Folder 8, 6/1956 - 5/17/1966

- Correspondence - 5/1/1964 - To: Wayne Aspinall - urges Representative Aspinall to delay hearings on the Tocks Island recreation area and details the issues with flooding - Correspondence - 4/30/1964 - From: Blanchard Michael, To: Fred B. Rooney - details damages done by floods and issues with the flooding that may result from the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 5/4/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Allen J. Ellender - details concerns on Tocks Island Project - attached correspondence - 4/30/1964 - From: Allen J. Ellender, To: Nancy Shukaitis - states that he has received her telegram in regard to the Tocks Island Project - 2 copies - attached official document - “Agree With Testimony of Mrs. Shukaitis” Tocks Dam Will Hamstring Upstream Inland Water” - details issues with the Compact in regard to flooding at Tocks Island - Correspondence - 4/14/1964 - From: Kenneth J. Bousquet, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks Bousquet to appear before the Subcommittee on Public Works regarding the Corps of Engineers - attached correspondence - 1/24/1964 - From: Alan Bible, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter and interest in legislation regarding S.606, the Tocks Island bill - attached correspondence - 4/13/1964 - From: Carson W. Chip, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details Shukaitis’ appearance before the Public Works Subcommittee on Appropriations - attached correspondence - 2/5/1964 - From: Clarence Cannon, To: Nancy Shukaitis - states he has Shukaitis’ request for a hearing and is asking his staff when the request will be reached - Correspondence - 5/17/1966 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Eugene B. Wilhelm - asks for transcript of hearing regarding Tocks Island Dam because of his absence - attached correspondence - 5/4/1966 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Michael J. Kirwan - requests the Public Works Subcommittee’s investigation of series of incongruities by the Corps of Engineers - 2 copies - attached correspondence - 4/11/1966 - From: Eugene B. Wilhelm, To: Nancy Shukaitis - gives details for Shukaitis’ appearance before the Public Works Subcommittee on Appropriations - attached newspaper clipping - 4/25/1966 - “Engineers may up Tocks flood level” - attached correspondence - 1/4/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Eugene B. Wilhelm - asks WIlhelm to contact her when hearings are schedules regarding the Tocks Island Project - attached correspondence - 10/19/1965 - From: Eugene B. Wilhelm, To: Nancy Shukaitis - informs Shukaitis there will not be another hearing on the Tocks Island Project until the next House session, and details budget for the project - Official document - 6/9/1964 - House of Representatives: Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and Outdoor Recreation” - transcript of hearings about the Tocks Island Project and its effects on the Delaware Valley, along with the land acquisition issues - Handwritten note - details issues of government acquisition of land - Newspaper clipping - 6/12/1964 - “Official Quits in Tocks Row” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 6/1964 - “Developers Buy Pocono Estate” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 6/9/1964 - “Tocks Project Hits Roadblock; Fund Bill Sought First” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 6/10/1964 - “Tocks Island Speculation Tied to Park Booster” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 6/9/1964 - “Lisicky Backs Tocks Area To Boost Pocono Tourism” - Handwritten note - details the timeline of the movement against theTocks Island Project and construction of scenes - Newspaper clipping - “‘Watchdog’ Group Formed On Tocks Island Project” - Newark News - Official document - 3/17/1964 - “Dun & Bradstreet Report” - details operation, history, and finance of Camelback Ski Area - Newsletter - “Not Man Apart” - Vol. 4, No. 1 February 1974 - Friends of the Earth Foundation - Newspaper clipping - 6/1956 - “A Flood-Prevention Plan That Works” - Reader’s Digest - Newspaper clipping - 5/1962 - “Big-Dam Foolishness” - Country Genteman - Correspondence - 1/26/1966 - From: Arthur H. Carhart, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details Elmer Peterson’s Big Dam Foolishness and the Conservation Library Center - Newspaper clipping - 5/3/1964 - “Aid to Appalachia: Setting the Goals” and “The Risks of Looking Ahead” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 6/20/1965 - “Drought Moves In With Shift in Wind” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 6/11/1965 - “DVNRA to become fast buck haven?” - The Pocono Record - Newspaper clipping - 4/12/1965 - “Hearing Aid needed” - The Washington Post - Newspaper clipping - 5/6/1965 - “House unit unanimously passes DVNRA bill” - The Pocono Record - Newspaper clipping - 10/22/1963 - “Tocks Island Land Boom” and “Bensinger Urges Tocks Action To Halt Real Estate Boom” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 3/1/1962 - “Tocks Island Boosted For National Recreation Area” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 10/4/1965 - “A slow peace” - The Pocono Record - Official document - 12/1964 - “Water Is Everybody’s Business” - transcript of talk on Radio WVPO by Nancy Suhukaitis detailing flooding of the Delaware River and related laws - Official document - 4/14/1965 - “Notice of Hearing” - notice of Delaware River Basin Commission’s hearing on 4/28/1965 discussing water resources projects - Newspaper clipping - 6/21/1962 - “Recreation Area Plans For Tocks Island Project Given” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 8/10/1963 - “Hidden Lake Property To Be Revitalized” - The Daily Record - Correspondence - 4/29/1964 - To: Joe L. Evins - details data from the booklet “Too much or too little” regarding flooding in the Delaware River - Correspondence - 5/25/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Robert S. McNamara - details concerns with construction of Tocks Island Project including details of compacts regarding water resources and flood control - Correspondence - 7/19/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Alan Bible - asks about appropriations regarding the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 7/15/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Anthony Wayne Smith - gives appreciation for the person who signed Shuakitis up for a subscription to Smith’s