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Text of H. R. 4260___

Statement of-

Anderson, Hon. Victor E., Governor of Nebraska___.

Baldock, R. H., State highway engineer of Oregon, and member,
executive committee of the American Association of State Highway
Officials..

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Balfour, Frank C., chairman, committee on right-of-way, American
Association of State Highway Officials_

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Bartelsmeyer, R. R., chief highway engineer, State of Illinois.......
Behling, Burton N., economist, Association of American Railroads 977, 1025
Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Florida..

Bresnahan, W. A., assistant general manager, American Trucking
Associations, Inc..

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Campbell, Hon. Joseph, Comptroller General; accompanied by
Robert F. Keller, assistant, and S. P. Haycock, attorney, General
Accounting Office...

Chacey, Kenneth, special assistant on access roads and highways.
Clay, Gen. Lucius D., Chairman, President's Advisory Committee on
a National Highway Program..

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Cobo, Hon. Albert E., mayor of Detroit, Mich..
Collier, Hon. Randolph, State senator, California State Legislature,
accompanied by L. M. Backstrand, assemblyman, chairman, assem-
bly transportation and commerce committee; Richard Dolwig,
assemblyman, member of the joint committee; Frank B. Durkee,
director, department of public works; J. W. Vickrey, assistant high-
way engineer; Robert Reed, counsel, department of public works;
Harmer Davis, director, Institute of Transportation and Traffic
Engineering, University of California; and Richard Zettle, econ-
omist, Institute of Traffic and Transportation Engineering.
Curtiss, C. D., Commissioner of Public Roads_-
duPont, Francis V., special consultant to the Secretary of Commerce. 52, 89
Ehlers, Joseph H., on behalf of the American Society of Civil Engi-

neers..

Falek, Edward, consulting engineer, appearing on behalf of various
electric and gas companies..

Fritts, Carl E., vice president, Automobile Safety Foundation___
Garrity, Harold, attorney, Yonkers, N. Y..

Gorman, Allan B., president, Private Truck Council of America, Inc.
Gore, Hon. Albert, a United States Senator from the State of Ten-

nessee..

Greer, D. C., State highway engineer of Texas and member of the
executive committee, American Association of State Highway
Officials.

Hall, Hon. Fred, Governor of Kansas..

Halvorson, Lloyd C., economist for the National Grange_

Harper, John, chairman, toll roads committee, National Jobbers

Council.

Heimann, T. J., chairman, State Highway Commission of New Mexico.
Hofheinz, Hon. Roy, Mayor of Houston, Tex., representing, Con-
ference of Mayors..

Hopkins, James D., county executive; accompanied by James C.
Harding, commissioner of public works; Harry G. Herman, county
attorney; and Hugh S. Coyle, chairman, board of supervisors,
Westchester County, N. Y..

Houck, C. E., manager, Huntingdon and Center County Telephone

Co., Warriors Mark, Pa..

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Statement of-Continued

Humphrey, Hon. George M., Secretary of the Treasury-

Kennon, Hon. Robert J., Governor of Louisiana..

Knowlton, Ezra C., executive vice president, Utah Sand & Gravel

Products Corp - -

Kohler, Hon. Walter J., Governor of Wisconsin and chairman, Gover-

nor's Conference, special committee on highways..

Koss, George, president, Associated General Contractors of America,

Langlie, Hon. Arthur B., Governor of Washington.

Larson, Paul O., International Union of Operating Engineers__

Lawrence, John V., managing director, American Trucking Associa-

Lucas, E. J., chairman, legislative committee, Truck Trailer Manu-

facturers Association, Inc...

MacDougall, William R., general manager, County Supervisors Asso-

ciation of California_

Magidson, Shepard A., administrative assistant, comptroller of the

city of Milwaukee, accompanied by John E. Kalupa, deputy city

comptroller; Alderman Martin Schreiber; Alderman Robert

La Belle; Alderman George Whittow; Clarence Burnink, capital

improvement coordinator; and Gel Guetzkow, director of priorities.

