User Taxes for the Inland Waterways of the United States

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman JAMES A. BURKE, Massachusetts

BARBER B. CONABLĖ, JR., New York DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois

JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee CHARLES A. VANIK, Ohio

BILL ARCHER, Texas OMAR BURLESON, Texas

GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan JAMES C. CORMAN; California

WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida

PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois JOE D. WAGGONNER, JR., Louisiana

BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota OTIS G. PIKE, New York

JAMES G. MARTIN, North Carolina J. J. PICKLE, Texas

L. A. (SKIP) BAFALIS, Florida CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York

WILLIAM M. KETCHUM, California WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut

RICHARD T. SCHULZE, Pennsylvania
FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California

BILL GRADISON, Ohio
JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma
ANDY JACOBS, JR., Indiana
ABNER J. MIKVA, Illinois
MARTHA KEYS, Kansas
JOSEPH L. FISHER, Virginia
HAROLD FORD, Tennessee
KEN HOLLAND, South Carolina
WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan
ED JENKINS, Georgia
RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri
JIM GUY TUCKER, Arkansas
RAYMOND F. LEDERER, Pennsylvania

JOHN M. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Counsel
J. P. BAKER, Assistant Chief Counsel
JOHN K. MEAGHER, Minority Cou

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CONTENTS

Press release of Thursday, July 14, 1977, announcing hearings on the Page

subject of user taxes for the inland waterways of the United States --- 1

WITNESSES

Department of Transportation, Hon. Brock Adams, Secretary --

Department of the Treasury, Hon. Laurence N. Woodworth, Assistant

Secretary for Tax Policy -

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Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Arkansas...

American Waterways Operators, Inc., Frank T. Stegbauer---
American Rivers Conservation Council, Howard Brown.-

Association for the Improvement of the Mississippi River Clyde Wiseman,

Jr., Clemens A. Poelker, Jr., and Jack A. Kirkland.-

Association of American Railroads, William H. Dempsey-

Bedell, Hon. Berkley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa..

Bilski, Constance, Women of Steelworkers--
Brand, Herbert, Transportation Institute-
Brix, Peter J., National Committee on Locks and Dam 26, and Knappton

Towboat Co.--
Brown, Howard, American Rivers Conservation Council..

Carpenter, Clell, National Committee on Locks and Dam 26, and Mid-

Continent Farmers Association..

Delta Queen Steamboat Co., William N. Muster-

Dempsey, William H., Association of American Railroads

Edgar, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Pennsylvania

Gobrecht, Harry D., U.S. Gypsum Co.

Hardy, Lewis T., Hardy Salt Co., St. Louis, Mo..
Hershey, J. W., National Committee on Locks and Dam 26, and National

Waterways Conference-

Iowa Department of Transportation, Joseph A. Kennedy

Kennedy, Joseph A., Iowa Department of Transportation..

Kirkland, Jack A., Association for the Improvement of the Mississippi

River_

Knappton Towboat Co., Portland, Oreg., Peter J. Brix.

Lambert, John W., National Committee on Locks and Dam 26, and Twin

City Barge & Towing Co-----

Leach, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa..

Mid-Continent Farmers Association, Clell Carpenter---

Murphy, Hon. Austin J., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Pennsylvania

Muster, William N., Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

National Committee on Locks and Dam 26:

National Waterways Conference, J. W. Hershey.

Pittsburgh Waterways Association, Robert Scatterday-

Poelker, Clemens A., Jr., Association for the Improvement of the Mississippi

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Potts, Ramsay, National Committee on Locks and Dam 26..
Scatterday, Robert, Pittsburgh Waterways Association.--
Stegbauer, Frank T., American Waterway Operators, Inc
Transportation Institute, Herbert Brand
Twin City Barge & Towing Co., John W. Lambert.
U.S. Gypsum Co., Harry D. Gobrecht--
Volkmer, Hon. Harold L., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Missouri..
Walgren, Hon. Doug, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Pennsylvania....
Wiseman, Clyde, Jr., Association for the Improvement of the Mississippi

River..
Women of Steelworkers, Constance Bilski..

MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD
Adams, Paul E., Arkansas Waterways Commission, letter
Aiple Towing Co., Inc., Frank E. Aiple, mailgram.
Allied Towing Corp., William E. Law, mailgram
American Association of Port Authorities, Richard L. Schultz, letter. -
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials,

Robert N. Hunter and Henrik E. Stafseth, letter and statement.--
American Farm Bureau Federation, C. H. Fields, statement.-
American Iron & Steel Institute, F. C. Langenberg, letter and attachment..
American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Daniel J. Hanson,

Sr., letter and enclosure.
Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association:

Buck Shell, telegram.-
Nathan M. Shell II, telegram.

