ACT OF 1964 (88-21) HEARINGS BEFORE THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON APPALACHIAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 11065 and H.R. 11066 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION MAY 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26; JUNE 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, AND 11, 1964 33-149 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1964 CONTENTS Ailes, Stephen, Secretary of the Army; accompanied by Harry Mc- Pherson, assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Civil Functions Barnard, D. Douglas, Jr., executive secretary to the Governor of Batt, William L., Jr., Administrator, Area Redevelopment Adminis- Breathitt, Edward T., Governor of Kentucky Bridwell, Lowell K., Acting Deputy Federal Highway Administrator, Celebrezze, Anthony J., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Dean Coston, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legis- Clement, Frank G., Governor of Tennessee. Page 370 342 256 575 283 540 Dyer, Dr. N. H., director, Department of Health of West Virginia.. 357 547 457 Flood, Hon. Daniel J., a Representative in Congress from the State Freeman, Örville L., Secretary of Agriculture__ Harrison, Albertis S., Jr., Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, pre- sented by Joseph G. Hamrick, executive assistant to the Governor and director of industrial development and planning, Commonwealth of Virginia; accompanied by George L. Sandvig, State director, vocational education, Virginia Department of Education; William Purser, assistant commissioner, Virginia Employment Commission; Dr. Mack Shanholtz, commissioner, Virginia Department of Health; Joe Gills, general manager, Appalachian Power Co.; Hon. Orby Cantrell, citizen and member, Virginia General Assembly; and Josh Taggert, president, Wise Coal & Coke Co............. Hodges, Luther H., Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by Lowell Bridwell, Acting Deputy Federal Highway Administrator; and John L. Sweeney, Executive Director of the Appalachian Commis- Jennings, Hon. W. Pat, a Representative in Congress from the State Kiley, Edward W., rural areas development representative, National Manasco, Hon. Carl, a former Representative in Congress from the 518 509 McDonald, Angus, association director, legislative services, National Mersereau, H. S., vice president, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Augusta, Ga.; 421 Testimony of-Continued Moody, Joseph E., president, National Coal Policy Conference, Inc., Page 562 486 Petersen, Robert C., vice president, the Appalachian Thruway Associ- Prentiss, Maj. Gen. Louis W., executive vice president. American Radin, Alex, general manager, American Public Power Association...... Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Rhodes, Gov. James A., of Ohio, presented by his representative, Roosevelt, Franklin D., Under Secretary of Commerce. 471 327, 366 15 245 Schultze, Charles L., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget; ac- Scranton, William W., Governor of the State of Pennsylvania; ac- companied by John K. Tabor, secretary of commerce, Common- wealth of Pennsylvania; Daniel Rogers, director, Bureau of Com- munity Development, Pennsylvania Department of Commerce; and R. Otto Amann, assistant director, Bureau of Community Development, Pennsylvania Department of Commerce... Semer, Milton, General Counsel, Housing and Home Finance Agency. Smith, Rex M., superintendent of schools, West Virginia. Staggers, Hon. Harley O., a Representative in Congress from the State Suss, Frederic T., General Counsel, Small Business Administration_ Tawes, J. Millard, Governor of Maryland; accompanied by Josiah E. Mullenox, president, Western Maryland Central Labor Council, Cumberland, Md.; Alvin H. Wilson, general contractor. Western Maryland, member, Maryland Economic Development Commis- sion, Cumberland, Md.; and Harry W. Boswell, Jr., chairman, Maryland Economic Development Commission, Annapolis, Md.... Tremmel, Ernest B., Director, Division of Industrial Participation, Atomic Energy Commission; accompanied by Dr. Warren H. Donnelly, Division of Industrial Participation, U.S. Atomic Energy 375 159 558 360 536 Wallace, Robert A., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Watts, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of Webb, James E., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Assistant 88 105 American Automobile Association, letter, May 22. 1964 Appalachian Committee for Full Employment, statement. Appalachian Governors Conference, October 18, 1960, resolution by.. 271 134 344 Cantrell, Orby L., Pound, Wise County, Va., statement. 315 Additional information-Continued Carey, Edward M., president, Independent Fuel Oil Marketers of Page 598 Caudill, Harry, attorney, Whitesbury, Ky., statement.... 595 610 625 478 Cramer, Hon. William C., a Representative from Florida, inserts: Congressional Record: "Existing Poverty Programs," page 12343, Federal programs currently operating to combat poverty, as 553 "TVA-Type Power Project Co-ops Urged for Appalachia," by Department of Agriculture, letter, June 12, 1964, from Orville L. Freeman, Secretary, re Congressman Fred Schwengel's questions__ Forest industries counsel, letter, June 11, 1964, in reply to questions.. Gills, Joe P., vice president and general manager, Appalachian Power Co., Roanoke, Va., statement.. 525 Hamrick. Joseph G., director, industrial development and planning, 308 "Historic Highway to the West," article from Highway User, May 242 Indiana County, Pa., Planning Commission, letter, June 10, 1964, Interior Department, letter signed by Mark Abelson dated March 16, 1964, enclosing a report entitled, "A dynamic program for economic development of the Appalachian region". Jennings, Hon. W. Pat, a Representative in Congress from the State 625 Johnson, President Lyndon B., letter, April 28, 1964 38 Kelley, R. K., chairman, Eastern Kentucky Resource Development 278 Marsh, Hon. John O., a Representative in Congress from the State of 326 Mathews, Harlan, commissioner, Department of Finance and Admin- 290 National Coal Association, statement of G. Don Sullivan_. 509 Peden, Katherine, commissioner, Kentucky Department of Com- 277 Reed, B. F., Drift, Ky., statement. 279 Rhodes, Gov. James A.: Answer to questions of Congressman Fred Schwengel. 339 339 Sanders, Carl E., Governor, State of Georgia, statement. 371 Sandvig, George L., director, vocational education, State Depart- 324 |