JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

AND THE

COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2430, H. R. 6889, H. R. 6890

BILLS TO AMEND THE BONNEVILLE ACT TO AUTHORIZE
THE ACQUISITION OF UTILITY SYSTEMS AND TO
COORDINATE THE OPERATION OF THE GOV-
ERNMENT'S POWER FACILITIES ON

THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

PART 1

JUNE 3 TO 19, 1942

Printed for the use of the Senate Committee on Commerce and the
House Committee on Rivers and Harbors

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, UNITED STATES

SENATE

JOHN H. OVERTON, Louisiana, Chairman

LISTER HILL, Alabama

MON C. WALLGREN, Washington

CHARLES L. MCNARY, Oregon

HAROLD H. BURTON, Ohio

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARTIN F. SMITH, Washington, Chairman

HUGH PETERSON, Georgia

GRAHAM A. BARDEN, North Carolina

GEORGE A. DONDERO, Michigan
HOMER D. ANGELL, Oregon

II

AUG 22'44 U OF M BINDERY

CONTENTS

LIST OF WITNESSES

Bennett, Hon. E. L., mayor, Toppenish, Wash.

Bull, Vernon, chairman local grievance committee Brotherhood of Rail

Page

296

road Trainmen (brief presented by Martin H. Miller)

Bundy, Chester A., public utility district, Douglas County.

749

332

Caples, D. Elwood..

Chamberlain, Fred J., Washington State Grange_

Coffee, Hon. John M., Member of Congress___

Goss, A'bert S., master, National Grange----

606

528

158

Dittmer, W. A., Bonneville Power Administration__

195, 248, 349

511, 521

Hart, Allan, general counsel, Bonneville Power Administration__
Hedges, M. H., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers_.
Hendricks, R. H., Washington Public Utility Commissioners Association___
Hill, Hon. Knute, Member of Congress__

183, 563

235

183

122

Jackson, Hon. Henry M., Member of Congress_

Ickes, Hon. Harold L., Secretary of the Interior_

Kizer, Ben. H., Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission_.
Leavy, Hon. Charles H., Member of Congress.

681

135

278

216

Levine, David, city council, Seattle, Wash___.

239

Lowery, Worth, president, International Woodworkers of America (brief) –
Magnuson, Hon. Warren G.. Member of Congress_.
Marlett, D. L., Bonneville Power Administration_.

574

150

388, 410, 446

Marshall, George, public utility district commissioner, Thurston County,
Wash_.

324

Miller, Martin H., national labor representative of the Railroad Trainmen_ 749 Page, Hon. John C., Commissioner of Reclamation, Department of the Interior--

589

Peters, G. A., Lewis County, Wash_

308, 313

Pierce, Hon. Walter M., Member of Congress---
Raver, Dr. Paul J., Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration___ 697, 711
Robinson, Kinsey M., Washington Water Power Co__.
Seelig, R. A., secretary to Senator Homer T. Bone_

488

619, 616, 754

754

Seifert, Charles C., chairman, Puget Sound Power & Light Co-.
Seufert, Joseph F., The Dalles, Oreg-.

Tugman, William M., managing editor, Eugene Register-Guard_
Walker, H. D., Cheney, Wash__

535

454

BILLS, TABULATIONS, AND OTHER INSERTED MATTER Advertisements against P. U. D. bond issue in Union County, Oreg____ A'bany (Oreg.) Economic Study Club, resolution__

Allen, Niel R., Oregon Reclamation Congress, letter from and resolutions__

Amendments proposed-

Anderson, Edward A., mayor, Ellensburg, Wash., letter.
Anderson. Luther C.. letter_

Attorney general, State of Washington, letter.

Beetle, H. H., city commissioners, Port Angeles, Wash., telegram_
Bills:

585

763

759,

760, 761

279, 280, 470

445

617

345

617

S. 2430, to amend the Bonneville Act to authorize the acquisition of
utility systems and to coordinate the operation of the Government's
power facilities on the Columbia River, and for other purposes:
Analysis of section 2 (a)––

456, 461

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