John Pearson, telegram..
Arkansas Waterways Commission, Paul E. Adams, letter---
Arnold, W. E., Harvey (La.) Canal Industrial Association, mailgram..
Augsbury Corp., Ogdensburg, N.Y., statement.
Barchdorf, Milton, Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals, mailgram.---
Barrh, Harold, Crystal, Minn., telegram.---
Baskerville, H. M., Jr., Upper Mississippi Towing Corp., Minneapolis,

Minn., mailgram
Baxter, R. R., CF Industries, Inc., Long Grove, Ill., mailgram.
Brave, Robert G., Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority, letter--
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Illinois State Legislative Board,

Donald Lindsey, mailgram---
Brown, Fred I., Jr., Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority, telegram
Bubrig, Lee, Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans Area, mailgram.
Bunge Corp., Norman Walker, letter--
Burrow, Lawrence J., Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority, telegram..
Butler, Emmett W., Jr., C. G. Willis, Inc., Paulsboro, N.J., letter-
Cain, John, Inland Rivers Terminal Port of Little Rock, Ark., telegram.
Campbell, Sid, Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, Wash., mailgram.
Canal Barge Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., J. M. Jones, mailgram..
Carlson, E. A., Minneapolis, Minn., telegram.
Central Gulf Lines, Edward L. Merrigan, letter...
CF Industries, Inc., Long Grove, Ill., Ř. R. Baxter, mailgram.
Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans area, Lee Bubrig, mailgram.
Chantler, Thomas R., Beaver, Pa., mailgram..
Cheramie Towing Corp., Neal Cheramie, Harvey, La., mailgram...
Clower, Gerald Ď. “Jerry'', Harbor Towing & Fleeting, Inc., New Orleans,

La., mailgram.-
Corry, Alfred, Philadelphia Marine Trading Association, telegram.
Deane, Jos. R., Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., River Rouge, Mich.,

telegram.
Delta Steamship_Co., Edward L. Merrigan, letter.
Detroit Marine Terminal, Inc., telegram.
Drake Towing Co., Inc., Metaire, La., Carl E. Drake, mailgram --
Edwards, Glenn, Northwest Towboat Association, Seattle, Wash., mail-

gram.

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Express Marine, Inc., Camden, N.J., Richard C. Walling, telegram.---
Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., E. T. Lindsey, mailgram.--
Farrell Line, Edward L. Merrigan, letter--
Fields, C. H., American Farm Bureau Federation, statement.
Filbin, Wm. R., Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Detroit,

telegram.-
Flenniken, Lawrence A., Rices Landing, Pa., mailgram.--
Florida: Lee County Commission, West Coast Inland Navigation District,

and Okeechobee Waterway, statement-
Fort Smith (Ark.) Port Terminal, Buck Shell, telegram.-
Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, Wash., Sid Campbell, mailgram.
Frankenberry, R. E., Bridgeville, Pa., mailgram.--
Hancock, Henry H., Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Memphis,

mailgram
Hansen, Capt. Ed, Lee County (Fla.) Commission, West Coast Inland

Navigation District, and Okeechobee Waterway, statement.-
Hanson, Daniel J., Sr., American Road & Transportation Builders Asso-

ciation, letter and enclosure.
Harbor Towing & Fleeting, Inc., New Orleans, La., Gerald D. "Jerry"

Clower, mailgram--
Harvey (La.) Canal Industrial Association, W. E. Arnold, mailgram.
Hays, A. G., Muskogee City-County (Okla.) Port Authority, telegram.-
Hughes, Robert J., James Hughes, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J., mailgram.-
Hunter, Robert N., American Association of State Highway & Transporta-

tion Officials, letter and statement-
Illinois Grain Corp., Donald A. Wilkey, telegram.
Independent Pier Co., Philadelphia, Pa., William H. Meyle, telegram
Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals, Milton Barchdorf, mailgram
International Shipmasters Association of the Great Lakes:

Capt. H. E. MacDermid, letter--

Roman T. Keenen, letter--
Izaak Walton League of America, Maitland Sharpe, statement.
Jensen, Sam, Minneapolis, Minn., telegram.
Johns, Robert M., Pittsburgh, Pa., mailgram.-
Johnson, Reuben L., National Farmers Union, statement.
Jones, J. M., Canal Barge Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., mailgram..
Keenen, Roman T., International Shipmasters Association of the Great

Lakes, letter
Kelly, Thomas P., Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Philadelphia

Maritime Society Chapter, telegram.
Koch, Bradley R., National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,

statement.
Kohan, J., Pittsburgh, Pa., mailgram.
Kopolow, Meyer, Marine Transport Co., Maryland Heights, Mo., mail-

gram.
Ladd, Harley_W., Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Okla., letter and enclosure...
Langenberg, F. C., American Iron & Steel Institute, letter and attachment-
Law, William E., Allied Towing Corp., mailgram -
Lindsey, Donald, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Illinois State

Legislative Board, mailgram.
Lindsey, E. T., Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., mailgram..
Little Rock (Ark.), Inland Rivers Terminal Port of, John Cain, telegram..
Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority:

Fred I. Brown, Jr., Hardy L. Winburn, Jr., Bart Roach, Lawrence J.

