HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE NEW POWER POLICY AND MARKETING CRITERIA

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DECEMBER 7, 8, 9, AND 10, 1953

PART 1

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Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary.

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota, Chairman ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin

PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada WILLIAM E.JENNER, Indiana

HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia ARTHUR V. WATKIN, Utah

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi ROBERT O. HENDRICKSON, New Jersey ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina HERMAN WELKER, Idaho

THOMAS C. HENNINGS, JR., Missouri JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST AND MONOPOLY LEGISLATION

WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota, Chairman ROBERT C. HENDRICKSON, New Jersey HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Ilinois ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee

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CONTENTS

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Statement of

Aandahl, Hon. Fred, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Austin, H. Vance, Colorado State Association of Rural Electric Co-

operatives, Denver, Colo----

Caulkins, Lloyd E., manager, Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative,

Lemars, Iowa.-

Clema, John M., manager and secretary, Nebraska Rural Electric

Association, Lincoln, Nebr.

Cornog, George, manager, Kem Electric Co-op., Linton, N. Dak.

Davis, Clarence A., Solicitor, Department of the Interior.

Ebaugh, Harold, manager, Hill County Electric Co-op., Habre, Mont.

Hamilton, Randy H., director, Washington office, American Municipal

Association..

Hanlon, Virgil, manager, East River Electric Power Cooperative,

Madison, S. Dak...

Jenness, Joe, executive secretary, Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.,

box 268, Topeka, Kans.-

McPhail, Harvey F., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation,

Department of the Interior.

Tudor, Hon. Ralph A., Under Secretary of the Interior..

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit

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Witness

Description

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1 McPhail -- Copy of the general statement of power policy

issued in August by the Department of the

Interior.

2 --do-

Document entitled “Marketing Criteria Estab-

lished for Western Division, Missouri River

Basin,” dated Sept. 9, 1953.

3 -do.--- Document entitled “Marketing Criteria Estab-

lished for Eastern Division, Missouri River

Basin,” dated Sept. 10, 1953.

4 ---do... Copy of representative contract form made prior to

1953.

5 ---do..---- Proposed new rate schedules prepared for the

eastern and western divisions of the Missouri

Valley Basin.

6 -..do.-- Statement relative to power policy of the Depart-

ment of the Interior.

7 Wise

Statement released Oct. 1, 1953, with respect to

additional power in the eastern division of

Missouri River Basin project to be marketed by

the Bureau of Reclamation.

8 ---do... Statement released Oct. 1, 1953, with respect to

additional power in the western division, Mis-

souri River Basin project to be marketed by the

Bureau of Reclamation.

9 --.do...-- Memorandum dated Oct. 27, 1953, from Assistant

Secretary Aandahl to Commissioner of Reclama-

tion. Subject: Missouri Basin power marketing

criteria.

10 -..do.... Letter dated Sept. 24, 1953, from Acting Commis-

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