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ADDITIONAL FLOOD REHABILITATION APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1952

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations

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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1952

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1952

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman

JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina
GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California
ALBERT THOMAS, Texas
MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio
W. F. NORRELL, Arkansas
ALBERT GORE, Tennessee
JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi
GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama
JOHN J. ROONEY, New York
J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia
JOE B. BATES, Kentucky
JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island
HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington
ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida

ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico
WILLIAM G. STIGLER, Oklahoma

E. H. HEDRICK, West Virginia

PRINCE H. PRESTON, JR., Georgia

OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana

LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan

DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania

CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH, New York SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois

FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts

FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota
WINFIELD K. DENTON, Indiana
JOHN J. RILEY, South Carolina

ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey

JOHN TABER, New York

RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts
BEN F. JENSEN, Iowa

H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota
WALT HORAN, Washington

GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey

IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania
LOWELL STOCKMAN, Oregon

JOHN PHILLIPS, California

ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas

FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York

CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio

EARL WILSON, Indiana

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire

GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin
BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania
GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan
FRED E. BUSBEY, Illinois

FRED G. AANDAHL, North Dakota
EDWARD T. MILLER, Maryland

GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk
(II)

ADDITIONAL FLOOD REHABILITATION APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1952

MONDAY, MAY 19, 1952.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman

WILLIAM G. STIGLER, Oklahoma H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota
JOE B. BATES, Kentucky
WALT HORAN, Washington

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

WITNESSES

CLARENCE J. McCORMICK, UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE HERBERT J. WATERS, ASSISTANT TO THE UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

RAUB SNYDER, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION

D. J. SCRUGGS, OFFICE OF BUDGET, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION

CARL B. BROWN, CHIEF, WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION, SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

L. E. LYMAN, HEAD, BUDGET SECTION, SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

J. C. WHEELER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Mr. WHITTEN. The Committee will please come to order.

Gentlemen, we have before us today an estimate for flood rehabilitation work in the areas affected by the recent floods in the Midwest. I would like to have the justifications appearing on pages 1 through 17 included in the record at this point.

(The matter referred to is as follows:)

[H. Doc. No. 469]

PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION

CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES

For an additional amount, fiscal year 1952, for "Conservation and use of agricultural land resources", $14,500,000, to remain available until December 31, 1953, to enable the Secretary to carry out flood assistance and rehabilitation, including the furnishing of services, materials, and payments for conservation and land-restoration measures, [to enable the Secretary to carry out flood assistance and rehabilitation] in agricultural areas [,] damaged by excessive rains, runoff, and floodwaters, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as disaster areas under Public Law 38, approved April 6, 1949: Provided, That this appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U. S. C. 590h) and may be distributed among States and individual farmers without regard to other provisions

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