Allmon, Ray, automobile dealer, Winona, Mo--- ---- Anderson, Leo, treasurer, Ozark Rivers National Park Association--- 44385 Colley, John, Current and Eleven Point Rivers Association-- Davis, G. L., president, Ozark Rivers National Park Association_ Ichord, Hon. Richard H., a U.S. Representative from the State of Missouri. Long, Hon. Edward V., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri... McClintock, Marlin, secretary, Ozark Rivers National Park Association_- Steelman, Dorman L., State representative from Dent County, Mo.... Symington, Hon. Stuart, a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri... Bacher, Mr. and Mrs. R. E., Mountain View, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 6, 1953_. Baltz, V. M., Eminence, Mo., letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Sub- committee on Public Lands, dated April 4, 1963_-. Biggs, Davis, Ozark Rivers Association, letters to Hon. Alan Bible, chair- man, Public Lands Subcommittee, dated May 10, 1963, and April 3, III Page Coe, James W., vice president, Western Textile Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Public Lands Subcommittee, Couch, Keith, Kansas City, Mo., letter to the chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 8, 1963. Davis, J. L., president, Ozark Rivers National Park Association, telegram to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Public Lands Subcommittee, dated May Dennig, Louis S., Clayton, Mo., letter to Hon. John M. Dalton, Governor of Missouri, dated April 6, 1963_. Dent County, office of the county clerk, letter signed by John Q. Stuart, James C. Biggs, F. J. Haas, judges, and Donald R. Pewitt, county clerk, to G. L. Davis, president, Ozark Rivers National Park Association, dated Douglas, Philip A., executive secretary, Sport Fishing Institute, letter to Hon. Stuart Symington, Senator from Missouri, dated April 4, 1963.......... Drey, Leo A., St. Louis, Mo., letter to Hon. John M. Dalton, Governor of Missouri, dated April 2, 1963. Ederer, Francis L., Doniphan, Mo., letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Greene, Friend B., Eminence, Mo., letter to G. L. Davis, president, Ozark Heathcock, John L., St. Louis, Mo., letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Hodge, J. D., presiding judge, county court of Shannon County, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Kimball, Thomas L., executive director, National Wildlife Federation, letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Public Lands Subcommittee, dated Knabb, A. H., executive director, Associated Cooperage Industries, St. Louis, Mo., letters to Hon Alan Bible, chairman, Public Lands Sub- committee, dated April 4, 1963, and June 14, 1963- Long, Hon. Edward V., Senator from Missouri, letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated February 18, 1963___ McKinney, Henry H., Birth Tree, Mo., letters to Hon. Alan Bible, chair- man, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 5, 1963, July 2, 1962, 97, 98, 100 Meyer, Elmer J., Jadwin, Mo., letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Morse, True D., former Undersecretary of Agriculture, letter to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated Powell, Duane, president, Chamber of Commerce of Birth Tree, Mo., Schramm, W. O., Godfrey, Ill., letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Seddon, James, Clayton, Mo., letter to the Subcommittee on Public Lands 112 Sims, Clyde E., Mountain View, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chair- man, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 6, 1963. Small, Norman J., legislative attorney, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, letter to Hon. Edward V. Long, Senator from Sutton, Euel L., mayor, Eminence, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands... Symington, Hon. Stuart, Senator from Missouri, letter to Hon. Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated February 18, 1963_. Walton, Harold, Birch Tree, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 5, 1963... Wattles, George S., Mountain View, Mo., letter to Senator Alan Bible, chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, dated April 3, 1963--- Wayburn, Edgar, San Francisco, Calif., letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, Editorials: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "A new Ozarks Bill" from the St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch, No- "A Treasure To Save," from the St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch, Febru- 105 108 ་ "Mr. Udall's Ozark Recommendation," from the St. Louis (Mo.) 76 "Specifications on the Ozarks," from the St. Louis (Mo.) Post- 82 "The Ozark Rivers Rate Top Priority" from the Kansas City (Mo.) THE OZARK NATIONAL RIVERS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1963 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m. in room 3110, Senate Office Building, Senator Alan Bible (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Alan Bible. Also present: Oscar H. Nielson, professional staff member. Mr. Reporter, we will incorporate at this point in the record S. 16, introduced by the distinguished Senator from Missouri, Mr. Symington, for himself and Mr. Long. We will also incorporate at this point in the record the report of the Interior Department dated April 5, 1963, signed by the Secretary of the Interior, and we will incorporate at this point in the record the official report of the Federal Power Commission signed by Joseph C. Swidler. Also reports from other departments. (The bill and reports follow :) [S. 16, 88th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide for the establishment of the Ozark National Rivers in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of conserving and interpreting unique scenic and other natural values and objects of historic interest, including preservation of portions of the Current River and the Jacks Fork River in Missouri as free-flowing streams, preservation of springs and caves, protection of wildlife, and provision for use and enjoyment thereof by the people of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall designate for establishment as the Ozark National Rivers an area (hereinafter referred to as "such area") not exceeding 94,000 acres and being generally depicted on map numbered NR-OZA-7000 entitled "Proposed Ozark National Rivers" dated January 1963, which map is on file for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: Provided, That no lands shall be designated within two miles of the municipalities of Eminence and Van Buren, Missouri. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior may, within the area designated or altered pursuant to section 4, acquire lands and waters, or interests therein, including scenic easements, by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest: Provided, That scenic easements may only be acquired with the consent of the owner of the lands or waters thereof: And provided further, That any parcel of land containing not more than five hundred acres, which borders either the Current River or the Jacks Fork River, and which is being primarily used for agricultural purposes, shall be acquired by the Secretary in its entirety unless the owner of any such parcel consents to the acquisition of a part thereof. Lands and waters owned by the State of Missouri within such area may be 1 |