1 BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO STUDY CIVIL WORKS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS THADDEUS M. MACHROWICZ, Michigan HOWARD H. BAKER, Tennessee CHARLES D. CURRAN, Staff Director 499217 MARCH 27, 28, 31, AND APRIL 2, 3, 29, 1952 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1952 Monograph (Incomplate) Beard, G. L., Chief of Planning and Development Division_. Chorpening, Brig. Gen. C. H., Assistant Chief of Engineers for Civil Fernald, Gordon H.. Chief of Planning and Water Control Branch, Miller, Leslie A., former chairman, Natural Resources Task Force, Page, Carter, Deputy Chief, Planning and Development Division_. 50, 79, 91 Weber, E. W., special assistant to the Assistant Chief of Engineers for Additional information submitted for the record by- 24,50 Letter transmitting answers to list of questions by Mr. Jones--- 71 Maass, Arthur, letter from____ 183 Letter from, correcting figure given in testimony. Letter from, transmitting article from Denver Post, February 10, 1952, entitled "Feud May Halt Colorado Water Project”. Letter from, transmitting examples of expenditures considered Analysis of The Battle That Squanders Millions, article by Leslie Improvements in procedures made by Corps of Engineers- Letter dated May 4, 1951, from Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the STUDY OF CIVIL WORKS THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO STUDY CIVIL WORKS, Washington, D. C. The special subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a. m., in room 1302, New House Office Building, Hon. Robert E. Jones, Jr., presiding. Charles D. Curran, staff director.. Mr. JONES. The committee will come to order. Today this subcommittee, established last August, is initiating its open hearings in connection with its study of civil works. At this point I wish to read into the record the resolution adopted by the Committee on Public Works on August 20, 1951. That resolution reads as follows: Resolved, That the Chairman of the Committee on Public Works is hereby authorized to appoint a special subcommittee to study the policies, practices, and procedures in connection with the authorization and construction of river-andharbor and flood-control projects and report back to the committee with the utmost dispatch its findings and recommendations thereon. Chairman Buckley appointed the subcommittee consisting of Representatives Larcade, Davis, Smith, Machrowicz, Dondero, Angell, Mack, and Baker and designated me chairman. At an early organizational meeting in October the subcommittee adopted a statement of responsibilities in which it interpreted the scope of its study to include such projects as under section 713, Rules of the House of Representatives, would normally be referred to the Committee on Public Works as being related to (a) flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors, (b) public works for the benefit. of navigation, (c) water power, and (d) oil and other pollution of navigable waters. It recognized that numerous works constructed primarily for those purposes would provide benefit to irrigation and reclamation, national parks and recreation, forest resources, conservation of fish and wildlife, and soil conservation. The subcommittee also recognized that other committees of the House of Representatives are primarily responsible for these latter functions. As set forth in the October statement, it is the intent of the subcommittee to point out to the whole committee policies, procedures, and practices coming to its attention which have a direct impact on these functions outside of its jurisdiction. In the proper study of Federal projects and programs involving benefits in the areas under its jurisdiction, the subcommittee was of the opinion that it would doubtless need to consider works undertaken in the interests of functions which are the responsibilities of other committees. |