496 INDEX

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 Arirona ---------......................------------.............. 158
 Arkansas -----...... ...............----------............. 158
 Army Engineers (see also Board of Survey, Board of Engineers for Rivers
 and Harbors, Chief of Engineers):
 Report of-
 December 1, 1931.--- ..------.----.. ------------------- 25
 January 27, 1932...---.---.. -----------.------------------ 26
 June 3, 1933..--.................................. 83
 December 30, 1935-..............-------------------- 95
 Special Board of Surveyr.----.........-------- --.. 7,25,83, 95,159
 Board of Review, appointed...----..-- ----.. ------------ --.. 377
 publication of reports, policy--..--------------------------- -- 96
 Artigues, Albert ...----- --------------------.- 27
 Artesian water in Florida ..---..--.-------- ------.-- ------- 169
 Ashurst, Senator Henry F ------.-------.---------------- ---- 158
 Associated Press -------------------------------------------- 148
 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, opposition by ------------------------ 71
 Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, action by:
 1931.............--.---------------------................ 8
 1932 ---- ----------- -------------------------- 34
 1933 ------------------------ ---------------- 94
 1934------ ---------_-------------------------------- 118
 1935 -------------- ---------- ----------------------- 156
 Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal, an article by Lt. Col. Brehon B. Somervell-..- 409
 Attitude of ship operators........................---------------- 68,178, 192-199, 249-250
 Austin, Senator Warren R---------- 326,339, 35, 367,428,430,456-458,460
 Authority of the President to authorize canal.----------------------- 139
 Authorization of the canal-----------.---------------- 165, 394, 408, 493
 Committee discussion-- ------------------------------------- 292
 Senate debate on ---------- ------------------------- 296-311
 Senate vote on-__--------------------------------------- 311
 Action by the President....-------------------------------. 155
 B
 Bachman, Senator Nathan L.-- ---.......- --------------------- 158
 Bacon, Representative Robert L-..-------------------------. 465, 470, 471
 Bailey, Senator Josiah W------------------------------------- 168
 Baldwin, George H.------------------------------- ----.--. 27, 159
 Bankhead, Senator John H- ------ --------------------- 110,113,168
 Barge and steamship transport, comparative advantages--------------- 8
 Barge canal----------------------------------------- 1,8, 26,224
 Barkley, Senator Alben W.---------------- 158, 299,300,304, 305, 307-311,
 339, 357, 358, 366, 367, 422, 423, 428, 430, 456, 457, 458, 460
Bassett, Rear Admiral F. B. (retired).--.------------------------- 416
Beam of vessels .........---------------------------------.. 15
Benefits (se also Savings):
 and costs, compared.......------------------------. .------ 243
 collateral ---------- ... ---------------- ---------..-- 93, 198
 to Gulf commerce ---------------------------------------. 111
 direct to shipping.--------... ------------------------------.-- v
 estimates of special board of survey--------------.------------- 96
 future-----... -------------------------------------------.--- 23
 indirect, to commerce-.....--------------------------------.. v
 potential- .------------------.------------------------.--- v
 net annual -------------------------------------------------- v
 National defense. (See National defense.)
Berry, Gov. Tom, of South Dakota-- ..-----------------...-------. 158
Bilbo, Senator Theodore G-..------.-------------------------.--- 158,
 357,358,367,427, 428, 430,456-459,460
Black, Senator Hugo L-.---....-------------.--------------- 113,115,158
Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers, Ala---.-........ -----162
Blis, George N-------------... ------------------------------ 27
Blood, Gov. Henry H., of Utah-.........---------.. --.-------..-- 158
Bluestone Reservoir, W. Va .---------------.....---------------- 164,181
Bill providing for construction of canal---.------------------------ 125