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 Bingham, Herbert, executive secretary, Tennessee Municipal League, Brown, Franklin H., McMinnville, Tenn., appearing on behalf of Hon. Joe L. Evins, a Representative in Congress from the State of Page 697 Carr, Braxton B., executive vice president, Warrior-Tombigbee De- Catron, Tom, Corbin, Ky., president, Upper Cumberland Valley De- Daniel, Hon. Robert, mayor, Corbin, Ky. 769 757 721, 748 Everhart, C. M., president, Cumberland Valley Association, and execu- Hundley, J. C., secretary, Citizens for TVA, Inc., and representing Long, Walter C., assistant director, Tennessee Industrial and Agri- McCord, Hon. Jim Nance, Tennessee Commissioner of Conservation, and former Governor of Tennessee_ Person, Col. John, division engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Cincinnati, Ohio; accompanied by Col. Gilbert M. Dor- land, district engineer, United States Corps of Engineers, Nash- Priest, Hon. J. Percy, a Representative in Congress from the State 760 716 690 Tidwell, Paul H., manager, Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative, Centerville, Tenn., representing the Tennessee Valley Public Power Carr, Braxton B., executive vice president, Warrior-Tombigbee De- velopment Association, and member of the steering committee of the Excerpt from speech of Herbert Hoover commemorating the com- pletion of the 9-foot channel in the Ohio River in 1929- Excerpt from the Rivers and Harbors Act of August 2, 1882----- Catron, Tom, Corbin, Ky., president, Upper Cumberland Valley De- velopment Association: Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Dempster, Hon. George R., mayor, Knoxville, Tenn., and president, 716 Everhart, C. M., president, Cumberland Valley Association, and execu- 723 Excerpt from remarks of Maj. Gen. B. L. Robinson, Deputy Chief 725 Letters, statements, etc.-Continued Everhart, C. M., president-Continued Excerpt from statement of the English novelist Bulwer_ Excerpt from the Constitution, sixth clause, section 9, article I-_- Letter from Harry B. Dyer, Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tenn., Evins, Hon. Joe L., a Representative in Congress from the State of 694 (.. Jones, Hon. Robert E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Alabama, and chairman, Special Subcommittee on Water Resources Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Resources and Power- Letter of invitation and list of people invited to the hearing at Nashville, Tenn., October 12, 1955--- Telegram from Congressman Robert E. Jones, to Rowland Hughes, Lipscomb, Hon. Glenard P., a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Minton, O. F., Jr., president, Propeller Club, Port of Nashville, Tenn.: Person, Col. John, division engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Cincinnati, Ohio: Excerpt from Public Law 780, 83d Excerpt from dissenting view of Commissioner Farley--- Excerpt from testimony of Wendell Willkie who represented Com- Reuss, Hon. Henry S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin: Excerpt from statement of J. C. Hundley- Sturdevant William L., Jr., professional staff member, Special Water Resources and Power Subcommittee: Telegram from Hon. Robert E. Jones to Hon. Rowland Hughes---- Tidwell, Paul H., manager, Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative, Centerville, Tenn., representing the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association: Excerpt from Commission Report on Water Resources West, Hon. Ben, mayor, city of Nashville, Tenn., and president, Ten- 697 COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT (Water Resources and Power Report) Part 4-Nashville, Tenn. MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1955 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND POWER OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Nashville, Tenn. The special subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, in the Federal courtroom, Federal Building, Nashville, Tenn., at 9:30 a. m., Hon. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (chairman of the special subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Robert E. Jones, Jr., Martha W. Griffiths, Henry S. Reuss, and Glenard P. Lipscomb. Also present: William C. Wise, staff director; William L. Sturdevant, professional staff member; Robert Morris, and Orville S. Poland, general counsel of the Committee on Government Operations. Mr. JONES. The subcommittee will come to order. This is a special subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations created for the purpose of studying the Hoover Commission's report on water resources and power. On my right is Henry Reuss, a member of the House from the State of Wisconsin. On my left is Congressman Glen Lipscomb, a Member of the House from the State of California. My name is Robert E. Jones, Congressman from Alabama. Mrs. Griffiths, Member from the State of Michigan, expects to join us shortly. Our first witness today is Congressman J. Percy Priest, a Representative from the State of Tennessee. Come around, Percy. We are certainly glad to have you. We know of your great interest not only as the former whip of the House and chairman of the powerful and influential Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, but we also know of your deep interest in the water resource development program that has been undertaken by the Federal Government. We are delighted to have you and welcome the opportunity to visit in your great capital city. 689 |