Civil Functions, Department of the Army Appropriations, 1953: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 7268, Making Appropriations for Civil Functions Administered by the Department of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1953 |
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... approved by our Government . My interest in appearing before you is of primary interest in the flood control and navigation problems in the whole lower Mississippi Valley - my specific interest is in those projects that affect my State ...
... approved by our Government . My interest in appearing before you is of primary interest in the flood control and navigation problems in the whole lower Mississippi Valley - my specific interest is in those projects that affect my State ...
Page 55
... approved project with an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 . It either gets flooded from the main river or from the Obion River system . It is an approved project and well worth while MEMPHIS HARBOR DEVELOPMENT The other job is the Memphis ...
... approved project with an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 . It either gets flooded from the main river or from the Obion River system . It is an approved project and well worth while MEMPHIS HARBOR DEVELOPMENT The other job is the Memphis ...
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... approved in 1947 , we probably would have many channels dug . Money was not so hard to get then After going through all the procedures to get this approved and set up and collect the taxes , we made our contract with the Corps of ...
... approved in 1947 , we probably would have many channels dug . Money was not so hard to get then After going through all the procedures to get this approved and set up and collect the taxes , we made our contract with the Corps of ...
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... approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 , I feel that it would be my duty to say so , and I could not with good conscience ask that this committee approve either the figure recommended by the Bureau of the Budget ...
... approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 , I feel that it would be my duty to say so , and I could not with good conscience ask that this committee approve either the figure recommended by the Bureau of the Budget ...
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... approval , a start on it has been delayed and today about 600,000 acres of fine land in our area can- not be ... approved , there is going to continue to be the annual loss of large areas of rich soil from productivity and loss ...
... approval , a start on it has been delayed and today about 600,000 acres of fine land in our area can- not be ... approved , there is going to continue to be the annual loss of large areas of rich soil from productivity and loss ...
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acres additional amount appropriation Arkansas River Army engineers authorized bank stabilization Basin bridge budget estimate Bureau California Canal Celilo Falls Chairman MCKELLAR channel Chief of Engineers CHORPENING Civil Functions Colonel PAULES Columbia River committee completed Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek cut-off Dalles Dam damage delay drainage dredging economic ERDAHL Federal Government feet FERINGA fiscal year 1953 fish fishery flood control Francis River funds going Hartwell Hartwell Dam House increase Indians industrial KENNETH MCKELLAR kilowatts land located lock and dam miles million Mississippi River Missouri navigation Northwest operation percent planning plant present record reduction Representative requested Reservoir river and harbor Sacramento San Joaquin River schedule Senator CAIN Senator CORDON Senator ELLENDER Senator KNOWLAND Senator MCCLELLAN Senator ROBERTSON Senator STENNIS statement tion treaty tribes United United States Senate Valley Washington Yakima
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Page 53 - We will place the whole statement in the record at this point and we will be glad to hear your summary of items you think should be highlighted for the committee.
Page 243 - Providing that the penalties and procedure applicable to violations of the laws for the protection and preservation of the navigable waters of the United States...
Page 442 - Are there any further questions? If not, thank you very much, gentlemen, for all of your appearances here today.
Page 597 - The exclusive right of taking fish in all the streams, where running through or bordering said reservation, is further secured to said confederated tribes and bands of Indians, as also the right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places, in common with citizens of the Territory...
Page 216 - Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring'), That the Senate advise and consent to the...
Page 215 - ... before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if injured or destroyed, compensation may be made by the Government out of their annuities. Nor will they make war on any other tribe except in...
Page 215 - This treaty shall be obligatory upon the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States.
Page 776 - Governor of the Canal Zone and President of the Panama Canal Company.
Page 588 - That the exclusive right of taking fish in the streams running through and bordering said reservation is hereby secured to said Indians, and at all other usual and accustomed stations in common with citizens of the United States...
Page 381 - Because of the diversion features and the close inter-relation of the areas subject to flooding from this group of streams, all project features are Integrated and full benefits cannot be realized from individual structures until the project is completed as a whole. For instance, Bear Creek affords the greatest threat to the city of Merced and environs, and that threat will not be removed until Bear Creek Reservoir is completed and in operation.