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<br />First:
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<br />, "....recommendationsfor thl'l natural resoureesprogram are based
<br />on a reappraisal of the responsibility which the. Federal Government
<br />should exercise in the development of our resources. A strong program
<br />of resouroe conservation and qevelopment is neeessary to support the
<br />progressively expanding clemap.ds, of our increasing population .... arid
<br />security of the .Nation. Achievement of this .... r,eouires a COlllbined
<br />effort on the part of States and local cOmmunities,~itizens and the
<br />Federel G,overnment." ,',
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<br />"To the greatest extent possible, responsibility for resources
<br />development and its cost should be borne by those ,who receive the
<br />benefits."
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<br />Third:
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<br />"Federal activities in projects or plans 14'-111 not imply any
<br />exclusive reservation of such projects to Federal 'oortstruction or
<br />finaricing or preolude local participation in them. Needed projeots to
<br />be oonstruoted by,the Federl'll Government may,inoludE\'those which,
<br />beoause of size and oomple}(ity, are beyond the means of local, public
<br />I ' or private enterprise.",
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<br />r subscribe whOleheartedly to these ooncepts. I believe in the partnership
<br />approach to waterproJeots, were sucljL',projects ,are beyond the capability of, local
<br />interests, and where they are in the national ip,terest,., , ' ,
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<br />What would be, the role of, the, BlWe~' 9f~olamation in a I;pa:r:tne~ship" ,
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<br />when asked by local interests to, cooperate with thlOl!l, in the development of a
<br />project beyond their magnitude, the Bureau of Reolamation'will be primarily a tech-
<br />nical and professional tool--not a socialip,strument.: '~,made this statement to
<br />your;Texas Water Conservation Assooiatilm in Dallas la,st October; I restate it here
<br />tonight. In a "partnership" role you will have use of our teohnioal skills. Ours
<br />would be a Vi tal.....but a subordinate-.ro1<'l. The basic decisions of whet, ho,,, much,
<br />when, how, and where, remain yours. '
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<br />Next, with the growing value of water in the \olest, including your own Valley
<br />area here, I believe firlli1y that. Uncle SIlIIl"hiw,~rYr:l.ghtto expeot a dollar return for
<br />every. dollar he invests in a profit~earning waterent~rprise. And,) believe, with
<br />you, that any water enterprise in the Valley will b<~ "e.profit-yielding venture.
<br />The reimbursement tr~1tion :is deeply embedded in Reolamat?-on Law.
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