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<br />... if there should be both privately and <br />publicly owned distribution systems in the <br />market, generally preference must be given to <br />the publicly owned one to the extent it is in <br />the market. Reclamation Project Act of <br />1939: Hearings on H.R. 6773 and H.R. 6984 <br />Before the House Committee on Irrigation and <br />Reclamation, 76th Cong., 1st Sess. 132 (1939). <br /> <br />A further example of the intent of Congress can be <br />fQund in the following exchange between <br />Congressman Case of South Dakota and the Chairman <br />of the House Irrigation and Reclamation Committee, <br />Compton White: <br /> <br />MR. CASE....I can see no objection if private <br />industry is willing to pay the same amount as <br />a city why the city should be encouraged to <br />make a new investment and build duplicate <br />lines, if the private company is willing to <br />pay the same as the city. <br /> <br />MR. CHAIRMAN. We are dealing here with a <br />reclamation project, and power that may be <br />developed in connection with a reclamation <br />project itself does not go into the field of <br />the private industry. That exists simply in <br /> <br />21 <br />