COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC LANDS
RENÉ L. DEROUEN, Louisiana, Chairman

J. WILL ROBINSON, Utah
ROY E. AYERS, Montana
KNUTE HILL, Washington
OTHA D. WEARIN, Iowa
COMPTON I. WHITE, Idaho
HENRY E. STUBBS, California
J. HARDIN PETERSON, Florida,
ISABELLA GREENWAY, Arizona
HUGH PETERSON, Georgia
JOHN J. DEMPSEY, New Mexico
SAM C. MASSINGALE, Oklahoma
PAUL R. GREEVER, Wyoming
JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY, California
THEO. B. WERNER, South Dakota

HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT, California
JAMES W. WADSWORTH, JR., New York
JAMES W. MOTT, Oregon
WILLIAM, LEMKE, North Dakota
ROBERT F. RICH, Pennsylvania
FRED L. CRAWFORD, Michigan
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CONTENTS

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The bill, H. R. 5368___

Statement of-

Hon. René L. DeRouen, chairman Public Lands Committee of House__

Hon. Joachim O. Fernandez, Representative in Congress from the

State of Louisiana, and author of the bill.

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Hon. Paul H. Maloney, Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana

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Mr. A. Sidney Nunez, Louisiana state senator from St. Bernard and

Plaquemines Parishes..

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Mrs. Henry Dickson Bruns, president of the Colonial Dames of

Louisiana

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Telegram of Hon. James O'Connor, assistant attorney general of the State of

Louisiana__

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Letter from National Park Service, Department of Interior, giving data on

national parks and monuments__.

Resolution adopted by American Legion posts-

Reference to resolutions from other civic and patriotic organizations

endorsing the bill..

Letter from Chalmette Chapter of United States Daughters of 1812,

Louisiana, April 16, 1935--

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of the Louisiana State Legislature......

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6 of the Louisiana State Legislature_

House Report No. 1018, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, on the bill,

H. R. 5368_.

H. R. 5368 as reported by the committee to the House of Representatives__

Letter from Hon. John J. McSwain, Representative in Congress from the

State of South Carolina, chairman of the House Committee on Military

Affairs....

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