ON H. R. 9640

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

ON

H. R. 9640

A BILL AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS
FOR FLOOD CONTROL, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 18 TO APRIL 9, 1940

Printed for the use of the Committee on Flood Control

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1940

ON H. R. 9640

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL
-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

ON

H. R. 9640

A BILL AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS
FOR FLOOD CONTROL, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

229579

MARCH 18 TO APRIL 9, 1940

Printed for the use of the Committee on Flood Control

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1940

A5 1940

Allen, Hon. A. Leonard, Representative in Congress from the State

of Louisiana__.

978

Allen, J. S., chief engineer, Board of Mississippi Levee Commis-
sioners

664

Allman, Rex, Forsythe, Mo..

319

Angell, Hon. Homer D., Representative in Congress from the State of

Oregon

1000

Ault, Hon. E. S., Cartersville, Ga----

734

Austin, Hon. Warren R., United States Senator from the State of

Vermont

838

Ball, Hon. Thomas R., Representative in Congress from the State of

Connecticut

849

Beck, B. A., Sunbury, Pa_____

83

Beckworth, Hon. Lindley, Representative in Congress from the State

of Texas.

709

Benefield, M. J., manager, Chamber of Commerce of Brady, Tex..
Bennett, Charles J., chairman, flood-control commission, Hartford,
Conn__.

474

54

Bernard, Merrill, Chief, River and Harbor Flood Division, Weather

Bureau...

822

Besson, Col. F. S., district engineer, Galveston, Tex___

Bradford, J. W., President of the Yazoo-Delta Levee Board..

Bragdon, Lt. Col. John S., district engineer, Providence, R. I.

Brooks, J. M., mayor, Pineville, Ky.

407, 438

673

Brooks, Hon. Overton, Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana

73, 85

865

973

Burke, John J., president of town council of East Hartford, Conn_--
Call, Irving H., commissioner of public works, North Adams, Mass---
Campbell, Hon. Phil, Washington, D. C.......

51

33

622

Carlson, Hon. Frank, Representative in Congress from the State of
Kansas

Cartwright, Hon. Wilburn, Representative in Congress from the State
of Oklahoma___.

Case, Hon. Francis, Representative in Congress from the State of
South Dakota__.

242

871

646, 902

Chandler, E. L., chief engineer, Chattanooga Flood Protection District 187
Christian, C. S., chief engineer, Arkansas Flood Control Commis-
sion__

368

Cluett, Hon. E. Harold, Representative in Congress from the State

of New York__

856

Coffman, Layton, Harrison, Ark.

366

Cook, Charles B___

55

Costello, Hon. John M., Representative in Congress from the State

of California.

945

Covell, Lt. Col. W. E. R., district engineer, Pittsburgh, Pa-

Crowe, Hon. Eugene B., Representative in Congress from the State

of Indiana___

113

141, 957

Daniels, A. Millard, president, L. L. Brown Paper Co---.
Deal, J. C., chairman, Board of the Upper Colorado River Authority-
De Buske, Clarence, Beaumont, Tex___

46

469

700

Delta Council Executive Committee, W. T. Wynn, chairman__
Dempsey, Hon. John J., Representative in Congress from the State
of New Mexico----

Disney, Hon. Wesley E., Representative in Congress from the State
of Oklahoma__

672

696

738, 744, 878