vide for the regional conservation and development of the national resources, and for other purposes.

The provisions of the bill, if enacted, would be administered and enforced by agencies other than this Department. However, as it is believed that the Bureaus of Fisheries and Lighthouses, this Department, would be affected in the event of the enactment of the measure, the following suggestions are submitted:

BUREAU OF FISHERIES

Specific reference to the conservation of the fishery resources is not made, nor does the bill specifically provide for taking into account the promotion and protection of fishery resources in regional planning, although the intent of the measure is for the conservation of all natural resources of the country. Section 1, title 1, states, in part, that the prupose of the measure is "to conserve the water, soil, mineral, and forest resources of the Nation." It is recommended, in order to assure conservation of the fishery resources, that line 3, page 2, be amended by striking out the word "and" and inserting a comma after the word "forest," and immediately thereafter inserting the words "wildlife and fish." The clause will then read, "to conserve the water, soil, mineral, forest, wildlife, and fish resources of the Nation."

While it may be argued that the conservation of the water resources of the Nation logically includes their contained wildlife, experience has shown that planning bodies concerned primarily with the conservation of agricultural, forest, and water resources (the latter primarily from a power or industrial aspect) too frequently overlook the important resources of aquatic animals, including their recreational and food values and the extensive and complicated economic interests concerned with the great commercial fisheries prosecuted in our rivers and estuaries. For this reason the specific inclusion of fishery resources among those values to be conserved by the agencies established under the bill is not a minor consideration.

For the same reason section 6 (b), relating to the preparation of plans, should include specific mention of fish, along with wild game. Line 6 on page 14; the words "and fish" should be inserted following the word "wild game."

BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES

The Lighthouse Service of this Department would be affected in that the measure covers such matters as the promotion of navigation, the safeguarding of navigable rivers and aiding and protecting commerce. The coordination of planning of related activities in any area is manifestly to be desired, provided there is adequate procedure for extending such coordination and correlation into the domain of budgetary and appropriating authorities. However, the exact manner and extent that the Lighthouse Service might be affected cannot readily be determined or foreseen.

The regional boards proposed in the bill should not be empowered to obligate directly or indirectly the Lighthouse Service for the expenditure of funds within such regional areas without at the same time assuming the responsibility for the provision of funds necessary for the execution and maintenance of Lighthouse Service facilities in such regional areas beyond an amount reasonably proportional to the needs of the country at large. Conversely, the Lighthouse Service should not be debarred by the authority conferred upon such regional boards from continuing to increase or diminish the extent of its functions in such regional aeas in proportion to the funds made available by the Congress for the Service at large, and in relation to the needs of water-borne traffic.

In other words, it is considered that there should be careful preservation of the necessary relationship between obligations for the expenditure of appropriated funds and the responsibility for estimating and recommendation to the Congress for the provision of these funds.

The Bureau of the Budget has advised that while there is no objection to the general purposes of H. R. 7365, or to the presentation of the Department's report to your committee, the view expressed by that Bureau should not be construed as involving a committment with respect to the relationship to the President's program of each and every one of the various provisions of the bill.

Cordially yours,

ERNEST G. DRAPER, Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

Existing War Department projects, by regional areas

(a) ACTIVE RIVER AND HARBOR PROJECTS

Corea Harbor, Maine.
Penobscot River, Maine.
Criehaven Harbor, Maine.
New Harbor, Maine.
Portland Harbor, Maine.
Saco River, Maine.
Kennebunk River, Maine.
York Harbor, Maine.
Newburyport Harbor,
Mass.

Gloucester Harbor and
Annisquam River,
Mass.
Lynn Harbor, Mass.
Mystic River, Mass.
Boston Harbor, Mass.
Weymouth Fore River,
Mass.
Plymouth Harbor, Mass.
Cape Cod Canal, Mass.
Pollock Rip Shoals, Nan-

tucket Sound, Mass.
Harbor of refuge at Nan-
tucket, Mass.
Vineyard Haven Harbor,
Mass.

Cross Rip Shoals, Nan-
tucket Sound, Mass.
New Bedford and Fair-
haven Harbor, Mass.
Fall River Harbor, Mass.
Taunton River, Mass.
Providence River and
Harbor, R. I.
Pawtucket (Seekonk)
River, R. I.
Harbor of refuge at Point

Judith, R. I.

Harbor of refuge at Block
Island, R. I.
Great Salt Pond, Block

Island, R. I.

Waukegan Harbor, Ill.
Chicago Harbor, Ill.
Chicago River, Ill.
Calumet Harbor and
River, Ill. and Ind.
Lake Calumet, Ill.
Indiana Harbor, Ind.
Michigan City Harbor,
Ind.

