US Congre SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1

House

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

LOUIS E. GRAHAM, Pennsylvania, Chairman

EMANUEL CELLER, New York
FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania

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

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