THE PROGRESS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO TITLE V OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT

85-916

SEPTEMBER 25, 26, AND 27, 1967

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

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JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky
GEORGE MURPHY, California
LEN B. JORDAN, Idaho

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director
M. BARRY MEYER, Counsel

BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority)
RICHARD E. GERRISH, Minority Staff Director

JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, J. B. HUYETT, Jr.,
and RICHARD D. Grundy, Professional Staff Members

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1967

Ross D. Davis, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Depart-

ment of Commerce, accompanied by Thomas W. Harvey, Deputy As-

sistant Secretary for Economic Development; Robert M. Rauner,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Planning; and

Lambert S. O'Malley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic De-

velopment Operations- - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1967

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A. S. Mike Monroney, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma_

Fred R. Harris, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma - -

William McCandless, Federal Cochairman, Ozarks Regional Commission- 34,60

Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin - -

Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota - -

Ivan Calton, president, Ozarks Regional Development Association

Guy Vander Jagt, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michi-

gan - -

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Henry Alghren, representative of Governor Knowles, State Cochairman,

the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission..

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J. Russell Tuten, Federal Cochairman, Coastal Plains Regional Commission--

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WEDNESDAY, September 27, 1967

John Linnehan, Federal Cochairman, New England Regional Commission

Thomas Francis, Federal Cochairman, Upper Great Lakes Regional Com-

mission, accompanied by Harold C. Jordahl, Jr., alternate Federal

Cochairman - -

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Orren Beaty, Jr., Federal Cochairman, Four Corners Regional Commis-

sion---

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Robert C. Wood, Under Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban

Development - -

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Philip A. Hart, a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan----

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John Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of

Transportation--

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Harry R. Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Public Land Management, De-

partment of the Interior..

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John A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Rural Development and Conserva-

tion, Department of Agriculture

Dr. Harald M. Graning, Chief, Division of Hospital and Medical Services,

Public Health Service, Health, Education, and Welfare Department.

Grant Venn, Associate Commissioner, Bureau, Adult Vocational Education

and Library programs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

STATEMENTS, LETTERS, AND DATA SUBMITTED

FOR THE RECORD

Anderson, Harry R., Assistant Secretary for Public Land Management,

Department of the Interior, submitted report on topographic, geologic,

and hydrologic activities in the areas under the Economic Development

Act regional commissions and Appalachian Regional Commission__.

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