Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 1956

Testimony of Francis J. Wilson of the Arkansas Basin Development Association before the Public Works Subcommittees of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees; employment; appointment of Major General Emerson C. Itschner as Chief of Engineers; promotion of Tulsa District Engineer; lists of civil works projects and descriptions of their benefits; retirement of Major General Claude H. Chorpening; policies and procedures for small flood control projects; appointment of Colonel Roswell P. Rosengren as Chief of the Technical Liaison Division; remarks of E. C. Itschner before Arkansas Basin Development Association; need for socioeconomic survey of Eufaula Dam area; announcements of promotions and appointments; survey of Eufaula Reservoir for flood control; storage allocation for Berlin Reservoir in Ohio; reassignment of responsibilities of the Assistant Chiefs of Civil Works; possibility of furnishing water from Ardmore Air Force Base to town of Gene Autry; statistics on money expended on river basin projects; bank stabilization near Kaw City; relocation of city of Keystone; land acquisition in Oologah Reservoir area; purchase of oil properties in Oologah Reservoir area; land purchases around Tenkiller Lake; completion of report of Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee; effect of machine specifications on ability of company to do business with Corps.