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Text of H. R. 8677.

Statement of-

Amundsen, Paul A., secretary-treasurer, the American Association of

Port Authorities__

Resolution respecting Panama Canal tolls.

Bailey, Frazer A., president of the National Federation of American

Shipping, Inc.

Ball, Hon. Joseph, representing the Association of American Ship-

owners

Buckley, Herbert, vice chairman of the board of directors of the
Intercoastal Lumber Distributors Association and chairman of the
transportation committee____.

Gatov, Albert W., president of the Pacific-American Steamship Asso-
ciation

Larkin, Felix E., General Counsel, Department of Defense_

Liljenquist, L. Blaine, Washington representative, Western States

Meat Packers Association, Inc.

Newcomer, Hon. Francis K., Governor of the Panama Canal and

President of the Panama Railway Company

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Prince, Gregory, representing the Association of American Railroads.

Seidman, Harold, Bureau of the Budget__

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Thomas, Christy, representing the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,

Seattle, Wash__

171

Munro, Howard E., legislative representative, the Central Labor

Union and Metal Trades Council of the Panama Canal zone_.

Supplementary information__

Additional information:

Articles:

Temperature Dominance Over Human Life, by Clarence A.

Mills-Laboratory for experimental medicine, University of

Cincinnati

White Man Against Tropics gets Balboa PTA discussion...

Excerpt from report of section 8 on transportation, communications,

utilities, and mineral extraction of the State of California, Governor's

Conference on Employment, Sacramento, Calif., December 6, 1949.

Letter of-

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Committee on Panama Canal tolls__

104

Gatov, A. W., Pacific American Steamship Association, June 30,

1950.

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Olson, Capt. Charles A., president, South Atlantic and Florida

Ports Conference - -

105

O'Toole, Hon. Donald L., chairman, Subcommittee on the

Panama Canal, June 14, 1950_.

Pace, Hon. Frank, Jr., Secretary of the Army, June 26, 1950-

Say, Harold B., representing the Portland Chamber of Com-

merce..

Stettin, C. J., assistant to general manager, port of Seattle, June

27, 1950

171

List of Pacific coast organizations passing formal resolutions urging
the establishment of a new formula for determining tolls on com-
mercial vessels of the Panama Canal__

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Bay Area Maritime Committee, San Francisco, Calif

Board of Harbor Commissioners, Los Angeles..
Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County-

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California-Arizona Cotton Association in convention at Phoenix,

Ariz__

119

California Association of Port Authorities, San Francisco, Calif

California Fish Canners Association, Inc., Terminal Island,

Calif..

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119

California Legislature..

112

California State Chamber of Commerce.

113

Canners' League of California__

113

Commission of Public Docks, Portland, Oreg-.

109

Export Managers Association of San Francisco-

113

Foreign Trade Association of Southern California, Los Angeles,

Calif__

Marine Association of Commerce, Los Angeles and Long Beach__

Mountain Pacific Chapter, Associated General Contractors of
America, Inc____.

Printing Industries, Inc., Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif

124

Port Commissioners, Port of Redwood City, Redwood City, Calif

Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, Calif..

San Diego Chamber of Commerce..

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125

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, Calif.

San Pedro Chamber of Commerce-

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125

Seattle Chamber of Commerce_

109

Women's Organization for the American Merchant Marine, Port

of San Francisco_.

Statements on national defense importance of the Panama Canal....

Tables showing-

Cargo shipments by trade route, Atlantic to Pacific_

Cargo shipments by trade route, Pacific to Atlantic..

Figures on origin and destination of cargo transiting Panama

Canal in fiscal year 1949 from annual report of the Governor

of the Panama Canal-

Important commodity shipments over principal trade routes, At-

lantic to Pacific__.

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