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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Interstate and Foreign Commerce

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

1. S. Congress, House, COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

61167

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

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

Printed for the use of the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1947.

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, New Jersey, Chairman

ELTON J. LAYTON, Clerk

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Text of bills:

H. R. 2185.

H. R. 2235.

H. R. 2292.

H. R. 2569.

H. R. 2956.

Reports from-

Federal Power Commission

Federal Trade Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission.

Statements of-

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...

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

Christi, Tex.....

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

Co., Houston, Tex.......

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

Harrisburg, Pa....

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

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

Chicago, Ill..

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

Memphis, Tenn...

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

Steel Corp., Cleveland, Ohio. ---

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

Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass...

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.

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....

Robert Hendee, representing Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Associa-

tion, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Warren Henry, chief engineer, the Illinois Commerce Commission,

Springfield, Ill...

J. C. Steiner, Canton, Ohio..

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

Canton, Ohio.

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

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