Burrow, and Frank B. White, telegram.

Robert G. Brave, letter-
Long, Hon. Gillis W., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana, statement.--.
Louisiana House of Representatives, J. Chris Ullo, letter-
Lounsberry, Robert H., Midwest Association of State Departments of

Agriculture, letter and enclosure.--.
Loveland, S. C., Jr., S. C. Loveland Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., letter---
Lykes Steamship Co., Edward P. Merrigan, letter...
MacDermid, Capt. H. E., International Shipmasters Association of the

Great Lakes, letter.
Mack, Harry M., Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Inc., statement.-

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Marine Transport Co., Maryland Heights, Mo., Meyer Kopolow, mail

gram.
May, Francis E., Waynesburg, Pa., mailgram.
McDonald, T. G., Oklahoma-Kansas Grain Corp., telegram.
McIntosh, Daniel H., New Cumberland, W. Va., mailgram.
McKim, Fred, West Bend (Iowa) Elevator Co. and United Purchasers

Association, statement..
Merrigan, Edward L., on behalf of Central Gulf Lines, Delta Steamship

Co., Farrell Line, Lykes Steamship Co., Pacific Far East Line, Pru

dential Grace Lines, and Waterman Steamship Corp., letter
Meyle, William H., Independent Pier Co., Philadelphia, Pa., telegram.
Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Thomas L. Washington, letter--
Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Robert H.

Lounsberry, letter and enclosure---
Mon-Yough Chamber of Commerce, McKeesport, Pa., Arthur Parker,

statement
Morton, J. Robert, National Industrial Traffic League, letter..
Mostek, Mrs. I. L., West Suburban Humanist Society, Lombard, Ill.,

letter..
Muskogee City-County (Okla.) Port Authority, A. G. Hays, telegram.
Myklebust, Bernie, Pullman, Wash., letter---
Naden, Kenneth D., National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, letter_.
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Kenneth D. Naden, letter-
National Farmers Union, Reuben L. Johnson, statement-
National Grain and Feed Association, statement-
National Grange, John W. Scott, letter-
National Industrial Traffic League, J. Robert Morton, letter---
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Bradley R. Koch,

statement.
Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., River Rouge, Mich., Jos. R. Deane, tele-

gram.---
Northwest Towboat Association, Seattle, Wash., Glenn Edwards, mailgram.
Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Inc., Harry M. Mack, statement.-
Oklahoma-Kansas Grain Corp., T. G. McDonald, telegram _.
Ouachita River Valley Association, H. K. Thatcher, letter and enclosure-
Pacific Far East Line, Edward L. Merrigan, letter-
Palouse Producers, Inc., Pullman, Wash., Ron Wachter, letter-
Parker, Arthur, Mon-Yough Chamber of Commerce, McKeesport, Pa.,

statement
Pearson, John, Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association, telegram -
Philadelphia Marine Trading Association, Alfred Corry, telegram.
Philadelphia Maritime Exchange, John W. Pinnel, telegram -
Pinnel, John W., Philadelphia Maritime Exchange, telegram -
Posey, Earl A., Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Boston, Inc.,

letter..
Propeller Club of the United States:

Lloyd Strickland, national office, mailgram.
Henry H. Hancock, Port of Memphis, mailgram.
Earl A. Posey, Port of Boston, Inc., letter-
Wm. R. Filbin, Port of Detroit, telegram.
Thomas P. Kelly, Port of Philadelphia Maritime Society Chapter,

telegram.-
Prudential Grace Lines, Edward L. Merrigan, letter..
River Parishes Co. Inc., Lutcher, La., mailgram--
Roach, Bart, Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority, telegram.
Rudder, Elizabeth R., Webster Groves, Mo., letter--
Schultz, Richard L., American Association of Port Authorities, letter--
Scott, John W., National Grange, letter----
Sharpe, Maitland, Izaak Walton League of America, statement.-
Shell, Buck, Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association and Fort

Smith (Ark.) Port Terminal, telegram----
Shell, Nathan M., II, Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association,

telegram.--
Skubitz, Hon. Joe, a Representative in Congress from the State of Kansas,

statement.. Skundrich, L., Pittsburgh, Pa., mailgram...

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