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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 863

A BILL TO GOVERN THE CONTROL, APPROPRIATION, USE,
AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER

MARCH 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, AND 29, 1956

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington
JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming

EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, Colorado
ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah

STEWART FRENCH, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
GOODRICH W. LINEWEAVER, Committee Assistant for Reclamation
RICHARD L. CALLAGHAN, Chief Clerk

N. D. MCSHERRY, Assistant Chief Olerk

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Banks, Harvey O., State engineer, California; accompanied by Porter

A. Towner, attorney, division of water resources, and Northcutt

Ely, special counsel

Bennett, Elmer, legislative counsel, Department of the Interior__ _ .
Bishop, Clark, State engineer, Wyoming..

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Chilson, Hatfield, Denver, Colo., water conservation board_
Christy, Harold H., superintendent of power and water departments
for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp., Pueblo, Colo.
Ely, Northcutt, special counsel for the State of California__
Garry, Joseph R., president, National Congress of American Indians_
Gatchell, Willard W., General Counsel, Federal Power Commission-
Grimes, J. W., chief engineer and executive officer, South Dakota
Water Resources Commission ___

Guy, Hon. George, attorney general of the State of Wyoming-
Hruska, Hon. Roman L., United States Senator from the State of
Nebraska..

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McKay, Hon. Douglas, Secretary of the Interior

Millikin, Hon. Eugene D., United States Senator from the State of
Colorado

Morrison, Hon. Robert, attorney general of the State of Arizona_
Morse, Hon. Wayne, United States Senator from the State of Oregon...
Neuberger, Hon. Richard L., United States Senator from the State of
Oregon_

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Peterson, Hon. E. L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture...
Peterson, Petrus, Lincoln, Nebr., former president, National Reclama-
tion Association..

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Rising, E. W., on behalf of Roger Ernst, Arizona State land and
water commissioner_

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Robertson, Col. Eliott B., head, operations branch, Marine Corps-
Roderick, Hon. George H., Assistant Secretary of the Army (civil-
military affairs) _

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Shamberger, Hugh A., State engineer, Nevada_

Stanley, Lewis, president, Association of Western State Engineers--
Towner, Porter A., attorney, division of water resources, State of
California__

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Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau
Federation..

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Wilson, J. Byron, chairman, Wyoming National Resources Board--

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Chilson, Hatfield, Loveland, Colo., to chairman, March 27, 1956_-
Cragun, John W., Washington, D. C., to Hon. James E. Murray,
and Hon. Frank A. Barrett, March 20, 21, and 23, 1956----
Dixon, R. M., chairman, State Board of Water Engineers, State of
Texas, to Hon. Frank A. Barrett, March 13, 1956-
Horton, Harry W., El Centro, Calif., to Wm. É. Welsh, secretary-
manager, National Reclamation Association, March 10, 1956--
Jones, Dan S., Jr., Chief, Bureau of Irrigation, Water Power, and
Drainage, State of Nebraska, to Lewis A. Stanley, president,
Association of Western State Engineers, March 21, 1956.

Knight, Hon. Goodwin J., Governor of California, to Hon. Thomas

H. Kuckel, Hon. James E. Murray, and Hon. Clair Engle,

February 21, 1956_

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Lane, Don, secretary, State Water Resources Board, State of
Oregon, to Hon. James E. Murray, September 28, 1956-
Lazarus, Arthur, Jr., Washington, D. C., to Hon. Frank A. Bar-
ratt, March 28, 1956..

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Miles, Clarence R., Chamber of Commerce of the United States,
to chairman, March 19, 1956__.

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Roderick, Hon. George H., Assistant Secretary of the Army, to
chairman, April 12, 1956__

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Sonofsky, Marvin A., general counsel for the Shoshone Indian
Tribe, to Hon. Frank A. Barrett, March 23, 1956----

Warner, David R., Chief, Water Resources Section, Department

of Justice, to Miss N. D. McSherry, assistant chief clerk,

March 26, 1956, and enclosure _ _

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Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, memorandum from
Elmer K. Nelson on..

S. 3250, text of

Stakes Are High-The Fight Over Western Water Rights Is Under
Way, extension of remarks of Hon. Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming, in
the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, August 2, 1955.
State Law ignored, editorial in the Oregon Grange Bulletin, July 12,

1955

Statement of Hon. Wayne Morse, on S. 3250, before the Senate Com-
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Tuesday, March 21,
1956.

Statement of Hon. Richard Neuberger, on S. 3250, before the Senate
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, March 20, 1956–

States To Fight for Water, editorial in the Oregonian, Saturday,

September 17, 1955..

Submerged Lands Act of May 2, 1953 (67 Stat. 31), section 3 (e)....
Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 1270), section 3.

Water Conservation Act of August 11, 1939, as amended by the act of
October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1121, 1125), sections c (b) and 10...

Water Control Showdown, editorial in the Oregonian, August 23, 1955.

Water Fight Coming, editorial in the Oregonian, November 3, 1955--

Water Rights in Jeopardy, editorial in the Oregon Grange Bulletin,

July 5, 1955 - .

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