STATEMENT OF WILL GARNER, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT,

CHATTAHOOCHEE DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Mr. GARNER. I will not take the time to say anything further, Mr. Chairman.

Senator RUSSELL. Thank you, sir.

And last, but not least, a gentleman whom I always call professor. When I first knew this old friend of mine he was engaged in the teaching profession.

Mr. T. O. Galloway, who is president of the Upper Chattahoochee Development Association, at the present time.

STATEMENT OF T. 0. GALLOWAY, PRESIDENT, UPPER CHATTAHOOCHEE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. GALLOWAY. I would just like to state that this lake would cover up an area that is densely populated, and it takes considerable time for a farmer to relocate. Some of these farmers are dairymen, and it takes 2 years to get new pastures established and the fences built and the buildings. So a dairyman must have at least that much time. He can't do it until he sells his present land.

And it is the same with the farmers raising beef cattle.

Even the poultry industry, in which a great many of them engage, they are producing eggs and it takes a period of 18 months from the time you start with a baby chick until you finish up with the hen.

So it just takes time. I think it is of the utmost importance that we provide the necessary funds far enough in advance for the relocation of the people.

To my way of thinking, that is more vital than some of the other things that just involves money. When you go to moving people, there are a lot of things to be concerned about. And since the $5,200,000 above the ceiling would be used largely for relocating the bridges and the roads and the people, I do think that is of the utmost importance.

I just want to emphasize that that has been brought out so well by the others.

There is just one other statement I would like to make.

It has been estimated that at least 1 million people live within an hour's drive of this reservoir, this lake. You can see how important it is to have all the roads and other things completed in the proper time. All these million people who will come from time to time will be benefited in one way or another by this great dam and reservoir. It is a pleasure to be with you, and I thank you. Senator RUSSELL. Thank you, Professor Galloway.

Are there any other members of the delegation here who wish to file statements or amplify statements made to the committee? I suggest you get them in within 3 days, so that we can preserve continuity of the record.

Representative DAVIS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Senator RUSSELL. The next witness is Mr. Lanham, Congressman Lanham.

STATEMENT OF HON. FRITZ G. LANHAM, TRINITY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, FORT WORTH, TEX.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. LANHAM. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. My name is Fritz G. Lanham. I have served with members of the committee for 28 years and in the House of Representatives before my voluntary retirement at the end of World War II.

I represent the Trinity Improvement Association, which is a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of the Trinity River and its watershed in all proper ways.

I shall make my statement brief because there are some gentlemen here from Dallas who wish to be heard. One of them is Mr. John M. Stemmons, who is chairman of the Dallas County Flood Control Board; and another, Mr. Robert H. Jones, who is a member of the board of supervisors of the Dallas City and County Levy Improvement Board. And also should be noted the presence of Mr. Dale Miller, Washington representative of the Dallas Chamber of Comerce.

There are three items in the budget with reference to the Trinity River development.

One is an item of $240,000 for the completion of the Fort Worth Floodway project. I say in that regard that Fort Worth is furnishing about twice as much money for the completion of this project as the Federal Government.

Furthermore, with the completion of this project, the recent completion of the Benbrook Reservoir, the likelihood of any serious flood in Fort Worth will be obviated, and we had a very devastating and catastrophic one in 1949.

Dallas is primarily dependent for its flood protection on the GarzaLittle Elm Reservoir, and the Dallas Floodway project.

The appropriation authorized in the budget estimates for the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir is expected to complete that very important work. The recommended appropriation for the Dallas Floodway will carry that project far along on its way.

I may say unless these projects are completed, we could have, in that region of periodic droughts and floods, a flood disaster in Dallas which would be of much more serious consequence, I think, than any this country has sustained in several years. And Dallas has also made very significant contributions to this project and to the protection of its water development.

If I may say just this word in conclusion, because I wish the time to be taken by these distinguished gentlemen, who are more familiar with the important phases of this Dallas Floodway project, that we are very hopeful that, in carrying out the master plan of the engineers for the proper development of the Trinity River and its watershed, the appropriation bill this year may carry proper and substantial sums for these surveys, some of which have been started, but have not been completed because the funds have been lagging.

