of Texas to provide approximately $40 million of financing for these projects. However, we recognize that the Federal Government has certain paramount interests related to the development of any improvements on the main channel of the Trinity River and that it is necessary for us to secure permits from the U.S. Corps of Engineers in order for us to proceed with these projects. We recognize that in order for the Corps of Engineers to issue these permits to us they must be fully informed and equipped with information which will enable them to make the necessary determinations required of them in this connection. For this reason there must be no question as to the availability of funds for the Corps of Engineers to secure the necessary data from its comprehensive Trinity River survey now underway for arriving at the essential conclusions related to the issuance of permits for the projects in which we are so vitally interested. We therefore respectfully request and urge that Congress appropriate $350,000 for the continuation of the Trinity River survey instead of the $255,000 contained in the 1961 budget. We feel that this will be a very worthwhile expenditure of a nominal amount of money.

We have entered into a contract with the Trinity River Authority of Texas with regard to the local financing as related to the salt water barrier reservoir project and have given our assurance along with it and the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District for the provision of the necessary non-Federal funds for this project. This is an essential project for the development of the lower Trinity area and we urge that you provide $75,000 of planning funds for this most important project.

I am Mason Lockwood, a consulting engineer of the firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newman of Houston, Tex. I am the immediate past president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.

I have been intimately connected with the water problems of Houston and Texas for many years and have participated in the development of the present plans involving the city of Houston and the Trinity River Authority.

These plans have been evolved after lengthy negotiations and exhaustive engineering studies. The solutions reached are entirely acceptable to all local parties concerned. The completion of these plans of necessity involves certain actions by the Federal Government.

For these reasons I join in the request for appropriations as worded by Mr. Ben H. Carpenter, president of the Trinity Improvement Association, in

order that the Corps of Engineers studies and operations be completed with the least practical delay.

We in Houston are especially interested in the early completion of the review report of the entire Trinity River Basin and the Wallisville interim report. With these studies completed we feel that our city, State, and Federal plans an progress expeditiously and in harmony.

My name is Victor Bouldin of Houston, Tex., an attorney with the firm Tinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls. I have been intimately connected with the Tater affairs and problems of Houston and Texas for many years.

As an attorney I represented the city of Houston in lengthy hearings before the State board of water engineers in the joint Houston-Trinity River Authority application before that board.

With this background I can say with assurance that all local interests have successfully worked out an entirely satisfactory solution to a very difficult problem. In order to carry out these plans the Federal Government, through the Corps of Engineers, is necessarily involved.

We therefore join with all other interests in the Trinity River in supporting the request for appropriations for this purpose as expressed by Mr. Ben H. Carpenter, president of the Trinity Improvement Association.

My name is Elgin B. Robertson and I am mayor pro-tem, a member of the city council, of the city of Dallas, Tex. I wish to join in support of the testimony which is being presented here to you today urging an appropriation of $350,000 for the comprehensive Trinity River survey now being conducted by the U.S. Corps of Engineers and for adequate planning funds to be made available for the Bardwell project and the salt water barrier project, even though these two projects are not now included in the 1961 budget. We also wish to support the request of our neighboring city of Corsicana that funds be made available for the continued construction of the Navarro Mills Reservoir in the most adequate and efficient manner possible. There is no program more important to the welfare and future of our city than the program of complete and full development of the water resources of our Trinity River. I can assure you that the local interests in this area are fully prepared, capable, and willing to carry out the responsibilities properly allocable to local and State government levels. It is our hope and request that funds will be made available so that the Federal portions of these various projects can be carried out simultaneously with the local interests and activities.

Mr. RABAUT. I see that we have Jim Wright here of Texas.

STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE JIM WRIGHT, TEXAS

Mr. WRIGHT. Mr. Chairman, I have a statement which, with your permission, I would like to file.

Mr. RABAUT. Without objection, it will be placed in the record at this point.

(The statement referred to follows:)

STATEMENT OF JIM WRIGHT, CONGRESSMAN, 12TH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I think I can appreciate the awesome responsibility which your committee must feel, when beseiged by pleas and importunings, to insure that from each appropriated tax dollar a full dollar's worth of benefit will inure to the people of the United States.

I understand it to be your policy to apply Federal funds where they will truly serve the national interest, and where preferably there is a clear disposition on the part of the local interests to put their own shoulders to the oar and contribute effectively to the development of the overall program in which our Federal Government participates.

By either criterion, the projects appearing in the suggested budget for the further development of the Trinity River in Texas recommend themselves to your sympathetic consideration.