Grand Marais Harbor,
Minn.
Duluth-Superior Harbor,
Minn. and Wis.
Ashland Harbor, Wis.
Ontonagon Harbor, Mich.
Keweenaw Waterway,
Mich.
Presque Isle Harbor,
Mich.
Marquette Harbor, Mich.
Grand Marais harbor of
refuge, Mich.
Warroad Harbor and
River, Minn.
Manistique Harbor,
Mich.
Menominee Harbor and
River, Mich. and Wis.
Oconto Harbor, Wis.
Green Bay Harbor, Wis.
Fox River, Wis.
Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan Ship Canal,
Wis.

Algoma Harbor, Wis.
Kewaunee Harbor, Wis.
Two Rivers Harbor, Wis.
Manitowoc Harbor, Wis.
Sheboygan Harbor, Wis.
Port Washington Harbor,
Wis.

Milwaukee Harbor, Wis.

Cumberland
Tenn. and Ky.
Improvement of Ten-
nessee River.
Mississippi River be-
tween Baton Rouge
and New Orleans,
La.
Intracoastal

Water-
way, Mobile Bay,
Ala., to New Or-
leans, La.
Bayou Bonfouca, La.
Bayou Lacombe, La.
Chefuncte River and

Bogue Falia, La.
Pass Manchac, La.
Carrabelle Bar and
Harbor, Fla.
Apalachicola Bay,
Fla.
Apalachicola River,
Fla., the cut-off,
Lee slough, and
Lower Chipola Riv-

Upper Chipola River,
Fla., from Mari-
anna to its mouth.
Chattahoochee River,
Ga. and Ala.

Channel from Apala

chicola River to St.
Andrews Bay, Fla.
Waterway from Choc-
tawhatchee Bay to
West Bay, Fla.
Intracoastal Water-
way from Chocta-
whatchee Bay to
Pensacola Bay, Fla.
(Santa Rosa Sound).

Missouri River,
Kansas City to
mouth.
Missouri River,
Kansas City, Mo.,
to Rulo, Nebr.
Osage River, Mo.
Missouri River, Rulo,
Nebr., to Sioux
City, Iowa.
Missouri River, Sioux
City, Iowa, to Fort
Benton, Mont.
Missouri River at
Fort Peck, Mont.
Mississippi River be-

tween the mouth of
Wisconsin River
and Minneapolis,
Minn.

Reservoirs at head-
waters of Mississip-
pi River.
Minnesota River,
Minn.
Mississippi River be-
tween Wisconsin

River and Clarks-
ville, Mo.
Operating snag boats
on upper Missis-
sippi River and
tributaries.
Mississippi River be-
tween the Ohio and
Missouri Rivers.
Mississippi River be-
tween the Missouri
River and Clarks-
ville, Mo.

Water

Sabine-Neches
way, Tex.
Louisiana-Texas Intra-
coastal Waterway.
Galveston Harbor, Tex.
Galveston Channel,
Tex.
Channel from Galves-
ton Harbor to Texas
City, Tex.

Channel to Port Boli-
var, Tex.
Houston Ship Channel,
Tex.

Double Bayou, Tex.
Anahuac Channel, Tex.
Cedar Bayou, Tex.
Clear Creek, Tex.
Freeport Harbor, Tex.
Channel from Aransas
Pass to Corpus
Christi, Tex.
Channel from Pass Ca-
vallo to Port Lavaca,
Tex.

Port Aransas, Tex.
Brazos Island Harbor,
Tex.

Southwest Pass

and

(6)
Southwestern

San Pablo Bay and
Mare Island Strait,
Calif.

Napa River, Calif.
Petaluma Creek,
Calif.

Noy River, Calif.
Humboldt

Harbor
and Bay, Calif.
Crescent City Har-
bor, Calif.

San Joaquin River,
Calif.

Stockton and Mor-
mon Channels (di-
verting canal), Calif.
Mokelumne River,
Calif.

Sacramento River,
Calif.

Feather River, Calif.
Middle River and
connecting chan-
nels, California.

East Chester Creek, N. Y.
Westchester Creek, N. Y.
Bronx River, N. Y.
Harbor at Flushing Bay,
N. Y.
Hempstead Harbor, N. Y.
Glencove Creek, N. Y.
Huntington Harbor, N. Y.
Mattituck Harbor, N. Y.
Peconic River, N. Y.
Sag Harbor, N. Y.
Great South Bay, N. Y.
Browns Creek, N. Y.
East Rockaway (Debs)
Inlet, N. Y.

New York Harbor, N. Y.
Bay Ridge and Red Hook
Channels, N. Y.

Coney Island Creek, N. Y.
New York Harbor, collec-
tion of drift.

