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N I N E THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS Early in January 1965 there came into our hands from the halls of Congress a real hot potato: H.R. 2245. Close on the heels of that came the announcement that the division engineer in Dallas had approved "Plan D" as presented at the November hearing and had forwarded his decision to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington. People in the Ozark Society were not surprised at these developments. We knew that such action was inevitable and awaited with real anxiety further steps in the implementation of Plan D. But it did serve to stimulate a flurry of activity on all fronts, first an appeal to our members to write to the members of the House Committee on Public Works opposing H.R. 2245. To set the pace I led off by sending a letter to President Lyndon Johnson, commending him for a speech he had made on the need for conserving some of our natural rivers. One of the letters to Congressman Trimble was from A. T. Shuller, superintendent of schools in Berryville and one of Trimble's strongest supporters. In closing Shuller said: Let's save something of this for future generations and for those of us now living, who enjoy the rugged experience of floating and camping on a beautiful Ozark Mountain stream that remains just as God made it. The creation of the proposed national river would serve this purpose. A. T. Shuller Although we never had positive proof of it, such heartfelt pleas from those so close to him as Albert T. Shuller may have dampened our congressman's big dam ardor. His behavior in that regard was sometimes puzzling. Perhaps that N I N E '" THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS Early in January 1965 there came into our hands from the halls of Congress a real hot potato: H.R. 2245. Close on the heels of that came the announcement that the division engineer in Dallas had approved "Plan D" as presented at the November hearing and had forwarded his decision to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington. People in the Ozark Society were not surprised at these developments. We knew that such action was inevitable and awaited with real anxiety further steps in the implementation of Plan D. But it did serve to stimulate a flurry of activity on all fronts, first an appeal to our members to write to the members of the House Committee on Public Works opposing H.R. 2245. To set the pace I led off by sending a letter to President Lyndon Johnson, commending him for a speech he had made on the need for conserving some of our natural rivers. One of the letters to Congressman Trimble was from A. T. Shuller, superintendent of schools in Berryville and one of Trimble's strongest supporters. In closing Shuller said: Let's save something of this for future generations and for those of us now living, who enjoy the rugged experience of floating and camping on a beautiful Ozark Mountain stream that remains just as God made it. The creation of the proposed national river would serve this purpose. A. T. Shuller Although we never had positive proof of it, such heartfelt pleas from those so close to him as Albert T. Shuller may have dampened our congressman's big dam ardor. His behavior in that regard was sometimes puzzling. Perhaps that H.R. 2245. IN THE HO['SE OF m~I'nE:-;E:\TATIVES .r.\:s C.\RY 11, 196.) :\11'. TRI.\IBLE illtrodu('{'d tltp following hill: ·whieh "\\";1;:" referred to the Com· mittee on Public I\Torks A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Army to COllotruct Gilbert Dam and Reservoir on the Buffalo River in Searcy County, Arkansas. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the Ull1:ted States of America in Congress a8,semblcd, 3 That the Secretary of the .\nny, acting through the Chid of 4 Engineers. is anthorized :md directed to construct n dam and 5 reservoir on the Buffalo RiHr. in Scare.,' Connty, Arkansas, 6 to be known as Gilbert Dam and Res('l'voir. Such dam Dncl 7 reservoir shall be constrncted at sneh location. and in ac8 cordance with :iuch specifications :F the Secretary detenninc:; 9 necessary to provide maximnm flood control, water supply, 10 generation of electric power...

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