HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. J. Res. 13 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE TITLES OF THE STATES TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES AND TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH LANDS AND WATERS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE AND CONTROL OF SAID LANDS AND RESOURCES S. 294 A BILL TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE TITLES OF THE STATES TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN ORIGINAL STATE BOUNDARIES AND TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH LANDS AND WATERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE AND CONTROL OF SAID LANDS AND RESOURCES; AND TO PROVIDE FOR JURISDICTION, USE, AND CONTROL OF THE SUBSOIL AND SEABED OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF LYING OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL STATE BOUNDARIES S. 107 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OIL AND GAS RESERVES OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF ADJACENT TO THE SHORES OF THE UNITED STATES, TO PROTECT CERTAIN EQUITIES THEREIN, TO CONFIRM THE TITLES OF THE SEVERAL STATES TO LANDS UNDERLYING INLAND NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES S. 107 Amendment TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND AS GRANTS-IN-AID OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION S. J. Res. 18 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO ASSIST IN MAKING A PROPER AND EQUITABLE SETTLEMENT OF THE SUBMERGED LANDS PROBLEM FEBRUARY 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs CONTENTS Barton, H. G., Chief, Oil and Gas Leasing Branch, Conservation 567 Beeler, Roy H., attorney general of the State of Tennessee, and chair- man of the submerged lands committee of the Association of Attorneys General, Nashville, Tenn..-- Beirne, Joseph A., president, Communications Workers of America- Boggs, Maywood, Washington representative, International Brother- Bottomly, R. V., former attorney general of Montana, Helena, Mont- Brown, Edmund G., attorney general of the State of California and vice chairman of the submerged lands committee of the National Association of Attorneys General, State Building, San Francisco, Brownell, Herbert, Jr., Attorney General of the United States. Campbell, Wallace J., director, Washington office, Cooperative League 596 490 365 497 594 1174 255 Carroll, T. C., president, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Em- 383 Clark, Dr. Harold F., professor in charge of educational economics, 353 Cosgrove, James J., chairman, board of directors, Continental Oil Co., 617 Edelman, John W., Washington representative, Textile Workers Union Giles, Bascom, Commissioner, General Land Office, State of Texas, 597 93 Statement of-Continued Gunther, John J., legislative representative, Americans for Demo- Hill, Lister, a United States Senator from the State of Alabama.......... Holland, Spessard L., a United States Senator from the State of Hunt, Lester C., a United States Senator from the State of Wyoming- Johnson, W. D., vice president and national legislative representative, Kefauver, Estes, a United States Senator from the State of Tennessee. Kennon, Robert F., Governor of the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Knight, O. A., vice president, Congress of Industrial Organizations, LeBlanc, Fred S., attorney general of the State of Louisiana, Baton Page 501 874 882 500 831 1177 466 Madden, John L., assistant attorney general of the State of Louisiana, 264 Supplement to statement of Fred S. LeBlanc, attorney general 377 Malone, George W., a United States Senator from the State of Nevada. 893 911 Mattoon, Everett W., assistant attorney general of the State of Cali- McDonald, Angus, assistant legislative secretary, National Farmers McKay, Douglas, the Secretary, Department of the Interior.. Millard, Frank G., attorney general of the State of Michigan, Lansing, Miller, Ralph L., Chief, Fuels Branch, Geologic Division, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Washington, Mobley, M. D, executive secretary, American Vocational Association, Inc., 1010 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, D. C...... Montgomery, Donald, director, Washington office, United Automobile Moore, Ellen Bryan, register of State land office, State of Louisiana, 1126 Naujoks, Herbert H., general counsel, Great Lakes Harbors Associa- 245 Nelson, George, Grand Lodge representative, International Associa- Norton, John K., head of the department of educational administra- 428 Resumed.. 434 Perkins, C. N., deputy city attorney of Los Angeles and its Board of 600, 626 1047 Statement of-Continued Real, John J., manager, Fishermen's Cooperative Association, Fisher- Riley, George D., member, national legislative committee, American Page 295 586 Rising, E. W., president, National Water Conservation Conference, 623 Rosenthal, Harold, Students for Democratic Action, Temple Univer- 744 Tate, Jack B., deputy legal adviser, the Department of State_ Watson, J. Stuart, assistant executive officer, California State Lands Commission, Sacramento, Calif____.. Welsh, William E., secretary-manager, National Reclamation Associa- tion, National Press Building, Washington, D. C............. Wheeler, Burton K., attorney at law, Southern Building, Washington, White, Mastin G., former Solicitor of the Department of Interior. Yarborough, Ralph W., attorney at law, Littlefield Building, Austin, Acheson, Dean, Secretary of State, letter of February 12, 1952, to Attorney General McGrath re delimitation of territorial waters of the United Adams, L. S., State representative, Capitol Building, Phoenix, Ariz., tele- American Municipal Association, resolution by (Holland Exhibit No. 8). Anderson, Robert B., the Secretary, Department of the Navy, letter to, from Senator Clinton P. Anderson, February 12, 1953, and reply of Arizona House Memorial No. 2, relating to offshore or tideland oil deposits. Army, Department of the, letter of February 26, 1953, from Brig. Gen. B. L. Robinson, Deputy Chief of Engineers, re affect of submerged lands bills on duties and responsibilities of Corps of Engineers with respect to control over structures and works in lands seaward of the low-water mark and outside of rivers, harbors, and ports.. Attorneys general and other officials in attendance at hearings considering Benckenstein, Leonard J., letter to, from General Land Office, April 4, 1266 Bidwell, Nathaniel B., One State Street, Boston, Mass., letter of March 2, British Crown Charters, memorandum by Attorney General Harold R. 1089 Brown, Bruce K., Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Administration for Brown, Francis J., secretary, Committee on Relationships of Higher Edu- cation to the Federal Government, American Council on Education, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C., letter from re S. 107 665 Brownell, Herbert, Jr., the Attorney General of the United States: Letter from, to Secretary of Defense Wilson with respect to legal effect of Executive Order No. 10426 of January 16, 1953.. Memorandum showing factual history in Department of Justice of Executive Order No. 10426 of January 16, 1953. Letter to, from Senator Butler, chairman, requesting certain material, |