54. "The History and Program, Constitution and By-Laws, American Shore and Beach 

 Preservation Association," Jan. 1939, p. 6. 



55. j. Spencer Smith, president of the ASBPA, made some illuminating comments on this 

 point during hearings on H.R. 7590 held Feb. 7, 1934, before the House of 

 Representatives Committee on Rivers and Harbors. H.R. 7590 was an attempt to have 

 Federal funds made available for the construction of shore protection structures, and 

 Smith argued strongly in favor of the bill. He stated that originally he had considered 

 beach problems to be a State matter and had been against Federal participation. In 

 time, though, he changed his mind and explained his reasoning in this way: 



". . . and here is what it comes down to, gentlemen; You have got a changed 

 economic condition in this country. In the early days of our beaches the local 

 communities received a revenue. People could only reach them through tlie 

 railroad trains. They came here, they resided there, and they made their 

 contribution. The communities where there were beaches were relatively few, 

 but in the last few years that picture has changed completely until today you 

 have visiting these beaches people from all States in the Union. No longer do 

 people now reside in those communites; no longer do they pay rent or own 

 property because of the very condition that has arisen, due to the automobile, 

 due to changed conditions, changes in people's ways of hving, . . ." (Hearings 

 before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, 73d 

 Congress, 2d session, Feb. 7, 1934, p. 20.) 



56. MAJ. GEN. WALTER K. WILSON, Jr., and RICHARD O. EATON, "A History of the 

 Beach Erosion Board," Shore and Beach, Vol. 28, No. 1, Apr. 1960, p. 6. 



57. Annual Report, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1934, p. 1528. 



58. This point is discussed by Dean Saville in the article, "Panel Discussion on Federal 

 Laws," Shore and Beach, Apr. 1946. See specifically p. 22. 



59. Information obtained from personnel records of Jay V. Hall, Jr. 



60. Information obtained from personnel records of Ralph G. Davis. 



61. Information obtained from personnel records of Ethyl L. Sweet. 



62. Information obtained from conversation with Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgertonon Dec. 18, 

 1972. 



63. Interim Report of Beach Erosion Board, U.S. Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 

 Washington, D.C., Apr. 1933, pp. 1-6. 



64. COL. EARL I. BROWN, "Activities of the United States Beach Erosion Board," S/i ore 

 and Beach, Apr. 1935, p. 44. 



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