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
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WASHINGTON: 1967

CONTENTS

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...

Tenn...

Dr. C. C. Humphreys, president, Memphis State University, Memphis, Howard Bernstein, Assistant General Counsel, the Veterans' Administration, accompanied by Whitney Ashbridge, Assistant Administrator for Construction; and Dennis W. Dinneen, Real Estate Division..

STATEMENTS

Armstrong, Walter, Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, Memphis,

Tenn...

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. C. C., president, Memphis State University, Memphis,

Tenn....

Letters from

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Ingram, William B. Jr., mayor, city of Memphis, Tenn., to Senator
Gore, dated March 20, 1967-

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

tion...

Letters from Hon. Wayne Morse to:

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

Law 89-227..

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, dated March 29, 1967

Public Law 89-227-..

Resolution of the Mayor and Commissioners of the city of Memphis, Tenn

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