magazine and details editorials in the magazine - Correspondence - 6/30/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Carl Hayden - details issues with appropriations for planning of the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 6/30/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Allen J. Ellender - details issues with appropriations for planning of the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 4/28/1964 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Alan Bible - thanks Senator Bible for the opportunity to present opposition to the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 1/27/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Delaware River Basin Commision - details water resources concerns in the coming years and the Delaware River Basin Compact - Newspaper clipping - 5/28/1964 - “Tocks ‘Key Project’ House Unit Told” - Newspaper clipping - 5/16/1964 - “Rooney Criticism Applauded” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 5/15/1964 - “Republicans Find Poverty On Johnson Alabama Farm” - Newspaper clipping - 4/30/1964 - “Rooney Pushes Planning For Tocks Dam” - Newspaper clipping - 5/25/1964 - “Bensinger Honored” - The Pocono Record - Newspaper clipping - 4/27/1964 - “Udall, Mormon Pilot, Views Tocks Dam” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 5/7/1964 - “Bushkill Unit Picks New Bushkill Site” and “Schnitzer Blasts Tocks Project” - Newspaper clipping - 5/16/1964 - “WRA Cites Bensinger” - Correspondence - 5/27/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: William Voigt, Jr. - provides details and asks for further information regarding the Delaware River Basin - Newsletter - “Internal Affairs” - Vol. 31, No. 10 October 1943 - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs - Correspondence - 5/2/1964 - From: Kenneth J. Bousquet, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details returning of Shukaitis’ statement regarding the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 4/28/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Kenneth J. Bousquet - asks for the outline suggested by Bousquet for the hearing - Correspondence - 5/4/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Ben F. Jensen - discusses the issues regarding data from the Corps of Engineers, the Water Resources Association, and Congressman Rooney about the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 2/12/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Wayne N. Aspinall - asks to testify against the proposal regarding the Tocks island Project - attached correspondence - 1/22/1964 - From: Allen J. Ellender, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details that he has received Shukaitis’ letter and will notify her when a time and date is set for a hearing regarding appropriation of funds for the Tocks Island Dam - Newspaper clipping - 6/27/1965 - “Pocono Mountains: Real Estate for Sale” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Handwritten note - outline of oppositions to Tocks Island Project and other water resources issues in the Delaware River and Pocono Mountains - Note - “Appropriations For Tocks Dam” - transcript of Nancy Shukaitis’ objections to the appropriation of funding for the Tocks Island Project - Note - “Members of Congress to Whom People Opposed to the Dam Should Write” - contains a list of Senators and Representatives, including some representatives from Pennsylvania - Newspaper clipping - “...Proposed Tocks Island Park” - The Morning Call - Correspondence - 3/10/1964 - From: George W. Harter, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details major agreements regarding southwestern water regulations, in regard to the division and use of water - Newsletter - “Saving Our Watersheds” - Vol. 44, No. 12 December 1963 - Royal Bank of Canada - Note - details court cases regarding water resources regulations and discussing possible complications in the Delaware River - Official document - 5/1963 - “Multiple-Purpose Watershed Projects” - document detailing land and water treatment, management, and development for watershed projects, and includes details on how to execute projects successfully - Correspondence - 3/23/1965 - From: Wayne N. Aspinall, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shuakitis for letter and details House of Representatives hearings and transportation - attached correspondence - 2/15/1965 - From: Wayne N. Aspinall, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter and gives the date for the hearings and asks about testifying - Correspondence - 7/2/1964 - From: Acting Assistant Director of the Department of the Interior, To: Joseph M. Pulici - details legislation regarding Tocks Island Project, including land acquisition - Correspondence - 4/27/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Senate Committee on Appropriations - details issues with appropriations for Tocks Island Project - 2 copies - Official document - 7/22/1964 - “Delaware River Basin Commission Minutes” - minutes of meeting regarding water resources, finance, and resolutions - Official document - 7/26/1964 - “Delaware River Basin Commission Minutes” - minutes of meeting regarding amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, finance, and resolutions - Correspondence - 2/2/1966 - From: Eugene B. Wilhelm, To: Nancy Shukaitis - acknowledges Shukaitis’ letter and will follow up when hearings are scheduled on the Public Works Appropriation Bill for 1967 - Correspondence - 10/13/1965 - From: Allen J. Ellender, To: Nancy Shukaitis - gives date for hearings on the Public Works Appropriation Bill for 1966 - Note - 3/11/1965 - details enclosed information from the Farmers Home Administration - Official document - 11/12/1965 - “Delaware River Basin Commission: Notice of Public Hearing” - gives date and time of public hearing regarding water wells and sewage treatment - Official document - 12/17/1965 - “Delaware River Basin Commission: Notice of Public Hearing” - gives date and time of public hearing regarding watersheds, wells, cities’ water usage, and sewage treatment - Official document - 12/7/1965 - “Delaware River Basin Commission: Note of Change of Meeting Date” - changes date for the commission's regular meeting from 12/22/1965 to 12/29/1965 - Correspondence - 5/21/1965 - From: Arthur E. Morgan, To: Glenn L. Fisher - asks for information on Fisher’s experiences with the Corps of Engineers - attached note - details research project and asks for information