McCoy, George T., president, American Association of State High-

way Officials; accompanied by Rex Whitton, chief engineer of

Merrill, Gen. Frank, commissioner of highways of New Hampshire,

appearing as first vice president, American Association of State

Highway Officials.

Meyner, Hon. Robert, Governor of New Jersey-

Miles, Clarence W., attorney on behalf of the Baltimore Gas &

Electric Co.--.

Moses, Hon. Robert, commissioner of roads, State of New York....

Nance, James J., president, Automobile Manufacturers Association,

and president, Studebaker-Packard Corp., accompanied by William

F. Hufstader, vice president, General Motors Corp., chairman,

highway policy committee, Automobile Manufacturers Association;

and William J. Cronin, managing director, Automobile Manufactur-

ing Association_.

Priest, Hon. J. Percy, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Ray, Philip A., General Counsel, Department of Commerce_

Ribicoff, Hon. Abraham, Governor of Connecticut---

Riley, George D., member, national legislative committee, AFL

Roberts, Austin L., Jr., general solicitor, National Association of

Railroad and Utilities Commissioners..

Robertson, J. N., president, American Road Builders' Association,

accompanied by Lt. Gen. Eugene Reybold, United States Army,

retired, executive vice president; and Burton F. Miller, counsel and

assistant to the executive vice president--

Rothschild, Louis S., Under Secretary of Commerce for Transporta-

Thompson, Hon. Allen C., mayor of Jackson, Miss., and president,

American Municipal Association...

Seegmiller, Keith L., executive secretary of the National Association

of County Officials_

Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau

Turner, F. C., assistant to the Commissioner, Bureau of Public Roads.

Weeks, Hon. Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by Louis

S. Rothschild, Francis V. du Pont, and Philip A. Ray, Department

Weir, Paul L., general manager, Atlanta Water Works..

Whitton, Rex M., chief engineer, Missouri State Highway Depart-

ment, appearing as member of executive committee, American

Association of State Highway Officials_.-.

Williams, Sidney J., assistant to the president, National Safety

Statement of-Continued

Wilson, L. D., chief highway engineer, State Highway Commission

of New Mexico.............

Wolfe, J. Theodore, executive vice president, Baltimore Gas & Elec-

Wright, Jim, former mayor and president of League of Texas Munici-

American Association of State Highway Officials, table, re ability to

Yokley, E. C., vice chairman, Committee of Municipally Owned

Utilities, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers..

Yount, Maj. Gen., Paul F., Chief of Transportation Department of

Zahniser, Howard, executive secretary, the Wilderness Society...

Additional information-

Analysis of Court Decisions Concerning Utility Relocation, article

from publication of highway research board of the National Research

Council, submitted by Frank C. Balfour..

Anderson, George W., executive vice president, American Transit

Association, statement...

Ashburn, Ike, executive vice president, Texas Good Roads Associa-

tion, telegram, to Hon. Charles A. Buckley.

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Colorado, statement_.

Barr, S. M., vice president, plant and engineering, Western Union

Telegraph Co., statement...

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., a Delegate in Congress from Alaska, letter,

May 24, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon..

Bell, Frederick J., executive vice president, National Automobile

Dealers Association, statement_.

Berry, Hon. E. Y., a Representative in Congress from the State of

South Dakota, statement..

Betters, Paul V., executive vice president, United States Conference

of Mayors, letter, May 25, 1955, with enclosure.

Blackard, Charles G., general counsel, Nashville Electric Service,

letter, May 24, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon...

Blasingame, W. A., chairman, State Highway Board of Georgia,

letter, April 4, 1955, to Hon. Iris Faircloth Blitch..........

Blitch, Hon. Iris, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Georgia, letter, May 27, 1955, with enclosed letter from W. A.

Blasingame, chairman, State Highway Department of Georgia_ - - -

Boozer, Herman W., representing Georgia Power Co., statement.---

Bouldin, Walter, vice president, Alabama Power Co., statement...---

Bresnahan, W. A., assistant general manager, American Trucking

Associations, Inc.:

Exhibit 1. Length-truck tractor and semitrailer___

Exhibit 2. Truck and full trailer...

