Santa Fe on a strip of land which is a part of the main line right-of-way the railroad obtained under the act of 1875. I am opposed to this bill and I hope your committee will not favorably report it. My relations with the Santa Fe have always been very satisfactory. I have helped their business and they have helped mine. I would certainly prefer to continue to lease from the railroad than to have to deal with the Government under terms of a lease or a possible purchase of the piece of land my company occupies, with the prospect of possibly losing it altogether, or having to pay a price set on it by somebody in Washington in order to keep it. From the Government's standpoint, why would it want to have the responsibility for thousands of isolated little pieces of land, having nothing to do with any Government program scattered along most of the railroads in the West? The accumulation of redtape involved in the endless process of notices, hearings, forfeitures, advertising bids, leasings, and sales which would result from H.R. 3229 would be more of a headache than a help to the businesses which lease from the railroads and which, like mine, must have these tracts for their operations. This would certainly be another blow to the hardpressed railroads, and would probably cost the public treasury more than could ever be realized from the program. The bill proposed last year by the Department of the Interior simply authorizing railroads to convey to adjacent land owners purchases of their Government granted right-of-way not needed for the actual transportation process, makes much more sense to me and is all that is needed to clear up whatever problems exist in connection with these leases. Respectfully, HON. WAYNE N. ASPINALL, EARL J. BRUBAKER, President. WESTERN SALES OFFICE, Chairman, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs DEAR SIR: I have recently read your proposal bill H.R. 3229. We are very unhappy with the thought of such a bill being enacted. For a good many years we have had a good many railroad leases and have built elevators on same. We have never as yet had any trouble with any of the railroad companies concerning any of the leases. We would certainly hate to be forced to deal with the Government redtape instead of the railroads. We would see no objection to a bill such as was proposed by the Department of Interior at your last session. Sincerely, HON. WAYNE ASPINALL, HAROLD D. WEBSTER. THE WESTERN DRILLING TOOL & SUPPLY CO., INC., Chairman of the House Committee, DEAR SIR: I understand that House bills H.R. 3229 and H.R. 3346 among other things provide that Government grant railroad right-of-way shall revert back to the U.S. Government where lessee has occupied ground in excess of 6 years. Respectfully ask that you please oppose these bills, as it is felt that this property rightfully belongs to the railroads now, after all the improvements made by them to the property, in addition to the large investments made to provide service to those areas. Respectfully yours, O INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 2775 and H.R. 3244 BILLS TO ESTABLISH THE POINT REYES NATIONAL MARCH 24, JULY 6, AND AUGUST 11, 1961 Serial No. 10 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 74669 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1961 LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania J. EDGAR CHENOWETH, Colorado EDWIN R. DURNO, Oregon A. FERNÓS-ISERN (Resident Commissioner), T. RICHARD WITMER, National Parks Consultant and Counsel STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Statement of Hon. John A. Carver, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.. Alfred T. Clifton, president, Vedanta Society of Northern California__ Hon. Jeffrey Cohelan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Page 111 15 82 153 59 74 14 10, 70 147 Bryan McCarthy, representing the West Marin Property Owners As 12, 155 12 George Collins, Sierra Club, Marin County. Alfred Grossi, dairy farmer, Point Reyes... Joel Gustafson, Point Reyes National Seashore Foundation__ Hon. Harold T. Johnson, a Representative in Congress from the State of California....... sociation. Joseph Mendoza, dairy farmer, Point Reyes.. Hon. Clem Miller, a Representative in Congress from the State of Joseph Penfold, conservation director, Izaak Walton League of 61, 159 81 Anthony Wayne Smith, executive secretary, National Parks Association.. 87 John I. Taylor, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau 38 Conrad Wirth, Director, National Park Service, Department of the 113, 140, 170 Material submitted for the record: The American Forestry Association, Washington, D.C., letter from 98 Hon. John F. Baldwin, a Representative in Congress from the State of 106 Bolema Club, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., statement submitted by 50 Hon. Edmund G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, letter from... 89, 134 Hon. George Christopher, mayor of San Francisco, telegram from 95 39 Hon. James C. Corman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, letter from.. 106 W. Kenneth Davis, San Rafael, Calif., vice president of the Point 90 Hon. Clyde Doyle, a Representative in Congress from the State of 106 Eunice Elton, San Francisco, Calif., letter from.... 98 Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, statement of.. 93 Waldo G. Giacomini, president, Marin Soil Conservation District, 55 Frederic R. Gunsky, Mill Valley, Calif., letter from... 97 Charles A. Gulick, professor of economics, University of California, 180 C. R. Gutermuth, vice president, Wildlife Management Institute, statement of __ 154 W. T. and A. C. Hall, Point Reyes, Calif., letter from.. 55 Hon. Mark O. Hatfield, Governor of the State of Oregon, letter from.. 135 Material submitted for the record-Continued Otto Hoefler, Portland, Oreg., letter from (as read by Congressman Page 119 Inverness Improvement Association, Inverness, Calif., letter from 179 Izaak Walton League of America, statement submitted by J. W. 171 James V. Kehoe, Inverness, Calif., letter from.. 57 Mrs. Doris F. Leonard, vice president, Point Reyes National Seashore 96 Marin County Labor Council, letter from Hugh Cassidy, secretarytreasurer 97 Marin County Board of Supervisors, resolution of 8 R. D. Marshall, Laguna Ranch, Point Reyes Station, Calif., letter from... 57 Margaret, James, John and David McClure, Point Reyes Station, 56 Hon. John J. McFall, a Representative in Congress from the State of 107 Hon. Clem Miller, a Representative in Congress from the State of 110 Hon. George P. Miller, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, letter from.. 105 Hon. John E. Moss, a Representative in Congress from the State of 107 National Audubon Society, statement presented by Charles H. 155 National Audubon Society, telegram from Carl W. Buchheister, president 99 National Parks Association, statement presented by Anthony Wayne 172 54 96 from... 56 Hon. James Roosevelt, a Representative in Congress from the State of California_ 108 Dr. Thornton Sargent III, biophysicist, University of California, 179 Hon. B. F. Sisk, a Representative in Congress from the State of California Hon. John F. Shelley, a Representative in Congress from the State of 102 108 Sport Fishing Institute, statement submitted by Philip A. Douglas, executive secretary-. 178 A. W. Sweet, Sixes, Oreg., letter from (as read by Congressman 119 Tampalis Conservation Club, San Francisco, Calif., letter from Clarence E. Rust, president 98 Hon. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, statement of. Vedenta Society of Northern California, letter from A. T. Clifton, president 108 131 West Marin Union Elementary School District, Point Reyes Station, 180 |