LAND TRANSFER TO STATE OF TENNESSEE

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 619
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN
LANDS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE STATE
OF TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS STATE UNI-

VERSITY, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

APRIL 5, 1967

LAW LIBRARY
U. S. GOVT. DOCS. DEP.

MAY 15 1967

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman WAYNE MORSE, Oregon

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia GEORGE MURPHY, California HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk
JOHN S. FORSYTHE, General Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York

WILLIAM M. STOVER, Associate Counsel
Roy H. MILLENSON, Minority Clerk

CONTENTS

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S. 619..

Report from the Veterans' Administration.
Report from the Bureau of the Budget..
Report from General Services Administration.
Report from Department of the Army --

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
Hon. Albert Gore, a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee.
Hon. Howard H. Baker, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee.-
Walter Armstrong, Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, Memphis,

Tenn..
Dr. Ç. C. Humphreys, president, Memphis State University, Memphis,

Tenn.
Howard Bernstein, Assistant General Counsel, the Veterans Adminis-

tration, accompanied by Whitney Ashbridge, Assistant Administra-
tor for Construction; and Dennis W. Dinneen, Real Estate Division.

STATEMENTS
Armstrong, Walter, Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, Memphis,
Baker, Hon. Howard H. Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee.
Bernstein

, Howard, Assistant General Counsel, the Veterans' Adminis-
tration accompanied by Whitney Ashbridge, Assistant Administrator
for Construction, and Dennis W. Dinneen, Real Estate Division.-
Gore, Hon. Albert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee.
Humphreys, Dr. Ć. c., president, Memphis State University, Memphis,

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Tenn....

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Letters from

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ingram, William B. Jr., mayor, city of Memphis, Tenn., to Senator
Ramsey

, Jack, chairman, Shelby County Commission, Memphis,
Tenn., to Senator Gore, dated March 17, 1967, containing a resolu-

Gore, dated March 20, 1967

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Law 89–227..

Letters from Hon. Wayne Morse to:

Gore, Hon. Albert, dated March 29, 1967, containing copy of Public

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, dated March 29, 1967 -
Resolution of the Mayor and Commissioners of the city of Memphis, Tenn.

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Public Law 89-227.

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