COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. J. Res. 20

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF

OPERATIONS UNDER CERTAIN MINERAL LEASES ISSUED BY THE

RESPECTIVE STATES COVERING SUBMERGED LANDS OF THE CON-

TINENTAL SHELF, TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT

OF SUCH LEASES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE

INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS

OF SAID LANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21, AND 22, 1951

INCLUDING CONFERENCES WITH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ON

S. 940

A BILL TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE TITLES OF THE STATES

TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUND-

ARIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH LANDS AND

WATERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE AND CONTROL OF SAID

LANDS AND RESOURCES

WASHINGTON, D, C., MARCH 28 AND APRIL 10, 1951

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. J. Res. 20

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF

OPERATIONS UNDER CERTAIN MINERAL LEASES ISSUED BY THE

RESPECTIVE STATES COVERING SUBMERGED LANDS OF THE CON-

TINENTAL SHELF, TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT

OF SUCH LEASES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE

INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS

OF SAID LANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21, AND 22, 1951

INCLUDING CONFERENCES WITH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ON

S. 940

A BILL TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE TITLES OF THE STATES

TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUND-

ARIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH LANDS AND

WATERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE AND CONTROL OF SAID

LANDS AND RESOURCES

JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming, Chairman
JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana

HUGH BUTLER, Nebraska
ERNEST W. McFARLAND, Arizona

EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, Colorado
CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico GUY CORDON, Oregon
HERBERT H. LEHMAN, New York

ZALES N. ECTON, Montana
RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

GEORGE W. MALONE, Nevada
GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida

ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah
MILLS ASTIN, Chief Clerk

N. D. McSHERRY, Assistant Chief Clerk
II

CONTENTS

99

STATEMENTS

Page

Bobbitt, Robert Lee, chairman, special committee on tidelands, State
Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Tex.

101

Boggs, S. Whittemore, special adviser on geography to the Department of

State.

440

Clary, William W., attorney, representing Signal Oil & Gas Co., South-

west Exploration Co., and Long Beach Oil Development Co., 433 South
Spring Street, Los Angeles, Calif.

305, 325

Combs, J. M., Representative in Congress from the Second District of the

State of Texas. -

168

Daniel Price, attorney general, State of Texas, Austin, Tex-

99
Doyle, Clyde, Representative in Congress from the Eighteenth Con-
gressional District of the State of California---

102, 559

Giles, Bascom, commissioner, General Land Office, State of Texas, Austin,

Tex...

Grace, Lucille May, register, State land office, Baton Rouge, La.

190

Hallanan, Walter S., president, Plymouth Oil Co., 223 Fourth Avenue,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

74

Hammond, Hall, attorney general, State of Maryland, O'Sullivan Build-

ing, Baltimore, Md..

92

Ickes, Harold L., former Secretary of the Department of the Interior, 3624
Prospect Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.

235

Knight, Goodwin J., Lieutenant Governor, State of California, Sacramento,

Calif

46

Knowland, William F., United States Senator, State of California -

298

Mattoon, Everett W., assistant attorney general, State of California, Los

Angeles, Calif

115

McCurry, Uel T., 131 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

198

Murray, James. E., United States Senator, State of Montana-.

228
Nixon, Richard M., United States Senator, State of California

298
O'Mahoney, Joseph C., United States Senator, State of Wyoming, and

chairman, Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, statement
re: S. 940.

339

Patton, James G., president, National Farmers Union, Washington, D. C. 205

Perez, Leander H., district attorney, twenty-fifth judicial district of

Louisiana, 2307 American Bank Building, New Orleans, La-

206

Perlman, Philip B., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington,
D. C.---

19, 46, 349, 372, 419
Proctor, Dr. Olin S., 349 East Third Street, Long Beach, Calif-

193
Putnam, Rufus W., executive officer, State Lands Commission, State of
California, State Building, Los Angeles, Calif..

141

Sanders, J. T., legislative counsel, the National Grange, 744 Jackson Place

NW., Washington, D. C..

301

Shivers, Allan, Governor, State of Texas, Austin, Tex.

99

Smith, Irving M., city attorney, Long Beach, Calif.

147

Van Atten, William T., Vice Chairman for Staff Management, Munitions

Board, Department of Defense

431

Wheeler, Burton K., attorney, Southern Building, Fifteenth and H
Streets NW., Washington, D. C.--

248, 323

White, Mastin G., Solicitor, Department of the Interior..

60, 421, 498

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