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<br />. <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />believe that th0 p~opJ~ of che v&llcy oUbh~ to 000pe~ate in tho <br /> <br />dcv~lo?went of its dormbnt r~so~rccs. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />::0,; [I word about the things that it in pro:;Joscd "co do with <br /> <br />thu watE;r. It has been m;lT impression that the llr€;E;ncy of t.his <br /> <br /> <br />matt0r, the on.; motiv0 power behj,r.:d it which is 1.<.rginG immodiatc <br /> <br />action, you n:ig;,t say perhaps haoty action, is the fimr which <br /> <br />seems tu exist in Southern California that the flood waters of <br />;.!.'ccct <br />the Colorado niv~r may causa/de8tructicn of lif~ and property,. <br /> <br />and we know that this is to soma 0xt~nt jl!stjfie~ by past 0xpor- <br /> <br />ience. This fear may 18 justified by prosont conditions -- I am <br /> <br />not able to say. But wo una erst and that that i~ aQ im~ortant <br /> <br />motive force press in€; this 1'1'o1Jlem Oll you;: attantion for doter- <br /> <br />r~ination. How as to that, I want to point out the fact that this <br /> <br />is purely a negative G!'buincnt. ~uch actia[] as this 00mmission <br /> <br />may r0coffimenc'. to protl;ct C0:3ifo1'oiO'. against floods does not in- <br />volve the ~l~plication of this water. If a dam is built in a <br />canyon to lessen the fle~ of tho strGam and pres~rvu California <br /> <br />frem its floods, it affords an opportunity for the economic, <br /> <br />beneficial us" of this wator; so that you may considJr the pro.. <br /> <br />blem of floD~ }1'Gvention as a sort of by-product, or you may <br />turn j,t arO];.nc', ared consider the bbileficial use of the water as <br /> <br />a by-product. .at any ratu, this demand, for flood pr()vl;ntion is <br /> <br />urging action. It ~ay be that that ~uestion can b() solved by <br />