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Board Meetings
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1/12/1967
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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />J,JU.."J <br /> <br />spent $5 million on land acquisition, do you <br />know of any major flood control projec't in <br />the United states that had that amount of <br />money expended on it and then it was dropped <br />for an indefinite period of suspension?" <br /> <br />"No, sir, I don't. It has been my exper- <br />ience that once a project is started, that is, <br />a flood control project, it is carried down <br />to completion. It may not go as fast as it <br />was planned originally but I don't know of <br />anyone anyway that was stopped for several <br />years and then begun over. We have confi- <br />dence that Congress will keep this thing <br />going, whether it will go as fast as we <br />would like to see it or as fast as you'd <br />like to see it, I couldn't say." <br /> <br />"Do I understand that Colonel st. Clair <br />is going to viet Nam?" <br /> <br />"Yes, he is." <br /> <br />"Does that have anything to do with the <br />Chatfield project?" <br /> <br />"I'm certain it didn't~" <br /> <br />"I know of his personal interest in get- <br />ting this project under way. Did he have <br />any recommendations to this Board as to how <br />we could assist in keeping this project going <br />at maximum speed?" <br /> <br />"He didn't tell me anything specifically <br />to say to you but I would guess his advice <br />would be that all flood control projects <br />constructed by the Corps of Engineers depend <br />upon the support of local interests and they <br />are the ones who get Congress to accelerate <br />or at least assure the continuance of all <br />projects. So I am sure that he would ask <br />for your cooperation on that end." <br /> <br />"He always gets our cooperation. We want <br />
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