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. Regular meetings designed insofar as practicable to be of interest to the public ordinarily are held every two months and nonnally rotate from State to State. Business meetings are called by the Chainnan as required. lfuen appropriate7 other Federal, State, public BJld private agencies are asked to participate in Committee meetings and to appoint . representatives to specific ad hoc committees, in order that the work of the Committee may be coordinated with related work. . PA,qT C. MEETINGS Five meetings of A}ffiBIAC were held during the year 1955-56. The September and November meetings "ere at Tulsa, Oklahoma and the January, March, and May meetings at Dallas, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Santa Fe7 New Mexico, respectively. At the September meeting the Department of Army representative, Brigadier General L. E. Seeman, was elected to serve as Chainnan for the remainder of the year 1955-56. The Department of Interior was elected as Chairman Agency for the year 1956-57. A special subcommittee was appointed to formulate recommendations on the operating organization of A\-IRBIAC . The November meeting adopted the "Articles of Organization and Procedure for AHRBIAC" and selected in separate caucuses State and Federal members of the Administrative Committee. The January meeting included talks by Colonel James B. Lampert, Chief of the Army Reactors Branch, Atomic Energy Commission, on atomic power development and potentialities; by Judge Guy C. Jackson, President, National Reclamation Association, on the history and effects of Federal reclamation development; by Dean Ivan C. Crawford, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board, on the history of interstate water compacts; and by ~rr. Hatfield Chilson, Special Counsel for the Colorado Water Con- servation Board, on western water la\l. Further, an Ad Hoc COIIDIli ttee on AWR Basin Map was appointed and there was adopted an amendment to the Articles of Organization and Procedure which provided that Robert's Rules of Order will govern all questions of meeting procedure not specifically covered by the Articles. ., ,. The March meeting featured presentations by Mr. Eugene F. Pennybaker, representing the Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans, Louisiana, who gave his views on the ideal water conservation program; Mr. Hu B. Myers, Chief Engineer, Louisiana Department of Public Works, who outlined the potential 'fater resource development for the State of Louisiana; and Colonel Milton P. Barschdorf, Assistant Division Engineer, Lower Mississippi Valley Divi- sion, Corps of Engineers, who outlined the contribution of upstream r~ser- vOirs, particularly those in the Missouri Basin to low-water flow in the 3