Congress. Senate. Committe en and reclamation. U.S. Congress HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION UNITED STATES SENATE FIRST SESSION ON S. 555 A BILL TO ESTABLISH A MISSOURI VALLEY AUTHORITY TO SEPTEMBER 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, 1945 Printed for the use of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation 44-1-46 akk CONTENTS Walter Andrews, director in charge of rivers project committee, chamber of commerce, St. Joseph, Mo... Harry W. Bashore, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.. Hugh H. Bennett, chief, Soil Conservation Service, Department of Ora Bundy, president, National Reclamation Association.. J. C. Capt, Director, Bureau of the Census, United States Depart- 108 Hon. Francis Case, Member of Congress from the State of South C. E. Childe, consultant, Senate Small Business Committee... Morris L. Cooke, former Administrator, Rural Electrification Adminis- 541 461 182✓ Hon. Sam C. Ford, Governor of the State of Montana_ 622 Joseph Kinsey Howard, publicist 294 Sherman Johnson, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department 146 Charles E. Kellogg, Chief, Division of Soil Survey, Bureau of Plant 168 Michael Kinney, member, Missouri State Senate 118 George S. Knapp, chief engineer, Division of Water Resources, and 528 H. R. Lippincott, director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation__ Kent Lane, president of the Gering-Fort Laramie irrigation district___ G. W. Lineweaver, director of operation and maintenance, Bureau Lachlan Macleay, president, Mississippi Valley Association.. Joe H. Miller, Member, Missouri House of Representatives.. Don T. Miller, State senator of Washington_. Hon. James E. Murray, United States Senator from the State of |