81-844 O

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON APPALACHIA

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 4446

and related bills

MAY 9, 10, 11, AND JULY 12, 1967

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1967

STANFORD

UNIVERSIT

CONTENTS

H.R. 4446 and related bills.

S. 602_.

Testimony of—

Abernethy, Hon. Thomas G., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Mississippi..

Baker, John A., Assistant Secretary, Rural Development and Con-

servation, Department of Agriculture, accompanied by Hollis

Williams, Soil Conservation_ Service; Fred Ritchie, Director, Con-

servation Service; E. M. Bacon, Forest Service; Phil Weaver,

Rural Community Development Service, and Howard Campbell,

Office of General Counsel..

Beckman, Norman, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations

and Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development,

accompanied by Richard H. Bryant, attorney-adviser, Office of

General Counsel; Morton W. Schomer, Assistant Commissioner for

Multifamily Housing, Urban Renewal Division, Federal Housing

Administration; and Jonathan B. Howes, Director, State and Local

Programs Division of Planning Assistance__ _

Burke, Fred B., alternate Federal Co-Chairman, Appalachian Regional

Commission..

Carter, Hon. Tim Lee, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kentucky..

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405

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418

Dow, Hon. John G., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York...

389

399

Edmondson, Hon. Ed., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Oklahoma__

Giles, Albert G., director, Ohio office of Appalachia

Hamer, J. P., President, The J. P. Hamer Lumber Co., Kenova,

W. Va., accompanied by Howard Bennett, executive vice president,

Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc.; John Hall, staff at-

torney, National Forest Products Association; and William Bromley,

executive vice president, American Pulpwood Association___

Jones, Clifford L., secretary, Department of Commerce, State of
Pennsylvania, accompanied by Hon. James E. Van Zandt...
Landrum, Hon. Phil M., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Georgia..

Luce, Charles F., Under Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by

James Quigley, Commissioner, Federal Water Pollution Control

Administration; Truman Price, program support staff; James

McBroom, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; William C.

Dent, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation; Boyd Finch, Staff Assistant,

Assistant Secretary for Mineral Resources; Joseph Corgan, Chief,

Division of Anthracite, Bureau of Mines; David Finnegan, Óffice of

Legislative Counsel; and William Barber_..

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a Representative in Congress from
the State of Maryland...

127

219

164

410

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430

Mattern, Robert F., president, Appalachian Thruway Association,
accompanied by H. Robert Heiny, vice president__

199

McCarthy, Hon. Richard D., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York.

383

Montgomery, Hon. G. V., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Mississippi.

410

Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kentucky__

415

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