WILL THE FAMILY FARM SURVIVE IN AMERICA?

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

AND THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

WILL THE FAMILY FARM SURVIVE IN AMERICA?

PART 1B-APPENDIXES

FEDERAL RECLAMATION POLICY

(WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT)

JULY 17 AND 22, 1975

Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business and the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

[Created pursuant to S. Res. 58, 81st Cong.]
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin, Chairman

GRENVILLE GARSIDE, Special Counsel and Staff Director
DANIEL A. DREYFUS, Deputy Staff Director for Legislation

WILLIAM J. VAN NESS, Chief Counsel
D. MICHAEL HARVEY, Deputy Chief Counsel
HARRISON LOESCH, Minority Counsel
RUSSELL BROWN, Professional Staff Member

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Statement of-

CONTENTS

[PART 1]

Ballis, George, executive director, National Land for People, 4696

N. Millbrook, Fresno, Calif. 93726, accompanied by Mark Lasher and

Jim Eklund__

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Brody, Ralph M., manager-chief counsel, Westlands Water District,

567 West Shaw, Fresno, Calif. 93705_-.

Bulbulian, Berge, president, National Land for People, 2735 S. McCall,

Sanger, Calif. 93657___

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de la Cruz, Jessie, family farmer, 485 N. San Pablo, Fresno, Calif.
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McDonald, Angus, former director of research, National Farmers
Union, 6807 Farmre Drive SE., Washington, D.C. 20022_

Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the 7th Con-

gressional District of the State of California, 1532 Longworth House

Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515---

Nomellini, Dante John, counsel for the Central Delta Water Agency,
235 East Webber Avenue, Stockton, Calif--

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Stamm, Hon. Gilbert G., Commissioner of Reclamation, U.S. Depart-
ment of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240, accompanied by Forest
Coleman, Excess Land Officer, Fresno, Calif.; Richard Dauber,
Assistant Regional Solicitor, Sacramento, Calif.; and Hugh Gardner,
Associate Solicitor, Energy and Resources, Washington, D.C-------
Udall, Hon. Stewart L., formerly Secretary of the Interior, Overview
Corp., 1311-A Dolley Madison Boulevard, McLean, Va. 22101---
Vizzard, Rev. James, S.J., legislative representative, United Farm
Workers, AFL-CIO, 3751 Jenifer Street NW., Washington, D.C.
20015

Waldie, Hon. Jerome R., a former Representative in Congress from the
14th Congressional District of the State of California, Friends of
the Earth, 100 Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 813, Washington, D.C.

20001

Weiman, David M., legislative assistant, National Farmers Union,
1200 Continental Building, 1012 14th Street NW., Washington, D.C.
20005

Weinberg, Hon. Edward, formerly Solicitor, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer, 1700 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Suite 777, Washington, D.C. 20006_-

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July 17, 1975:

Morning session---

July 22, 1975:

Morning session_.

HEARING DATES

[PART 1A]

APPENDIXES

I. Materials supplied for the record by Chairman Nelson----

A. Notice of joint hearings before the Small Business Committee
and the Interior Committee on the Westlands Water District,
Central Valley, Calif----

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