ACT OF 1965 (89-2) HEARINGS BEFORE THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 4 and S. 3 FEBRUARY 3, 4, AND 5, 1965 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE H. FALLON, Maryland, Chairman JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota KENNETH J. GRAY, Illinois HAROLD T. JOHNSON, California DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina J. RUSSELL TUTEN, Georgia RAY ROBERTS, Texas ROBERT A. EVERETT, Tennessee RICHARD D. MCCARTHY, New York JAMES KEE, West Virginia JOHN R. SCHMIDHAUSER, Iowa ROBERT E. SWEENEY, Ohio JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey KEN W. DYAL, California WILLIAM C. CRAMER, Florida CONTENTS Bridwell, Lowell K., Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Page Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Ritchie, Fred, Director, Conservation and Land Use Policy Staff, Robinson, Charles A., Jr., staff engineer and staff counsel, National Saylor, Hon. John P., a Representative in Congress from the State 101 211 203 Scranton, William W., Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- 130 Smith, Hulett C., Governor of the State of West Virginia_. 146 Stratton, Hon. Samuel S., a Representative in Congress from the 209 Sweeney, John L., Chairman, Federal Development Planning Com- mittee for Appalachia; accompanied by Stuart Feldman, assistant Tawes, Millard J., Governor of the State of Maryland; accompanied by Harry A. Boswell, Chairman, Economic Development Commis- sion, and Director, Office of Economic Opportunity of the State of Taylor, Hon. Roy A., a Representative in Congress from the State of 193 III Additional information- American Farm Bureau Federation, letter, February 5, 1965, from American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations: Statement by Andrew J. Biemiller, director. Ashland Oil & Refining Co., letter, February 2, 1965, from Paul G. Breathitt, Edward T., Governor, Kentucky, submitted statement_ Bridewell, Lowell K., Deputy Under Secretary for Transportation, letter, February 10, 1965, re Long amendment Clement, Frank G., Governor of the State of Tennessee, prepared Page 247 243 244 240 175 Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., letter, February 8, 1965, 251 Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, statement by Jacob Clay- 246 Jennings, Hon. W. Pat, a Representative in Congress from the State Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association, Inc., letter, Feb- 237 234 Kee, Hon. James, a Representative in Congress from the State of 251 National Association of Counties, letter, February 4, 1965, from Edwin Per capita income of all counties in Appalachian States as defined in 64 Pickard, Ralph C., director, Division of Environmental Health, 176 Rhodes, James A., Governor, Ohio, letter, February 3, 1965___ 170 164 Sanders, Carl E., Governor, State of Georgia, letter, January 29, 1965, 167 Scranton, William W., Governor of Pennsylvania, letter, February 139 Sickles, Hon. Carlton R., a Representative in Congress from the State 171 Slack, Hon. John M., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State 239 Teague, Hon. Olin E., a Representative in Congress from the State 237 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON APPALACHIA, Washington, D.C. The ad hoc subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 1302, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Robert E. Jones (chairman) presiding. Mr. JONES. The subcommittee will be in order. The first item this morning is to address ourselves to consideration of H.R. 4 and S. 3, from Mr. Fallon and Senator Randolph, bills on the development of Appalachia. (The documents follow :) [H.R. 4, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide public works and economic development programs and the planning and coordination needed to assist in the development of the Appalachian region Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965". FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that the Appalachian region of the United States, while abundant in natural resources and rich in potential, lags behind the rest of the Nation in its economic growth and that its people have not shared properly in the Nation's prosperity. The region's uneven past development, with its historical reliance on a few basic industries and a marginal agriculture, has failed to provide the economic base that is a vital prerequisite for vigorous, self-sustaining growth. The State and local governments and the people of the region understand their problems and have been working and will continue to work purposefully toward their solution. The Congress recognizes the comprehensive report of the President's Appalachian Regional Commission documenting these findings and concludes that regionwide development is feasible, desirable, and urgently needed. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to assist the region in meeting its special problems, to promote its economic development, and to establish a framework for joint Federal and State efforts toward providing the basic facilities essential to its growth and attacking its common problems and meeting its common needs on a coordinated and concerted regional basis. The public investments made in the region under this Act shall be concentrated in areas where there is the greatest potential for future growth, and where the expected return on public dollars invested will be the greatest. The States will be responsible for recommending local and State projects, within their borders, which will receive assistance under this Act. As the region obtains the needed physical and transportation facilities and develops its human resources, the Congress expects that the region will generate a diversified industry, and that the region will then be able to support itself, through the workings of a strengthened free enterprise economy. 1 |