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LAND ACQUISITION POLICY

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

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Avery, Hon. William H., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Kansas-

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Dexheimer, Wilbur A., Commissioner of Reclamation, Department

of the Interior..

Gabrielson, Dr. Ira N., president, Wildlife Management Institute..
Gurnee, Mark, Chief of Construction and Maintenance Branch,
Civil Works Division, Corps of Engineers...

Hyder, Albert E., director, Tennessee Game and Fish Commission__.
Itschner, Maj. Gen. Emerson C., Chief, Corps of Engineers, United
States Army-

Joers, Peter D., in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of the United

States; accompanied by Richard W. Smith, manager of the natural

resources department, United States Chamber of Commerce..

Leffler, Ross L., Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department

of the Interior..

McBroom, James T., Coordinator of River Basin Studies, Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of the Interior..
Meier, George (retired), United States Corps of Army Engineers_-
Mitchell, Donald S., Chief, Land and Water Branch, Irrigation Divi-
sion, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior_

Nadel, Michael, assistant executive secretary, the Wilderness

Society.

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3, 338

164

188

204

Nelson, A. Z., forest economist, National Lumber Manufacturers Asso-
ciation

317

Paul, Robert, assistant executive vice president, Sport Fishing Insti-
tute...

253

Robinson, Maj. Gen. Bernard L., Director of the Joint Construction
Agency, Paris, France.

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272

Letter from O. Lloyd Meehean, Assistant to the Director, Tech-
nical Staff Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, to Charles H.
Callison, June 1, 1956___

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84

Excerpt from memorandum of November 6, 1953, re new real
estate project, tract No. B-108, Benbrook Reservoir..

Excerpt from policy declarations adopted by members of the

Chamber of Commerce of the United States for 1957..

Excerpt from Public Law 732 known as the Coordination Act...
Excerpt from revised Land Acquisition Policy of 1953...

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Chudoff, Hon. Earl, a Representative in Congress-Continued
Excerpt from statement of Peter D. Joers--

Excerpt of letter from Carl E. Rantzow, real estate officer, Dallas,
Tex., to G. F. Myer, September 5, 1953...
Excerpt of letter from Maj. Gen. Bernard L. Robinson, to division
engineers, October 14, 1953.

Excerpt of letter from Maj. Gen. S. D. Sturgis, Jr., to Assistant

Secretary of the Army, April 21, 1955---

Letter from A. D. Aldrich, director, Game and Fresh Water Fish
Commission, to Hon. Earl Chudoff, June 3, 1957...
Letter from Albert M. Day, former Director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, to Hon. Earl Chudoff, June 3, 1957---
List of certain documents relating to inquiry into joint land-
acquisition policy, Departments of the Army and the Interior__
List of documents which relate to subcommittee requests made at
the hearing and by letter of the heads of certain Government
departments.

Memorandum from Col. H. V. Canan, Corps of Engineers,

entitled "Application for New Real-Estate Land Acquisition

Policy for Civil Works"

Real-estate acquisition, 1939–47, for civil-works projects, Depart-

ment of the Army-

Telegram from the Chelsea, Okla., Chamber of Commerce, June
20, 1957.

Dexheimer, Wilbur A., Commissioner of Reclamation, Department of

the Interior: Map-Missouri River Basin Project, Keyhole Reser-

voir, Wyo...

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Faces 203

Fascell, Hon. Dante B., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Florida: Excerpt of memorandum from Lt. Gen. S. D. Sturgis, Jr.
(retired), former Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to the Secretary of
the Army August, 13, 1953---

150, 151, 194

Advisory Committee on Conservation comment on May 29, 1956-
Excerpt of memorandum from Major General Crawford,
Acting Chief of the Army Engineers, July 7, 1948, re Grenada
Reservoir in Mississippi..

Hyder, Albert E., director, Tennessee Game and Fish Commission:

Excerpt from an article about proposed Barkley Dam, in the

September 1956 issue of the Tennessee Conservationist__

Excerpt from news release issued jointly by the Departments of
the Army and Interior, October 12, 1953.

Excerpt from paper by James T. McBroom, September 12, 1955_

Indritz, Phineas, counsel, Public Works and Resources Subcommittee:

Consolidated summary:

Category I-Fee and easement values where part or all of

tract acquired (or to be acquired) as easement

Category II-That part of category I acquired (or to be

acquired) as easement..

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Consolidated summary of recreational use data_
Excerpt from agreement between the Fish and Wildlife Service of
the Department of the Interior and the Corps of Engineers---

Excerpt from draft of a proposed policy, October 6, 1953... 123, 154

Modification__

123, 154

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