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PHASE IV — FIELD HEARINGS BY SELECT COMMITTEE 



Hearings during October-December, 1959: (22 hearings, in 19 States, 

 with 800 witnesses giving more than 3,000 pages of testimony) 



Hearings in 1960: (2 field hearings; 3 days of public hearings in 

 Washington, D.C. ; 161 witnesses)"^^ 

 A summary of the testimony of the witnesses (aside from siipport for 



specific project authorizations) has been prepared b}' T. M. Schad, as 



follows: *^ 



* * * The following suggestions were among those most frequently made : (1) 

 the small watershed program of the Department of Agriculture, under Public Law 

 566, as amended, should be speeded up by making more funds and survey crews 

 available, and should be liberalized by broadening the fields of benefits considered 

 under the program ; (2) the Federal program of water pollution abatement grants 

 should be expanded along the lines of the bill which has already passed the House 

 and Senate and was then in conference between the two bodies; (3) a loan pro- 

 gram for water supply facilities should be established by the Federal Government 

 to enable municipalities to borrow money at favorable interest rates for construc- 

 tion of municipal and industrial water supply facilities; (4) research on all 

 phases of water resources development should be stepped up; (5) the bill to 

 establish a Council of Resources and Conservation Advisers in the Executive 

 Office of the President, and a Joint Committee on Resources and Conservation in 

 Congress should be enacted: (6) full consideration should be given to recrea- 

 tional benefits in planning of multiplepurpose developments; and (7) more ade- 

 quate consideration should be given to fish and wildlife conservation in the 

 planning of water resources projects. 



The Indianapolis hearings attracted many statements in behalf of inland water- 

 way navigation, with particular reference to the Ohio River. At the hearings in 

 "Washington, D.C. a number of suggestions on the broader aspects of water re- 

 sources development policy were received. The printed hearings contained over 



« The record of public hearings of the select committee, taken from — 



U.S. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on National Water Resources. Report of 

 the * * * Pursuant to S. Res. 48, 86th Cong, together with supplemental and indi- 

 vidual views, 87th Cong., 1st sess. Senate Report 29. (Waslilngton, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, 1961), p. 77, is as follows : 



Location of hearing 



Date 



Number of 

 witnesses 



Part number 

 of printed 

 hearings 



Page 

 numbers 



Bismarck, N.Dak.. Oct. 7,1959 



Laramie, Wyo Oct. 8, 1959^ 



BMIings, IVlont Oct. 9, 1959 



iVlissoula, IVlont Oct. 12, 1959 



Boise, Idaho. Oct. 13, 1959 



Sacramento, Calif... Oct. 15, 1959. 



Los Angeles, Calif Oct. 16, 1959 



Huron, S. Dak Oct. 27, 1959_ 



Sioux Falls, S. Dak Oct. 28, 1959 



Detroit, Mich Oct. 29, 1959 



Philadelphia, Pa Oct. 30, 1959... 



Tooeka, Kans Nov. 18, 1959 



Des Moines, Iowa Nov. 19, 1959 



Denver, Colo. Nov. 20, 1959 



Albuquerque, N. Mex Nov. 23, 1959 



Salt Lake City, Utah Nov. 24, 1959 



Fort Smith, Ark.... Nov. 28, 1959.. 



Oklahoma City, Okla Nov. 30, 1959 



Alexandria, La. Dec. 1, 1959 



Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 3, 1959 



Augusta. Maine. Dec. 7, 1959 



Boston, Mass Dec. 8, 1959 



Indianapolis, Ind Feb. 5, I960.. 



Columbia, S.C... May 13, 1960 



Washington, D.C Mav 24, 25, 26, a.m., 



1960. 



Do May 26, p.m., I960.. 



43 

 48 

 19 

 24 

 45 

 30 

 27 

 26 

 23 

 44 

 33 

 83 

 31 

 20 

 38 

 39 

 21 

 60 

 56 

 37 

 29 

 35 

 66 

 32 

 56 



« Schad. An Analysis of the Work of the Senate Select Committee on National Water 

 Resources. 1959-61. op. clt., p. 238. 



