Flood Control Act of 1949. Hearings ... on H.R. 54721949 - 1132 pages |
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... farm requirements It is estimated that about 50 percent of the dwellings in the area have elec- trical service . The rise in the per capita income of the area , in addition to the fact that electric rates are low , create an increasing ...
... farm requirements It is estimated that about 50 percent of the dwellings in the area have elec- trical service . The rise in the per capita income of the area , in addition to the fact that electric rates are low , create an increasing ...
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... farms will hum with the activity of providing raw ma- terials for these plants ; the wholesaler , merchant , and laborer ... farm , forest , and factory could be vastly enlarged . The people in the territory have the intelligence and ...
... farms will hum with the activity of providing raw ma- terials for these plants ; the wholesaler , merchant , and laborer ... farm , forest , and factory could be vastly enlarged . The people in the territory have the intelligence and ...
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... farm lands were it not for the fear of floods . Vitally important in this connection is soil - erosion control to pre- vent the natural wealth of these lands from being washed down into the sea . As you doubtless know , among the ...
... farm lands were it not for the fear of floods . Vitally important in this connection is soil - erosion control to pre- vent the natural wealth of these lands from being washed down into the sea . As you doubtless know , among the ...
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... farm potential in this land of over 1,100 farms . Assigning an estimated value of $ 4,000 to each farm , a farm investment of over $ 4,000,000 is realizable from the restitution of this land . From the standpoint of net far income ...
... farm potential in this land of over 1,100 farms . Assigning an estimated value of $ 4,000 to each farm , a farm investment of over $ 4,000,000 is realizable from the restitution of this land . From the standpoint of net far income ...
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... farm owners and operators ( not farm laborers ) comprising 171,000 of our people . Estimating the farmers ' net return at $ 35 per week , this group represents a potential of $ 8,400,000 . It is therefore shown that in these three ...
... farm owners and operators ( not farm laborers ) comprising 171,000 of our people . Estimating the farmers ' net return at $ 35 per week , this group represents a potential of $ 8,400,000 . It is therefore shown that in these three ...
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acre-feet acres additional agencies agricultural amount ANGELL annual appropriation approved Arkansas Army engineers authorized benefits Board Bradford Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Clark Hill Colonel GEE Colonel POTTER Colonel WEAVER Columbia Basin Columbia River Basin committee completed comprehensive plan Congress Corps of Engineers COSGROVE Council Grove County Creek damage dikes district DONDERO drainage economic electric estimated cost farm favor feet Flood Control Act flood protection flood-control project flow Hartwell Hartwell Dam House Document hydroelectric improvement increase industrial interests irrigation Kans Kansas City Kansas River Keystone Dam kilowatts land levees located loss Marion ment miles Milford Missouri River navigation Neosho River Ozawkie percent PICKETT plant present production proposed recommended represent reservoir Roanoke River Santa Ana River Savannah River Smith Mountain soil conservation statement storage stream tion town tributaries United Valley Falls Washington watershed Willamette
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Page 675 - 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 43 - 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 60 - (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 45 - Congress approved this project as part of "the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin for flood control and other purposes.
Page 394 - 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 420 - ... 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 568 - 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 381 - 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 155 - ... 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 161 - 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.