Flood Control Act of 1949. Hearings ... on H.R. 5472 |
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Page 677 - To agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the new work in the improvement of the Hudson River and for subsequent maintenance when and if required.
Page 45 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 62 - (4) the relationship between potential supplies of, and potential requirements for, manpower, resources, and productive facilities in time of war; "(5) policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic and critical material, and for the conservation of these reserves ; "(6) the strategic relocation of industries, services, Government, and economic activities, the continuous operation of which is essential to the Nation's security.
Page 47 - Congress approved this project as part of "the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin for flood control and other purposes.
Page 396 - I do have a prepared statement that I would like to submit for the record, and I also have a brief comment on some of those projects.
Page 422 - ... hear the justification for the budget estimates of the Commodity Stabilization Service. This agency is under the direction of Dr. James Ralph, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. I believe this is the first time you have appeared before the committee, Dr. Ralph. We are pleased to welcome you here and we will be glad to have any statement you desire to make and for you to present any witnesses you desire to present to the committee. Dr. RALPH. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a...
Page 570 - At that time, we will send copies to the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and other interested parties.
Page 383 - One of our projects dealing with snow melt forecasting involves the Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and agencies in the states of Colorado, California and Arizona. A complementary project with the Corps of Engineers, using test sites in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas and California deals with water runoff and its effect on peak flows, while another project...
Page 157 - ... minutes. I mean that. They will not talk but a minute. The first one I would like for you to hear is Hon. Thomas B. Stanley, who is the Congressman from the district in which this Philpott Dam is located. He would like to make a statement. Senator GURNET. You will talk to the Philpott Reservoir? STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS B. STANLEY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PHILPOTT RESERVOIR • Representative STANLEY. Yes, sir. Senator GURXEY.
Page 163 - Woodrum; and they are hereby requested to vigorously oppose any bill providing for such taxation; be it further Resolved, That the city clerk be, and he is hereby, directed to mail a copy hereof to said Senators and Representative.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Flood Control Act of 1949. Hearings ... on H.R. 5472 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works |
| Published | 1949 |
| Length | 1132 pages |
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