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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />t' <br /> <br />Referring to definite acreage from different states, I was <br />pleased to hear you state that Wyoming had made rather definite <br />estimates. I had supposed that California h~d c more accurate <br /> <br />estimate of the acreage ~hioh we desire water for than any <br /> <br />other state; v~z. 939,000 acres. It has been referred to <br /> <br /> <br />repeatedly in round numbers as eight million acreS. And con- <br /> <br /> <br />cerning Imperial Velley in which you infer that we have a <br /> <br /> <br />community of 50,000 people, do you not think it desirable <br /> <br /> <br />that protection may be afforded to an American community of <br /> <br />that size, if by doing so no one else may be injured? <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />It is most desirable. I wouldn't wish to be understood <br /> <br />as opposing it in any way. I merely called attention to the <br /> <br /> <br />fact that that does not make beneficial use of the water. That <br /> <br />the erection of u darn to prevent peo~le of Southern California <br /> <br />being drowned has a negative rather than a positive cffect. <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />When you recall that W8 ere in. danger twice a year, would <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />it not Tilodify thLt id8a? <br />I think it is a good thing California has thet fear. You <br />all kuuw that, due to floo~ wateTs in Ohio, the people of Ohio <br /> <br />erected a lu.rge conservancy distriot -- the valley of Miami, - <br /> <br />at first to prevent flood damage, but they fo~_they were de- <br /> <br /> <br />veloping great power there. They accomplished flood prevention <br /> <br />but they accomplished a far greater and more b~neficial purpose <br /> <br /> <br />of cro~tine almost inexhaastible power, So in California, . what <br /> <br /> <br />Yuu regard as a calamity mc.y prove to be a great boon to Calif- <br /> <br />ornia. <br /> <br />, <br />'1 <br />