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6 U C L E R — Little George, rooster mascot of the submarine
CSS Skate, perches on the shoulder of Sailor Philip Brennan,
New London, Conn., ready to crow reveille over the boat's speak
ing system. The crew calls Little George a buglemaster.
LAND CLAIM;
IS IT WET?
WASHINGTON—What may be
the last round of a bitter contro
versy over federal or state owner
ship of the million of square miles
and billions of dollars worth of
submerged lands within the three
mile limit of our coastline is get
ting under way.
Chairman Pat McCa rran’s
(Democrat of Nevada) Senate Ju
diciary Committee opened hear
ings on a joint resolution which
in effect would be a quit-claim,
vesting uncontestable title to a11
lands in the states. A similar reso
lution already has passed the
House.
A suit filed by the Department
of Justice, claiming 'the govern
ment owns certain submerged oil
land near Santa Barbara, Calif.,
is pending in the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Proponents of the legislation
claim that not only is ti+1e to th«
submerged coastal lands involved
but also titles to additional mi1
lions of square miles of nav’>nM->
streams and lakes and of rec!ni~"
ed lands which were once under
water.
The facts behind the hearings
on the proposed legislation a^e
these:
1.—In 1937 and 1938, the so
called Nye resolutions were intro
duced in Congress (by the l^tn
Sen. Gerald P. Nye, Rep. of N. D.)
declaring public domain all the
lands (or in the second case the
mineral and oil deposits under
them) between low tide and hte
three-mile limit along the nation’s
vast coastline.
2. —At that time applications
were on file and additional ones
since have been filed with the De
partment of Interior for federal
permits to drill on or otherwise
develop these lands. None has
been granted, although Secretary
Harold L. Ickes has said that he
once considered granting such a
permit in order to start court ac
tion to determine titles to the
lands.
3. —Hearings were held on the
Nye resolutions but no action was
taken on them.
4. —Although there was much
fussing and fuming in public and
private about the so-called cloud
ing of title to these lands, no fur
ther action was taken until March
of last year, when McCarran in
troduced the present quit-claim
proposal in the Senate. Then or
subsequently 15 similar resolutions
were introduced in the House.
5. —In May, 1945, the then U. S.
Atorney General Francis Biddle
filed suit against an oil company
in Los Angeles Federal Distr'ct
Court, claiming title to 144 acres
of submerged oil land under lease
by the State of California to that
company.
6. —In June, hearings were held
on one of the House resolutions
before Chairman Emmanuel Cel
ler’s (Dem. of N. Y.) Judiciary
MINING, CONTRACTING
And INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT
LOMEN
Commercial Co.
War Department Publishes /
Army Casualties <j
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Headquarters Alaskan Depart- <j
meat, Feb. 4—In a recapitulation
of Army casualties for World War
II, the War Department today \
listed the casualties for the cam- <j
paigns in the Alaskan Department
as 841 killed, 930 wounded, 42
missing, and 46 prisoners. These <j
figures include the Aleutian cam- <!
paign as well as the northern air
offensive against the Kurile Is- j
lands.
The total Army casualties in all <’
theaters of operations include j
223,215 dead, 571,697 wounded, \
12,752 missing, and 115,118 prison- ^
ers, the War Department disclosed. }.
I >i
U. S. prewar consumption of .
rubber was 600,000 tons annually.
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committee. Thirty-one persons, all |
representatives of states, port au
thorities, land commissions, etc., |
appeared in favor of the measure.
The attorneys general of 46 states
filed a brief arguing for the reso
lution. No persons appeared in op
position, although statements were
read, notably from Attorney Gen
eral Biddle and Secretary Ickes,
principally contending that the .
matter was for the courts to de
cide.
7. —Sept. 20, the House resolu
tions were lumped into one and
passed by an overwhelming ma
jority (a standing vote of 108-11).
(No quorum is necessary on the
floor on a standing vote, since any
one person can demand a roll call
vote if he doubts the outcome).
8. —Attorney General Tom Clark
withdrew the Biddle suit and filed
another, making the State of Cal
ifornia a party, thus taking it di
rectly to the Supreme Court. '
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