I would like to introduce into the record this directory and especially wish to call attention to the statement that is on the back page. This statement is:

The Irrigation Districts Association of California is a mutual association of irrigation districts organized under the California Irrigation District Act and other agencies whose primary purpose is the irrigation of lands. It is not in politics, as that term usually implies, but it does take an interest in all legislation affecting the districts.

Its purpose is the strengthening of the districts legally, financially, and economically, and the advancement of California through the proper use and distribution of the waters of the State.

It comprises districts with a total area of more than 4,000,000 acres of land, a valuation in excess of $1,000,000,000, and with a rural population of more than 500,000 people.

The association acts for all districts in matters pertaining to the welfare of the districts and the farmers of the State.

Those figures as to acreage and value and population are old. The figures should be increased upward.

Now, I made a statement the other day that for all the irrigation districts who were members of the association their position was that they wished the bill passed as is. I wish to make two exceptions as to that. One is that as to that Table Mountain Reservoir there is the Anderson-Cottonwood irrigation district which would be affected by that, and therefore the Irrigation Districts Association takes no position as to Table Mountain but remains neutral. The second is as to the Madera irrigation district. Their position I know. They would wish to be neutral în this matter of my appearance here.

Senator OVERTON (chairman of the subcommittee). Thank you. (The directory of the Irrigation Districts Association of California is as follows:)

DIRECTORY-IRRIGATION DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCo, Calif., June 1943

OFFICERS

Milton L. Kidd, president Modesto, Calif.

Claus Popp, vice president, Escalon, Calif.

W. D. Wagner, executive secretary and treasurer, San Francisco, Calif.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Geo. K. Anderson, Byron, Calif.

Lewis A. Hauser, Los Angeles, Calif.

D. M. Bakewell, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. M. J. Henry, Manteca Calif.

W. R. Bailey, Visalia, Calif.

W. T. Baldwin, Oroville, Calif.

D. K. Barnell, Merced, Calif.

W. P. Boone, Fresno, Calif.

W. W. Cox Westley, Calif.
L. C. Darling, Fowler, Calif.
D. I. Brown, Corcoran, Calif.
Wm. Durbrow, Grass Valley, Calif.
F. T. Dusterberry, Centerville, Calif.
W. W. Edwards, Oakdale, Calif.
Philip Gordon, Fresno, Calif.
B. F. Grubel, Calipatria, Calif.
Evan T. Hewes, El Centro, Calif.

G. W. Hunt, San Jose, Calif.
W. E. Jenkinson, Placerville, Calif.
F. J. Johnson, Williows, Calif.
W. W. Koehler, Glenn, Calif.
Elmer La Joie, Reedley, Calif.
F. E. Miller, Tranquillity, Calif.
F. D. Reyner, Tracy, Calif.
J. A. Secara, Madera, Calif.
Wm. H. Sperry, La Mesa, Calif.
J. W. Sutton, Vista, Calif.
L. D. Thompson, Modesto, Calif.
D. C. Thornburg, Turlock, Calif.
S. A. Warson, Lindsay, Calif.

Thos. C. Boone, Modesto, Calif.
A. L. Cowell, Stockton, Calif.
S. J. Hankins, San Francisco, Calif.
Ronald Harris, Fresno, Calif.

Harry W. Horton, El Centro, Calif.

ATTORNEYS

W. H. Jennings, La Mesa, Calif.
C. F. Metteer, Sacramento, Calif.
Maurice M. Myers, Oceanside, Calif.
Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.

CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS SECURITIES COMMISSION, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Robert W. Kenny, attorney general, State Building, San Francisco.

Ben C. Corlett, superintendent of banks, 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
Edward Hyatt, State engineer, Sacramento, Calif.

Henry T. Ohm, Tracy, Calif.

M. J. Dowd, Imperial, Calif.

Harmon S. Bonte, executive secretary, State Building, San Francisco.

COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS SECTION

F. T. Dusterberry, chairman, 324 Central Avenue, Centerville, Calif.

M. I. Church Jr., secretary, 1202 Broadway Arcade Building, Los Angeles, Calif. A. B. Shaw, Jr., secretary, 835 Rowan Building, Fifth and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, Calif.

The Irrigation Districts Association of California is a mutual association of irrigation districts organized under the California Irrigation District Act, and other agencies whose primary purpose is the irrigation of lands. It is not in politics, as that term usually implies, but it does take an interest in all legislation affecting the districts.

Its purpose is the strengthening of the districts legally, financially, and economically, and the advancement of Caifornia through the proper use and distribution of the waters of the State.

It comprises districts with a total area of more than 4,000,000 acres of land, a valuation in excess of one thousand million dollars, and with a rural population of more than 500,000 people.

The association acts for all districts in matters pertaining to the welfare of the districts and the farmers of the State.

Senator OVERTON. Now, who else wishes to make a statement? Suppose you give me the order of the witnesses who are to appear this morning.

Senator DowNEY. This is Clair Engle, one of our Representatives, Mr. Chairman, from California.

Senator OVERTON. Representatives Engle and Lea?

Senator DowNEY. Representative Johnson.

Senator OVERTON. Representative Johnson and Representative Lea? Senator DOWNEY. That is right.

Senator OVERTON. That completes the list, then?

Representative ENGLE. Then there is Mr. Mellin, from the State reclamation board.

Mr. MELLIN. G. F. Mellin, assistant engineer and appraiser, State reclamation board, Sacramento, Calif.

Representative ENGLE. J. B. Manthey, San Joaquin County.
Senator OVERTON. What is the name?

Mr. MANTHEY. J. B. Manthey.

Mr. BRUECK. Karl C. Brueck, Flood Control Association of the lower San Joaquin River and its tributaries.

Senator OVERTON. Now, we are running behind in our schedule. I know you come all the way from California and do not wish to return home without making a statement, and therefore the committee. is cooperating with you so far as practicable, but I hope that your statements will be brief and to the point, in order that we may take up the projects that are on our schedule today as soon as we have finished with the present projects.

All right, Representative Engle.

STATEMENT OF HON. CLAIR ENGLE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Representative ENGLE. Mr. Chairman, my name is Clair Engle. I am the Representative in Congress from the Second District of California. The proposed Table Mountain Dam will be in my district. I have two counties affected by the dam--one above it and one below it. Shasta County, the one above it, is strongly protesting the building of the dam; Tehama County, the one below, is strongly urging the building of the dam. There are a number of counties south of Tehama County on the Sacramento River benefited by the dam, but they are for the most part in the district of Congressman Lea.

I am appearing in support of the Table Mountain Dam and the other projects on the Sacramento River in my district proposed by the Army engineers. My support of the Table Mountain Dam is based upon the need for flood control on the Sacramento River and the fact that the dam will give great benefits to the lands down the river far outweighing, in my opinion, the damage done to Shasta County.

The objections to the Table Mountain Dam have centered around four primary points:

1. That the building of the dam will excessively damage Shasta County.

2. That the building of the dam should be deferred until the feasibility of building tributary dams as an alternative is fully investigated.

3. That the building of the low-level dam will preempt the site for a future high-level dam in the plans of the Bureau of Reclamation. 4. That the building of the low-level dam will effectively eliminate the salmon industry.

I will discuss these points briefly, in order:

1. The low-level dam will flood 18,600 acres: 10,900 acres of this is in Tehama County, which is not protesting the dam; 7,600 acres are in Shasta County; 2,200 acres of the land in Shasta County is ir