Submitted statement, Federal regulations of motor truck sizes

Bureau of the Budget, report, March 21, 1955, by Harold Pearson,

assistant director, to Hon. Charles A. Buckley-

Byrd, Hon. Harry F., a United States Senator from the State of

Virginia, submitted..

Campbell, Hen. Joseph, Comptroller General, submitted statement

Celebrezze, Anthony J., mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, submitted state-

Chenoweth, Hon. J. Edgar, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Colorado, statement...

Cunningham, Hamilton A., executive secretary, New York State

Telephone Association, letter, May 23, 1955, to Hon. Charles A.

Buckley, with enclosed resolution...

Davis, Arwin, general superintendent of taxes, the Pacific Telephone

& Telegraph Co., letter, May 19, 1955, to Hon. Jack Westland....

Decker, C. S., representing Dairy Industry Committee, Washington,

Additional information-Continued

Dwinell, Hon. Lane, Governor of New Hampshire, submitted state-

Ehlers, Joseph H., field representative, American Society of Civil

Engineers, letter, June 3, 1955, to Hon. Charles A. Buckley---

Flanakin, H. A. Mike, highway engineer, American Trucking Associa

tions, Inc., letter, June 6, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon.

Flint, George, secretary, Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc.,

telegram, May 25, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon, with enclosed

statement by Ross R. Ormsby-

Gentry, Hon. Brady, 4 letters from Fred R. White, civil engineer,

formerly with State Highway Department of Iowa:

March 11, 1955, re bond issue___

April 5, 1955, re increasing taxes_

April 12, 1955, re Federal-aid loans.

April 12, 1955, re reimbursing States..

Hart, Scott P., State highway engineer, Helena, Mont., letter, May 17,

1955, to A. E. Johnson, executive secretary, American Association

of State Highway Officials__-

Hill, Hon. William S., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Colorado, letter, June 11, 1955, to Hon. Charles A. Buckley, with

insertion re detour of highway through Colorado.

Holifield, Hon. Chet, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California, letter, May 25, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon, with

enclosure from Neal C. Hasbrook, secretary, California Independent

Telephone Association...

Hopkins, James D., county executive, county of Westchester, N. Y.,

letter, June 3, 1955, to Hon. Frank J. Becker, re Harold T. Garrity

Hull, Maurice R., of Peninsula Telephone & Telegraph Co., telegram,

May 18, 1955, to Hon. Jack Westland..

Humphrey, Hon. George M., Secretary of the Treasury, letter, May

17, 1955, to Hon. Brady Gentry, re rate of excise tax on trucks and

Knoblock, S. W., statement, May 21, 1955, to Hon. Charles A.

Buckley, inserted by Hon. Charles E. Potter----

Knowlton, Ezra C., representing National Sand & Gravel Association

and National Ready Mixed Cement, statement_

Kohler, Hon. Walter J., Governor of Wisconsin, letter, May 19, 1955,

with certified copy of resolution__

Jones, Chandler W., vice president, Narragansett Electric Co., state-

Lindblom, C. A., planning engineer, International Harvester Co.,

comment submitted by Hon. Brady Gentry-

Lumpkin, R. A., president, Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co., state-

Marshall, James D., executive director, Associated General

Contractors of America, Inc., letter, May 26, 1955, to Hon. Charles

A. Buckley, with resolution.......

Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Submitted statement...

Korn, Dan J., chairman, Kalispel Chamber of Commerce, letter,

April 20, 1955........

Hart, Scott P., State highway engineer of Montana, letter

February 17, 1955..........

Miles, Clarence R., manager, Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, letter May 17, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon. -

Miller, Burton F., staff counsel, American Road Builders' Association,

letter, June 3, 1955, to Hon. George H. Fallon, with supplemental

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Moyer, Ralph A., research engineer, University of California, state-

ment, an analysis of highway user benefits on the California Inter-

state System resulting from completion of a 10-year full freeway

Nance, James J., president, Automobile Manufacturers Association,

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