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<br />and yalue at inter-agenc1 committees based upon years of personal
<br />experience in participating as an active member in both the Inter-
<br />Agency Committee on Water Resourcea and the Missouri Basin Committee.
<br />Other featured presentations at the joint meeting vere talks by Mr.
<br />Glen J. Hopkins, Regional Engineers, Public Health Service, Kansas
<br />City, Mo., and Representative of the Department of Health, Education,
<br />and Welfare on the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee, on the sub-
<br />ject, "Some Public Health Aspects of Water Resource Developments;"
<br />Mr. Stephan H. Robock, Director of Economic Research, Midwest Research
<br />Institute, Kansas City, Mo., on "Water Resources and Industrial Develop-
<br />ment." Major General John R Hardin, President, Mississippi River
<br />Commission, explained the relationship and effect of AWR and Missouri
<br />Basins developments on the Lower Mississippi Valley.
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<br />As an additional feature of the joint meeting, a day long
<br />field inspection of the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station
<br />at Vicksburg and the Mississippi Basin Model at Clinton, Miss., was
<br />provided under the guidance of the Director, Colonel A P. Rollins, Jr.
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<br />During separate business sessions held the day preceding the
<br />joint aession, AWRBIAC received and accepted the large nylon map of
<br />the basins in fulfillment of the first phase of the assignment to the
<br />Ad Hoc Committee on AWR Basins Map. The map, together vith a similar
<br />nylon map of the Missouri Basin, was displayed publicly for the first
<br />time at the joint s8ssion the folloving day.
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<br />The March meeting provided for only a half-day general or
<br />public session in contrast to the usual day session. It was devoted
<br />entire11 to a discussion of the USDA Watershed Protection and Flood
<br />Prevention Program as it is organized and handled at the state and
<br />local level. This ~s in some respects a sequel to the presentation
<br />at the September meeting at which time Public Law 566 and the national
<br />aspects of the program vere discussed. Taking part in the March meet-
<br />ing and each discussing various facets and aspects of the watershed
<br />program from the state, local, and soil conservation districts' stand-
<br />point were: Mr. John A. Short, Administrative Officer, Department of
<br />Agriculture, Tulsa, Okla., and Department of Agriculture Representative
<br />on AWRBIAC; M:r. Ray Walker, State Conservationist, Soil Conservation
<br />Service, Still~ter, Okla.; Mr. Tarleton Jenkins, Soil Cunservation
<br />Service, Fort Worth, Tex., appearing for Mr. Harral Allen, President
<br />of the Sandy Creek Soil and Water Conservancy District; Mr. Hershel
<br />Burrus, Executive Director, State Soil Conservation Board, Oklahoma
<br />Cit1, Okla.; and Mr. Jack Adair, Assistant State Conservationist, Soil
<br />Conservation Service, Still~ter, Okla.
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<br />In line with a groving feeling that occasionally a public
<br />"program-type" meeting vas not on11 unnecessary, but also that the
<br />business matters of AWRBIAC occasionally warrant a full day session,
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