98. This Feb. 4, 1936 letter from Secretary of War George H. Dern to the Honorable Royal 

 S. Copeland is in the BEB collection located at the Federal Records Center, Suitland, 

 Md. 



99. COL. EARL L BROWN, "The Economics of Beach Erosion," Shore and Beach, Apr. 

 1936, p. 44. 



100. Ibid. 



101. Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, 73d 

 Congress, 2d session, on H.R. 7590, held Feb. 7, 1934, p. 1. 



102. Ibid, p. 38. 



103. "United States Beach Improvement and Protection Act," Shore and Beach, Vol. 4, 

 July 1936, p. 71. 



104. Because of the importance of the interpretation of this point, it is discussed in a 

 number of places throughout the Uterature pertaining to the BEB and its activities. 

 See, for example, article by Lt. Col. C. H. Cunningham, "Shore Damage and Shore 

 Protection on the Connecticut Shorehne," op. cit., p. 79. 



105. Minutes of the 58th Meeting of the BEB held Mar. 18, 1940. 



106. House of Representatives Document No. 820, 76th Congress, 3d session, "Beach 

 Erosion Study, St. Simon Island, Ga.," prepared by BEB, report dated March 1940. 



107. Pubhc Law 834, 74tli Congress, entitled, "An Act for tlie Improvement and 

 Protection of the Beaches along the Shores of the United States," approved June 26, 

 1936. 



108. THORNDIKE SAVILLE, "Coastal Erosion Problems and Planning," op. cit., p. 38. 



109. General Kingman was appointed by War Department Orders dated Nov. 28, 1941. 



110. Paper entitled, "Report on Wartime Activities," Author and date unknown, revised 

 1956, p. 1. 



111. The dates for Dr. Keulegan were provided by him in correspondence; those for Prof . 

 Krumbein were obtained in a personal interview on Dec. 7, 1972. 



112. Information obtained largely from conversations with Prof. Krumbein and Dr. Mason, 

 together with reference to an article by Clara S. Edmunds, "Beach Intelligence: A 

 Report of the War-Time Activities of the Beach Erosion Board," Shore and Beach, 

 Apr. 1946, p. 11. 



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