Buttermilk

Racine Harbor, Wis.
Kenosha Harbor, Wis.
St. Joseph Harbor, Mich.
South Haven Harbor,
Mich.

Saugatuck Harbor and
Kalamazoo River,
Mich.

Holland Harbor, Mich.
Grand Haven Harbor and

Grand River, Mich.
Muskegon Harbor, Mich
White Lake Harbor,
Mich.

Pentwater Harbor, Mich.
Ludington Harbor, Mich.
Manistee Harbor, Mich.
Portage Lake Harbor,
Mich.

Frankfort Harbor, Mich.
Leland Harbor, Mich.
Charlevoix Harbor, Mich.
Grays Reef Passage,
Mich.

St. Marys River, Mich.
Operation and care of St.
Marys Falls Canal,
Mich.
Channel between Macki-
nac Island and Round
Island, Mich.
Poe Reef Shoal, Straits of
Mackinac, Mich.
St. Clair River, Mich.
Channels in Lake St.
Clair, Mich.
Detroit River, Mich.
Cheboygan Harbor, Mich.
Alpena Harbor, Mich.
Saginaw River, Mich.
Harbor of refuge at Har-
bor Beach, Lake Huron,
Mich.

Black River, Mich.
Clinton River, Mich.
Rouge River, Mich.
Monroe Harbor, Mich.
Toledo Harbor, Ohio.
Port Clinton Harbor,
Ohio.

Sandusky Harbor, Ohio.
Huron Harbor, Ohio.
Vermilion Harbor, Ohio.

and

Operating and care of
Harvey canals
lock, Louisiana.
Operating and care of
Hanson Canal, Louis-
iana.

Operating and care of
Schooner Bayou lock,
Louisiana.
Operating and care of
Vermillion lock, Lou-
isiana.

Petit Anse, Tigre, and
Carlin Bayous, La.
Bayou Vermillion, La.
Mermentau River, Ba-

you Nezpique, and
Bayou des Cannes,
La.

Calcasieu River and
Pass, La.
Lake

Charles Deep
Water Channel, La.
Removing water hya-
cinths, Louisiana.

Red River below Ful-
ton, Ark.

Cypress Bayou and
Waterway between
Jefferson, Tex., and
Shreveport, La.
Ouachita and

Black
Rivers, Ark. and La.
Tensas River and Ba-
you Macon, La.
Boeuf River, La.
Bayous D'Arbonne and
Corney, La.

Arkansas River, Ark.
and Okla.

White River, Ark.

Black River, Ark. and Mo.

Existing War Department projects, by regional areas-Continued

(a) ACTIVE RIVER AND HARBOR PROJECTS-Continued

Mispillion River, Del.
Harbor of refuge, Dela-
ware Bay, Del.
Inland waterway between
Rehoboth Bay and Del-
aware Bay, Del.
Inland waterway from
Chincoteague Bay, Va.,
to Delaware Bay, Del.
Cooper River, N. J.
Big Timber Creek, N. J.
Woodbury Creek, N. J.
Mantua Creek, N. J.
Racoon Creek, N. J.
Salem River, N. J.
Cohansey River, N. J.
Cold Spring Inlet, N. J.
Absecon Inlet, N. J.
Absecon Creek, N. J.
Tuckerton Creek, N. J.
Baltimore Harbor and
channels, Maryland.
Susquehanna River above
and below Havre de
Grace, Md.
Knapps Narrows, Md.
Honga River and Tar
Bay, Md.

Wicomico River, Md.
Pocomoke River, Md.
Twitch Cove and Big
Thorough fare River Md.
Onancock River, Va.
Starlings Creek, Va.
Ocean City Inlet and
Sinepuxent Bay, Md.
Parish Creek, Md.
Annapolis Harbor, Md.
Washington
D. C.

Big Sandy River, W. Va.
and Ky., including Le-
visa and Tug Forks.
Operating snag boats on
the Ohio River.
Kentucky River, Ky.
Green, Barren, and Nolin
Rivers and Bear Creek,
Ky.
Rough River, Ky.
Muskingum River, Ohio.
Illinois Waterway, Ill.

Mississippi River be-
tween the Ohio and
Missouri Rivers.
Mississippi River be-
tween the Missouri
River and Clarksville,
Mo.

Removing snags and
wrecks from the Mis-
sissippi, Old, and At-
chafalaya Rivers.

Mississippi River be-
tween the Wisconsin
River and Clarks-
ville, Mo.

Operating snag boats on
upper Mississippi River
and tributaries.

Illinois and Mississippi
Canal, Ill.

Mill Creek and South
slough at Milan, Ill.

Mississippi

River be-
tween mouth of Wis-
consin River and Min-
neapolis, Minn.

St. Croix River, Wis. and
Minn.