H. R. 2185, H. R. 2235, H. R. 2292,

H. R. 2569, and H. R. 2956

BILLS TO AMEND THE NATURAL GAS ACT, APPROVED
JUNE 21, 1938, AS AMENDED

APRIL 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, AND MAY 28 AND 29, 1947

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HEARINGS

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INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2185, H. R. 2235, H. R. 2292,

H. R. 2569, and H. R. 2956

BILLS TO AMEND THE NATURAL GAS ACT, APPROVED
JUNE 21, 1938, AS AMENDED

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Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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Hon. Ross Rizley, Member of Congress from Oklahoma.

Hon. Frank Carlson, Governor of the State of Kansas.

Hon. Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Railroad Commission of

Texas...

John H. Murrell, general manager, DeGolyer & MacNaughton, Dallas,

Tex.

Maj. B. A. Hardey, president, Independent Petroleum Association of

American, Shreveport, La..

R. C. Kay, chairman of gas committee, Panhandle Producers and

Royalty Owners Association, and chairman of the natural-gas com-

mittee, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Amarillo,

Tex...

Maston Nixon, vice president, Southern Minerals Corp., Corpus

Christi, Tex...

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Hines H. Baker, executive vice president, Humble Oil & Refining

Co., Houston, Tex....

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John Siggins, Jr., chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission,

Harrisburg, Pa...

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William A. Dougherty, attorney, New York, N. Y.

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Edward Buddrus, president, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.,

Chicago, Ill..

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Thomas H. Allen, president, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division,

Memphis, Tenn..

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William J. Harper, chief combustion and contract engineer, Republic

Steel Corp., Cleveland, Ohio..

307

Dr. W. K. Lewis, professor of chemical engineering, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass...

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Joseph Bowes, president, Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., president, Inde-

pendent Natural Gas Association of America, Tulsa, Okla..

Richard Wagner, president, the Chicago Corp., Chicago, Ill....

J. French Robinson, president, East Ohio Gas Co., Cleveland, Ohio..

Harry M. Miller, chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,

Columbus, Ohio..

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Edward Falck, consulting engineer, Washington, D. C.

Richard J. Gonzalez, economist, Humble Oil & Refining Co....

Harold W. Wright, general manager, Los Angeles Chamber of Com-

merce, Los Angeles, Calif___

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Robert Hendee, representing Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Associa-

tion, Colorado Springs, Colo...

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Warren Henry, chief engineer, the Illinois Commerce Commission,

Springfield, Ill.

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J. C. Steiner, Canton, Ohio--

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Albert M. Donze, vice president, the Timken Roller Bearing Co.,

Canton, Ohio...

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Hon. George B. Schwabe, Member of Congress from Oklahoma..

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