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Correspondence.

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_056_7_12_3_1

Scope and Contents

Topics include: praise of job done; telegram delivered to Radio Station KTRN, Wichita Falls, Tex.; President signed Kerr-Wickersham-Monroney Washita Bill; approval of the Washita Project by the Congress; appreciation of support of the Washita Project; introduction H. R. 310; water supply from Cobb Creek for the cities of Chickasha and Anadarko; H. R. 9121; petition to be submitted when hearings are held on Foss and Cobb Creek; S. 118, the Washita River Basin Project; provisions for 100 farm families who had losses during the May 25 tornadoes; problem with keeping group together to see the President; allocation of project construction costs; list of speakers for committee hearings; protest of Cobb Creek Dam appropriation; date set for the hearings on the Foss and Cobb Creek projects; relief to a drought stricken western Oklahoma; argument relative to Texas-Louisiana Compact; House Document 219; have Ross Rizley talk personally with President Eisenhower and Majority Leader Halleck regarding S. 118; only Republican-sponsored irrigation projects passed this session; amendments to the Senate version of H. R. 9121; secure passage of H. R. 9121, and the substitute S. 118; statement before the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in behalf of H. R. 9121; reply from Colonel E. G. Herb, district engineer, Tulsa; appreciation to the subcommittee for the consideration and courtesies; President requests change in group meeting date; administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration; H. R. 1097; Chickasha in need of a good water supply; report of proceedings; request for a report on S. 180; municipal water charges; selected reclamation projects; Washita Basin Improvement Association.

Dates

  • Creation: 1951-1955

Creator

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Full Extent

From the Collection: 149.58 Linear Feet (293 containers)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository

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