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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1

MAR 30 1953

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2948

AND SIMILAR BILLS

BILLS TO PROMOTE THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT,
AND CONSERVATION OF CERTAIN RESOURCES IN THE
SUBMERGED LANDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE,
CONTROL, AND DISPOSITION OF THE LANDS AND RE-
SOURCES OF THE LANDS BENEATH INLAND WATERS AND
IN THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

Text of the bills.

CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 17, 1953

Statements of Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United

States____

Statements of-

FEBRUARY 26, 1953

Page

2-170

1, 171

MARCH 3, 1953

Hon. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior..

Rear Adm. Ira H. Nunn, Judge Advocate General, United States

Navy-

A report on the naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves...-

Statements of—

179

201

202

Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States___

Hon. Samuel W. Yorty, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California_.

217

241

Hon. Hale Boggs, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana__

244

Hon. Craig Hosmer, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California..

245

William E. Welsh, secretary-manager, National Reclamation Asso-
ciation

243

Resolution of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the city of Long

Beach, Calif_

247

Statements of—

Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Texas__

248

Hon. Russell V. Mack, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Washington.

255

Hon. Edgar W. Hiestand, a Representative in Congress from the

State of California.

255

Hon. Patrick J. Hillings, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California....

257

Hon. Gordon L. McDonough, a Representative in Congress from the

State of California___

257

Hon. James H. Morrison, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Louisiana _ .

258

Hon. Clark W. Thompson, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Texas.

259

Hon. Walter Rogers, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas...

259

Hon. George S. Long, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana

261

Ellen Bryan Moore, register of State land office, State of Louisiana__

Hon Henry D. Larcade, Jr., former Representative in Congress from

the State of Louisiana_

263

265

Constantine N. Perkins, deputy city attorney, city of Los Angeles,

Calif., and its Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Report on Offshore Oil Lands by J. Ashton Greene and Associates.

Statements of-

Fred S. Leblanc, attorney general of the State of Louisiana_

Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general of the State of Kansas__