COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 4045

TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
RESULTING FROM THE DISASTER WHICH OCCURRED
AT TEXAS CITY, TEX., ON APRIL 16 AND 17, 1947

MAY 11 AND JUNE 8, 1955

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1 Mr. Hyde served as a member of the special subcommittee which made an investigation of the Texas City disaster pursuant to H. Res. 296 of the 83d Cong.

Baker, W. Kendall, Burris, Benton, Baker & Zweiner, attorneys,

Houston, Tex..

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Bryan, Austin Y., Jr., attorney, Esperson Building, Houston, Tex. 40, 118

Burger, Hon. Warren E., Assistant Attorney General, Department of

Justice.

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112, 140

Daniel, Hon. Price, United States Senator from the State of Texas..

Elledge, Vernon, attorney, 1603 Second National Bank Building,

Houston, Tex.

Leachman, Neth L., attorney, Dallas, Tex..
Liftin, Morton, attorney, Department of Justice.

8, 26, 73

Markwell, Russel H., attorney, Markwell, Stubbs & Decker, Galves-
ton, Tex..

29, 126

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Robinson, T. R., county judge, Galveston County, Tex.

Thompson, Hon. Clark W., Representative in Congress from the

State of Texas

Additional information-

Bryan, Austin Y., Jr., reply to supplementary statement of the

Department of Justice..

Burger, Warren E., Assistant Attorney General, Department of
Justice, letter, May 19, 1955, to Hon. Thomas J. Lane, subcom-
mittee chairman_.

Connally, Ben C., United States district judge, Houston, Tex., letter,
May 24, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Department of the Army report dated May 10, 1955.

Elledge, Vernon, attorney, 1603 Second National Bank Building:

Letter, June 15, 1955, to Hon. Thomas J. Lane, with suggested

amendment.

Letter, June 16, 1955, to Hon. Thomas J. Lane.

Extracts from report on an investigation of the properties and hazards

of ammonium nitrate and high-percentage ammonium nitrate

fertilizers, submitted to the Commandant of the Coast Guard by
A. D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, memorandum re statutory relief
for Texas City disaster victims..

Justice, Department of, supplementary statement on S. 1077 and

H. R. 4045_

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., memorandum re Texas City Disaster
Relief Bill

Library of Congress, American Law Section:

Memorandum on the validity of legislation vesting in the Federal

district courts in Texas jurisdiction to determine the measure of

damages owed to claimants suffering injuries in the Texas City,

Tex, disaster, etc.

Memorandum in support of contention that insurance companies

who had paid persons suffering property losses arising out of the

Texas City, Tex., disaster will not be entitled to recover from

such persons any part of moneys distributed to them under an

act of Congress enacted subsequently to the judicial rejection of

claims filed by such persons under the Federal Tort Claims

Act

Report of the special subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary

appointed to investigate the claims arising out of the Texas City

disaster (H. Rept. 1386, 83d Cong., 2d sess.) -

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