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Show __2__ The White House, Washington, 25, D. C, November, 29, 1944. Hon. Henry A. Wallace, President of the Senate. My Dear Mr. Vice President: An impending emergency in the water supply of San Diego County, Calif., has been called to my attention. Owing to the very large naval, other military, war industrial, and war-housing installations in the area, the situation is of emergency importance to the Federal Government. At my direction, an interdepartmental committee, on which the San Deigo County Water Authority also had membership, reviewed the problem, and has reported to me. The War Department, the Navy Department, the Department of the Interior, and the Federal Works Agency were represented on the committee. Engineering investigations and surveys were begun in 1943 by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, working in cooperation with the city of San Diego, the county of San Diego, and the Federal Works Agency. Fortunately, these studies had proceeded to points at which decisions could be safely made. I am attaching a copy of the report of the committee, which has been reviewed by the Secretary of the Interior and which I approve. In accordance with the recommendations of the committee, joined in by the Secretary of Interior, I have instructed that the emergency be met in keeping with the report. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |