BOARD02022

• Board Meeting Date: 3/11/1959
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Now with that information, it is hoped,
and again referring to the possibilities
that in the near future, before another meet-
ing of this Board, there will be occasion
for our representatives, the Governor or the
Director of this Board, or others, to parti-
cipate in discussions and conferences and
perhaps hearings before Congress the In-
vestigation Commission feels that we should
get this thing finalized as promptly as
possible and our program is something along
this line, that Mr. McClellan, Mr. Kuiper
and I, at least, and perhaps Lhe others if
they can find the time, will dictate the text
which will be substituted for the text that
is found in your preliminary report. These
gentlemen will go over their data! possibly
amend it, at least check it, veriry it and
within the next two weeks we will be ready
for this thing to be reproduced.

It is proposed, as I say, to have the
text eliminating as much technical language
as we can from the text, then to attach three
appendices. I still would like to see our
map of the early Cochella and Imperial Valleys
appended to this final report because it
gives us information we didn't have before.
That will be one appendix, the second appendix
will be Mr. Kuiper's analysis of the hydro-
logical matter and the third will be the
electrical studies. Those will be ready for
reproduction within or by the middle of week
after next, I would say.

Now the question which I think the Board
should pass on, first is whether or not you
have any criticisms or suggestions of that
proposed program. I can see no point in again
submitting it to the Board before it is
finalized and we could lose valuable time in
doing it. Second, how do you want this re-
produced - do you want it printed, do you want
it mimeographed, how widely do you want it
disseminated and questions of that sort.

I just want to add this comment, Mr.
Chairman. As I envision it, this report
should merely be one- the first one - in a
series of comparable studies. For example,
we need, I think, a similar study, or con-
ducted along similar lines,of the Rio Grande
situation. I'll not be satisfied until there

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