I trust that due attention will be given that important matter. I should now like, Mr. Chairman, to present Mr. John Stemmons, who is chairman of the Dallas County Flood Control Board and who is entirely familiar with the necessity for this development.

Senator RUSSELL. Mr. Lanham, is this project in your old district? Mr. LANHAM. The Fort Worth Floodway is in the district I represented. Dallas is in the adjoining district, formerly represented by the Honorable Hatton Sumners, and now represented by the Honorable Frank Wilson.

May I say further, Mr. Chairman, that I should like to append to my remarks a brief statement in further explanation of the statement I have made.

Senator RUSSELL. It will appear in the record. (Statement referred to follows:)

STATEMENT OF MR. FRITZ G. LANHAM TO SENATE CIVIL FUNCTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

The budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, includes the following civil-functions items for the improvement of the Trinity River, Tex., under authority of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 2, 1945:

It is estimated that the budget recommendations would complete (1) the rectification and enlargement of the Fort Worth Floodway at a total Federal cost of $3.865,000, and (2) the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir at a total cost of $24,732,066 of which the local interests will contribute in cash $3,410,066.

Local interests of Fort Worth are participating in the Federal efforts and are bettering otherwise the local protection system at a current cost of $7,500,000 to themselves; while Dallas interests, in addition to their cash participation, are contributing a reservoir-Lake Dallas, completed in 1929 at a cost exceeding $5 million-which is being inundated by Garza-Little Elm Reservoir.

The Dallas County Flood Control District will present in detail the case of the local interests for the Dallas Floodway, the third Trinity civil-function project included in the budget.

The local interests of the Trinity River Basin, represented by the Trinity Improvement Association and its principal affiliates, the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District, the East Fork Association, the Mid-Trinity Association, and the Trinity Valley Association, are largely satisfied with the construction progress of the authorized flood-control projects of their area.

Three great Corps of Engineers' reservoirs-Benbrook, Grapevine, Lavonare now functioning as integral parts of what is possibly America's most unique flood-control and reclamation system for a major river basin. Included in the system are 6 major multipurpose reservoirs, over 100 different systems of public or private levees, scores of irrigation, drainage, and similar systems, all built previous to 1935 by Trinity local interests, without the monetary assistance of either the State of Texas or the Federal Government.

Trinity local interests by 1952 had spent on their water resource developments over $142 million (in 1951 dollars and exclusive of interest) which can be segregated. Probably over $125 million was so expended earlier than 1935.

Nevertheless, since the Federal agencies began construction on their projects for Trinity water resource development under the congressional authorizations of 1944 and 1945, local interests have further participated in amounts aggregating over $20 million. Federal expenditures have totaled about $75 million since 1945. This is less than half the 1951 value of separable local expenditures to date.

Not only are local interests largely satisfied with the progress of civil function construction on the Trinity Basin; they are greatly pleased also with the economy shown by the Army engineers, who apparently are finishing the four great reservoirs-Benbrook, Grapevine, Lavon, Garza-Little Elm-at about 75. percent of the estimated costs.

However, the local interests of the entire Trinity Basin do have the greatest concern over the long-continued lag in Trinity surveys and investigations. Although review of House Document 403, 77th Congress, Trinity River and Tributaries, Tex., was authorized in 1945 there has been very little progress in field surveys since 1946.

In fact, investigations which the Galveston district engineer said in December 1949 would be completed "within 12 months" are still unfinished. The delay stems simply from lack of money for completion of field surveys initially halted in 1946 and since lying almost wholly inactive.

The outstanding success of the reservoir construction phases of the civil works program started in 1946—the fourth, and last, reservoir will be operative within literally a few weeks-has been due primarily to excellent preparations made for it. Trinity local interests are most anxious that the similarly authorized next steps be as well based.

Could not the committee see its way to appropriate for these authorized Trinity investigations a lump sum of $500,000 to remain available until expended? Would it not be in line with the President's suggestion of "public works laid well in advance" in the state of the Union message?

SUMMARY

Local interests of the Trinity River Basin have spent to date over twice as much as the Federal Government on the development of their water resources for flood control, water supply, navigation, and allied purposes.

It is believed that no other major river basin of America has as good a record of cooperation. Probably three-quarters of it was extended before Federal participation even began.

Yet local interests remain eager to continue their participation in waterresource development on the basis of the comprehensive Trinity plan approved by the Congress in 1944 and 1945.

Over a quarter of a billion dollars has already gone into the job of waterresource development on the Trinity River Basin. The lack of possibly less than half a million for completion of the authorized review report is stymieing progress.

Can we not have this indispensable Federal assistance-indispensable, since the Congress rightfully depends solely upon corps' findings in such mattersbefore the civil-function phases of our comprehensive program slows to a halt? Senator RUSSELL. We will be glad to hear you now, Mr. Stemmons.

DALLAS FLOODWAY, TEX.

STATEMENT OF JOHN M. STEMMONS, CHAIRMAN, DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL BOARD, TEXAS

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. STEMMONS. Gentlemen, this project at Dallas was conceived and constructed as a local project. We have appeared before you before and have explained in detail that local interests themselves spent $18 million in 1930 to construct this project.

We have found-and the Corps of Engineers has found-that the project was good and was constructed well in its inception but is not of a capacity now to take the possible flood which might come through the area-not only the possible floods but the probable floods which would come through the area.

Senator RUSSELL. Mr. Lanham, is this project in your old district? Mr. LANHAM. The Fort Worth Floodway is in the district I represented. Dallas is in the adjoining district, formerly represented by the Honorable Hatton Sumners, and now represented by the Honorable Frank Wilson.

May I say further, Mr. Chairman, that I should like to append to my remarks a brief statement in further explanation of the statement I have made.

Senator RUSSELL. It will appear in the record. (Statement referred to follows:)

STATEMENT OF MR. FRITZ G. LANHAM TO SENATE CIVIL FUNCTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

The budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, includes the following civil-functions items for the improvement of the Trinity River, Tex., under authority of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 2, 1945:

It is estimated that the budget recommendations would complete (1) the rectification and enlargement of the Fort Worth Floodway at a total Federal cost of $3.865,000, and (2) the Garza-Little Elm Reservoir at a total cost of $24,732,066 of which the local interests will contribute in cash $3,410,066.

Local interests of Fort Worth are participating in the Federal efforts and are bettering otherwise the local protection system at a current cost of $7,500,000 to themselves; while Dallas interests, in addition to their cash participation, are contributing a reservoir-Lake Dallas, completed in 1929 at a cost exceeding $5 million-which is being inundated by Garza-Little Elm Reservoir.

The Dallas County Flood Control District will present in detail the case of the local interests for the Dallas Floodway, the third Trinity civil-function project included in the budget.

The local interests of the Trinity River Basin, represented by the Trinity Improvement Association and its principal affiliates, the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District, the East Fork Association, the Mid-Trinity Association, and the Trinity Valley Association, are largely satisfied with the construction progress of the authorized flood-control projects of their area.

Three great Corps of Engineers' reservoirs-Benbrook, Grapevine, Lavon— are now functioning as integral parts of what is possibly America's most unique flood-control and reclamation system for a major river basin. Included in the system are 6 major multipurpose reservoirs, over 100 different systems of public or private levees, scores of irrigation, drainage, and similar systems, all built previous to 1935 by Trinity local interests, without the monetary assistance of either the State of Texas or the Federal Government.

Trinity local interests by 1952 had spent on their water resource developments over $142 million (in 1951 dollars and exclusive of interest) which can be segregated. Probably over $125 million was so expended earlier than 1935.

Nevertheless, since the Federal agencies began construction on their projects for Trinity water resource development under the congressional authorizations of 1944 and 1945, local interests have further participated in amounts aggregating over $20 million. Federal expenditures have totaled about $75 million since 1945. This is less than half the 1951 value of separable local expenditures to date.