COLUMBIA VALLEY ADMINISTRATION

No. 81-8

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

DOCUMENT DIVISICH

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 4286 and H. R. 4287

BILLS TO REORGANIZE AND CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN
FEDERAL FUNCTIONS AND THEREBY SECURE THEIR
MORE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION BY ESTABLISH-
ING A COLUMBIA VALLEY ADMINISTRATION ΤΟ
ASSIST IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF UNIFIED WATER
CONTROL AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, ITS
TRIBUTARIES, AND THE SURROUNDING LANDS

JUNE 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, JULY 13, 14, 15, 18, 29,
AUGUST 1 AND 2, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

No. 81-8

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 4286 and H. R. 4287

BILLS TO REORGANIZE AND CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN
FEDERAL FUNCTIONS AND THEREBY SECURE THEIR
MORE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION BY ESTABLISH-
ING A COLUMBIA VALLEY ADMINISTRATION TO
ASSIST IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF UNIFIED WATER
CONTROL AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, ITS
TRIBUTARIES, AND THE SURROUNDING LANDS

JUNE 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, JULY 13, 14, 15, 18, 29,
AUGUST 1 AND 2, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

Bannister, L. Ward, Denver, Colo., comments on CVA_

Blaisdell, Thomas C., Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce_
Brannan, Hon. Charles F., Secretary of Agriculture---.

Bull, Hon. Vernon, Oregon State senator..........

318

653

771

437

Carstensen, Henry P., master, Washington State Grange--

430

Coe, Hon. Earl, secretary of state for the State of Washington---
Davidson, C. Girard, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

376

461, 569

Falck, Edward, chief consultant on power and utilities, National
Security Resources Board___

674.

Flegel, Austin F., president, Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Port-
land, Oreg..

281

Gray, Hon. Gordon, Secretary of the Army.

737

Hodde, Charles W., speaker, house of representatives, State of

Washington

257, 263

Jackson, Hon. Henry M., Member of Congress_

Krug, Hon. J. A., Secretary of the Interior__.

36, 65

161, 173, 207.

Langlie, Hon. Arthur B., Governor of the State of Washington_.

McKay, Hon. Douglas, Governor of the State of Oregon___.

Martin, Tom, Washington State treasurer_.

289

399

381

Mitchell, Hon. Hugh B., Member of Congress_

103

Norwood, Gus, Northwest Public Power Association, Vancouver,

Wash

Peters, Gus A., president, Southwest Washington Public Utility Com-
missioners Association___.

651

Peyton, Harlan I., Peyton Investment Co., Spokane, Wash_.

454

Pierce, Hon. Walter M., former Member of Congress_

440

Pittman, Hon. Vail, Governor, State of Nevada_.

362

Portland, Oreg., Chamber of Commerce_

412

Robins, Hon. C. A., Governor of the State of Idaho---

324

Robins, Thomas M., consulting engineer_.

419

Sawyer, Robert W., Bend, Oreg--

407

Simpson, Milton C., president, Montana Stockgrowers Association_

397

Stewart, Frank A., Washington Public Utility Commissioners Associa-

tion, Seattle, Wash.--.

372

Styner, Truman, Burley, Idaho, representing Farmers Union

members

364

Taylor, Jack, commissioner of public lands, Seattle, Wash_

Toelle, J. Howard, Montana State University--

443

383

Van Dyke, Hon. Frank J., speaker, Oregon House of Representa-

tives.

441

Walsh, Hon. William E., president, Oregon State Senate..
Ward, J. Frank, department of public utilities, Tacoma, Wash
Welch, William E., chairman, Columbia River Resources Committee_.
Welteroth, Charles H., Northside Canal Co., Jerome, Idaho‒‒‒‒
Bills, communications, reports, resolutions, maps, etc.:
Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co., Power and Bingham Counties, Idaho,
resolution __

450

254

324

320

341

Ada County Pomona Grange No. 1, Idaho, resolution_
Adams, Babe, Port Angeles, Wash., telegram----

329

161