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C) c-' '""'" Law 566, BJld Mr. W1ll.i_ J. Endersbee ot the ~eclmical Review Statt, W Department ot Interior, Washington, D. C. discussed the interest ot O':i the Departlllent ot Interior in Public Law 566 BJld the plans tor and W necessity ot integration BJld coordill&tion ot Interior progr&IIB with those \lIlder the Watershed Act. Other presentations included the "State Parks Development Program in Oklahoma," by Mr. Jack V. Boyd, lIincwr of f.dminilltrat.ion of t.he Ck.lah~ Planning and Resources lklar4, BJld a discussion ot the recreation and development program ot the Rational Park Service, known as "Mission 66" by Mr. Willi8.111 L. Boven, Chiet ot the Division ot Recreational Resources PlaWling, NatiOll&l Park Service, Region III, Banta Fe, New Menco. Mr. Clarence Burch, who represents the Governor ot OklahODB on AWRBIAC, and who, along with 28 other men froJll OklaboDB, participated in an agricultural tour ot parts ot Russia at the invitation ot the Russian goveI'Illllent, reported to the COIIIIIIittee his impressions and opinions gained during his tour. During the business session ot the September meeting AWRBIAC adopted and translllitted to the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources tor their consideration and action as required, the reports ot the Ad loc COIIIIIIittees on Hydrologic Coordill&tion and Economic Base Survey. In other actions AVRBIAC appointed an Ad Hoc Committee on Exchange ot Program Intorma.tiou Among Agencies, and instructed the Administrative Committee to restudy its functions and responsibilities beyond those, relating to programs, reports, meeting sites, etc., and it desirable, to draft proposed amendments to the Articles of Orsani~tion and Procedures for the clarification ot these functions and responsibilities. A distinct highlight of the November meeting, and probably \IIIprecedented in the annals ot inter-agency meetings, 'oRI.Q the \IIlll.n.tici- pated and \IIIscheduled appearance of former President Harry S. Truman, who vas vacationing in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Mr. Truman spoke briefly to the Committee expressing his long and continuing interest in vater resources development and inter-agency coordination. Mr. Tl'UIIBIl recalled that it vas he who had issued the Presidential Directive in 1950 that provided for the establishment ot the original Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee. L The central theme ot the November meeting vas pollution and pollution control problems with particular emphasis on the activities of the four lower basin States most directly attected vith pollution control problems. Mr. A:rve Dahl, Assistant Chiet, Water Supply and Pollution Control Program, Department ot Health, Education, and Weltare, Washington, D. C., discussed with the Collllllittee the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law 660 ot the 84th Congresll, and tba Department I s policies BJld procedures ot operation thereuoder. rolloving Mr. Dahl's discussion, Water Pollution Control Problems ot the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, OklahODB and Texas, as well as a resUllle ot the 5