| Show U U. S S. Gt Groups ps JL Discuss Plans for Surveys J r S f a ii r I J r i 4 I Ie e uI 1 S S 'S 55 S 5 S C Cuan uan PLAN NATIONS NATION'S MOST THO THOROUGH ROUGH WAR ON FRESHETS S II G. G Calkins left Reed W. W V. V Bailey and J. J Howard Maughan F federal l al Off Officials Map Mp Vast Heal Hearings ings on Flood C Control Preliminary plans to launch a huge flood in Utah were under way vay Mon Monday ay at a meeting the in-the Newhouse hotel of federal officials Represented were United States forest orest servIce the soil conse conservation service ervice the bureau of oC agricultural t ral economics and the weather Bureau under the chairmanship of Reed W. W Bailey Jailey of oC Ogden director of the Intermountain forest and range ex ex- station The meeting is for the purpose of preparing for public hearings to be beheld beheld held eld jointly with United States ta es army engineers ng neer The soil conservation conserva- conserva tion ion s service it it was explained is s working with various county officials oUr- oUr and the forest service to tate ate gathering information for foz the hearings Mr Bailey and Major 1 Theodore Wyman man Jr of Los Angeles district district dis die engineer U. U S. S army engineering engineering engi engi- corps will sit as cochairman cochairman cochairman man of the hearing which will ivill begin In St. St George September 9 and conclude in Salt Lake City September 20 Spokesmen for the officials' officials meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing ng Monday explained that the omnibus omnibus omnibus om om- flood control act of 1936 was was wa a general declaration of federal polIcy polIcy pol- pol Icy cy on the relation of floods to Watershed wa wa- I problems and that subsequent subsequent quent congressional action authorized authorized author- author zed surveys in some 00 areas in inthe inthe the he United States From information gathered at Mondays Monday's meeting and from the coming public hearings th the secre- secre tary ary of agriculture will designate areas on which preliminary surveys are to be run After the preliminary preliminary preliminary nary surveys or completed the secretary sec sec- then will vill select areas for detailed surveys The detailed surveys sUr it was explained will be critical examination examination examination nation pf of the areas for flood causes and nd the method for flood control Participating in Mondays Monday's meetIng meeting meet- meet ing ng besides Mr Bailey who acted as chairman were George W. W Cradock Cradock Crad- Crad ock of the intermountain forest and range station at Ogden C. C N. N Woods Ogden associate regional forester J. J P. P Martin assistant re regional regional re- re gional ional forester J. J E. E Gurr supervisor supervisor supervisor super super- visor of Wasatch national forest J. J Howard Maughan Logan land use planning specialist in the bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of agricultural economics in Inthe inthe the he U. U S. S department of agriculture G. G 5 S. S Quate Logan state coordinator tor or of the soil conservation service service service ser ser- vice H. H G G. Calkins regional conservator con- con and E. E D. D Eaton assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant conservator both of Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque Albu Albu- querque N. N M. M and Merrill Bernard Bernard Bernard Ber Ber- nard chief of the river nd and flood control division of the U. U S. S Swe weather ther bureau burea Officials said sald the m meeting was expected to end late Monday and that they would scatter scatter- t to various soil conservation tion projects throughout through through- out th the west vest The coming survey was characterized characterized characterized charac charac- as the most comprehensive I effort ever undertaken in the United Unite States to get tr true e fl flood od control control control con con- information from virtually the entire nation |
