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r' I r ~ ~ I . .... , ~. j .J/~ t... PUHJ.lCITY !()I) icals, and othe!' channels autho!'itative information concerning the operations and policies of the Dist!'ict. In response to numerous requests, severai District employees voluntee!'ed thei!' se!'vices as speake!'s and appeared before meetings of civic, commercial, and technical groups to give information relating to the aqueduct and the operation of the District in general. A photographic section with a staff photographer in charge was maintained to secure a photographic record of construction opera- tions. Malian Picture On December 14, 1938 members of the board of directors, the staff, employees of the District and representatives of the District cities previewed a new aqueduct film entitled, The Thirteen Golden Cities. Since that night the picture has been exhibited to ACGREG...n: l.TTEND.",Nl:E ..J25 schools, larg:e1y junior Hnl] senior high_____ 605 civic groups ..____.........mmm......hn._____.....~..hn__.. 143 theaters within the District_ ......00......... 12,5 theaters nol in District .......... . 172,800 7Y,iOO . 410,400 2,52,800 Total.. onm" ,)lS.7UO In addition, prints of this picture have been furnished to the visual education departments of the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Pasadena boards of education for classroom study. Literat,,,.c The fourth edition of the Colomdo River Aqueduct, a booklet descriptive of the project, was issued in March 1939 and widely distributed. There have been given away locally and sent to all parts of the United States and to several foreign countries 1I10re than 6,000 copies. A four-color lithograph map folder was prepared in August 1939 for general public distribution. The original order was for 25,000, but public demand for the maps has required three reprints, making a totai of 150,000. By using engravings originally prepared for the Aqueduct News, the Los Angeles board of education has prepared for use in its visual education program 500 copies of a series of three illustrated booklets describing the need for the construction and use of the aqueduct.