LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS, NATIONAL PLANNING BOARD, The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman President's Committee on Water Flow. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: In accordance with your request of February 20, 1934, I have the honor to transmit to the President's Committee on Water Flow, the attached report of the technical subcommittees. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. ELIOT 2d, Executive Officer, National Planning Board. ORGANIZATION AND POLICIES REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEES INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT A. WORK ASSIGNED TO SUBCOMMITTEES The technical subcommittees of the President's Committee on Water Flow were asked to report, in not more than 6 weeks from the date of their appointment, on the comprehensive development of the water resources of the 10 best river basins in each of 6 regions. The regional division of the country used for this study is shown on the accompanying plan. 1 1 B. REGIONAL DIVISIONS 1. The Atlantic region covers the area draining into the Atlantic as far south as drainage basin of the St. Marys River on the boundary line between Georgia and Florida. 2. The Gulf region has been outlined to include all of the streams draining into the Gulf of Mexico, except the watershed of the Mississippi, but adding the whole of the State of Florida. For convenience of administration, this region has been divided into two parts: (a) West of the Mississippi, and (b) east of the Mississippi. 3. East Mississippi region includes all of the streams draining into the Mississippi from the east, together with the upper Mississippi Valley itself, north of Cairo. This upper Mississippi drainage must be studied as a unit, like other watersheds; and, for convenience, it has been treated as part of the area under the east Mississippi committee. 4. For the same reason as outlined above, the lower Mississippi Basin has been merged with the west Mississippi region, which includes the Missouri, Arkansas, Red, and other rivers draining into the Mississippi from the west. 5. The Great Lakes region, as the name implies, includes all the area draining into the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence. 6. The Pacific region includes all of the streams west of the Continental Divide. C. SUBCOMMITTEES APPOINTED Technical subcommittees for each of these regions were selected through nomination of two members each by the Secretaries of War, Interior, and Agriculture. In each case, the first-named Army officer selected by the Secretary of War was designated as chairman of the committee. In the case of the Gulf committees, where the Depart 1 See plan on page 4. ment of Agriculture had special information and interests in the two parts of the area, additional members were appointed from that Department. The technical subcommittees are as follows: ATLANTIC REGION WAR Col. Earl I. Brown, chairman, member Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C. Col. George M. Hoffman, division engineer, North Atlantic division, New York City. INTERIOR N. C. Grover, chief hydraulic engineer, Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. H. H. Bennett, director, Soil Erosion Service, Washington, D.C. AGRICULTURE A. J. Pieters, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C. William A. Hartman, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D.C. GULF REGION WAR Maj. Milo P. Fox, chairman, resident member, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C. Lt. Col. W. T. Hannum, division engineer, Gulf of Mexico division, New Orleans, La. INTERIOR George O. Sanford, chief, Engineering Division, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C. C. G. Paulsen, engineer in charge, Surface Water Investigation, Geological Survey, Washington, D.Č. AGRICULTURE William A. Hartman, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D.C. (eastern). A. J. Pieters, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C. (eastern). W. R. Chapline, Forest Service, Washington, D.C. (western). E. O. Wooton, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D.C. (western). LAKES REGION WAR Capt. Thomas D. Stamps, chairman, Office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, division engineer, Great Lakes division. Cleveland, Ohio. INTERIOR N. C. Grover, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. A. W. Harrington, district engineer, Geological Survey, Albany, N.Y. AGRICULTURE W. N. Sparhawk, Forest Service, Washington, D.C. |