COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE PART 10-St. Louis, Mo. Storage HD 1694 ..A4 1956 4 pt. 10 HEARING BEFORE A SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE Longress. House COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 28, 1955 Printed for the use of the 70818 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1956 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman CHET HOLIFIELD, California JOHN W. McCORMACK, Massachusetts EARL CHUDOFF, Pennsylvania JACK BROOKS, Texas LESTER HOLTZMAN, New York ROBERT H. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND POWER ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama, Chairman MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin MEMBERS EX OFFICIO WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan Statement of- CONTENTS Government HD Pt.10 Adair, John A., president, Exchange National Bank, Atchison, Kans- Bruno, Frank, agent, port of St. Louis, National Maritime Union. Buck, John E., Corning, Mo., appearing on behalf of Atchison Holt Electric Cooperative, Rockport, Mo., and the N. W. Electric Power Caldwell, Z. T., Danville, Ark., and Holly Springs, Miss., representing Page 1954 1906 1943 Helm, Julius, executive manager, Missouri State Rural Electric__. Ingersoll, A. C., Jr., president, Federal Barge Lines, Inc_-_ Kelsey, Scott W., farmer, Rossville, Kans--- 1899 McMath, Sid, general counsel, Arkansas Statewide Rural Electric 1900 Meyer, Morton, president, St. Louis Flood Control Association__. 1894 1865 Ploeser, Walter C., president, Mississippi Valley Association--- Renshaw, Edward, appearing for Herman T. Pott, president, St. Ridgeway, Dr. Marian assistant professor of government at Southern 1929 Rittenoure, Lawrence, director, National Association of Soil Conserva- 1938 Schnellbacher, Hon. George, mayor, city of Topeka, Kans Slusher, H. E., president, Missouri Farm Bureau Federation.. Steele, Donald L., president, Propeller Club, port of St. Louis. Sullivan, Hon. Leonor K., a Representative in Congress from the State Adair, John A., president, Exchange National Bank, Atchison, Kans.: Excerpt from statement of Milton Cummings, Effingham, Kans Letter from Milton Cummings, president, Farmers & Merchants Letters, statements, etc.-Continued Bartle, H. Roe, mayor, Kansas City, Mo.: Statement.. Carpenter, Clelle, commissioner of agriculture, State of Missouri: Calvert, William G., president, Missouri-Arkansas Basins Flood Con- Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Resources and Power_ Page 1964 1978 1970 Clark, Ralph F., division manager, Lake Tankers Corp.: Statement. 1946 1983 Collins, Milo, president, Tri-County Electric Cooperative Association, 1974 Green, Ellsworth, Jr., executive manager, chamber of commerce, Kan- Green, Truman, manager, Central Electric Power Cooperative, Jeffer- son City, Mo.: Excerpt from Task Force Report on Water Resources Helm, Julius, executive manager, Missouri State Rural Electric: 1973 1880 Advertisement-America's electric light and power companies.. Excerpt from the November 21 issue of the Electrical World... Letter from Paul C. Smith, editor in chief, Crowell-Collier Pub- lishing Co., to William L. Sturdevant, Jr., January 10, 1956_-- List of participants, electric companies advertising program.. Hook, Z. R., Manhattan, Kans., vice president, Missouri-Arkansas Basin Flood Control and Conservation Association, and chairman, Manhattan Flood Control Association: Statement.. Horine, E. K., secretary, Barry Electric Cooperative: Resolution Excerpt from statement re benefits from the development of rivers for navigation, by Hon. Herbert Hoover in 1927. Except from statement to the Interstate Commerce Commission by an official of one of the Missouri Valley's railroads_- Letter from Jesse F. Tefner, automobile dealer, to A. C. Ingersoll. Jones, Hon. Robert E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Alabama, and chairman, Special Water Resources and Power Sub- 1882 Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Resources and Power 1871, 1890, 1893, 1905, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 Letter sent to the Missouri congressional delegation by Hon. Questionnaire-What shall we do about Government in the 1974 1921 Calico Rock Lions Club, November 28, 1955. State Bank of Calico Rock, November 28, 1955- Marion Chamber of Commerce, November 28, 1955---- Louis W. Reps, managing director, Springfield Chamber of 1937 Vernon Bennett, Tamko Asphalt Products, Inc., November 1937 Letters, statements, etc.-Continued Jones, Hon. Robert E., etc.-Continued Telegrams re recommendation No. 8, etc.-Continued L. L. Damer, Joplin Transfer & Storage Co., November 25, 1955_ Lester E. Cox, president, Ozark Motor & Supply Co., and Ozark Tractor & Implement Co., November 25, 1955_._. Paul Bradley, chairman, national affairs committee, Joplin Chamber of Commerce, November 26, 1955__ Kelsey, Scott W., farmer, Rossville, Kans.: Statement_ La Mothe, Charles J., president, Waterways Terminals Corp., St. Lipscomb, Hon. Glenard P., a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Page 1937 McMath, Sid, general counsel, Arkansas Statewide Rural Electric Marbaker, W. E., vice president, Missouri-Illinois Material Co., St. Missouri State Rural Electrification Association: Resolution_. Morris, E. L., secretary, North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, Northwest Missouri Electric Co-Operative: Letter from J. Ray Lam- bright, secretary, to Hon. Robert Jones, December 16, 1955- Omer, J. C., secretary, Central Electric Power Cooperative: Resolu- Paramore, Lew, director, Missouri-Arkansas Basins Flood Control and 1903 1979 1975 1981 1980 1971 Pettigrew, Warren A., secretary, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1975 Ploeser, Walter C., president, Mississippi Valley Association: Tele- Ray, George W., manager, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, Inc., 1892 Letter to Hon. Robert Jones, January 12, 1956- Resolution__ 1977 Renshaw, Edward, appearing for Herman T. Pott, president, St. Louis 1948 Ridgeway, Dr. Marian, assistant professor of government at Southern 1929 Excerpt from statement of the Kansas Turnpike Authority-- Excerpt from Task Force Report on Water Resources and Sage, R. O., chief engineer for the Kansas City Stock Yards Co.: State- ment_ 1973 Slusher, H. E., president, Missouri Farm Bureau Federation: Schierberg, George B., executive vice president, Granite City Steel Co., Granite City, Ill.: Statement _ _ Excerpt from policy adopted by the Missouri Farm Bureau Fed- 1914 Steele, Donald L., president, Propeller Club, Port of St. Louis: Resolu- 1926 |