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\ Published Story On Water Talk . John V. Mueller, general serv­ices representative for the west- < ern United States, said this . morning he apparently had been ‘‘deliberately misquoted” in pub- . lished statements that he had not.been invited to attend recent 3 meetings between the board of directors ,of the Las Vegas vgl- e ley water district and the Colo- t rado river commission in mat- i ters concerning the acquisition e of water fromi tlie Basic plant, t Mueller, recalled a session at the Last Frontier In July when < he was specifically importuned 3 to be present at the following d a s’s meeting with the water r district officials, ahd said there had been other-invitations issued which; he was unable to accept; i “My ^instructions have been : 1 to negotiate with .-the Colorado \ 'river commission antj I have attempted to carry out those in- i structions,” Mueller said. •: .He Stated further it “should , have been apparent to anyone familiar with the .situation that general services administration , had not been ignored” as was | published in the report of the interview. ~ ' jj “Thp letter Mr.. Larson sent-3 to the Colorado river commis- $ siqn "concerning the sale; bf the l plant, capacity charges for, gen­erator N-7 and other m atters# also .discussed the water prob* lem. This -letter was published',; in Las Vegas and its contents are well known to all,” Mueller declared. The GSA representative said he had discussed the matter with a Las Vegas newspaper report-: er yesterday but denied he had \ cast any reflections on the'Colo­rado river commission or the directors of the Water district. 1 “I told them I would be glad to. meet at any time, and will i fly down from Reno Monday if ;; I can bje j of any help, in- clarify- ;; ing the situation,” he stated. The GSA representative ex- !; pressed regret that “this con­troversy has arisen.” . ‘‘I always have felt there was ; plenty of capacity in tlmt pipe- (Continued on P a g ' 2) I ? . -------------- — o — --------------' -;'v * E yp a 2»;;? -a g n r W T O (Continued from Page 1) • , tor^the plant and the extra I needs of Las Vegas valley, and: j1 propose to prove it,” Meuller said. He recounted that a t . the re­cent conference in Washington ! the lessees agreed to obtain the I best hydraulic engineering tal­ent available to make a study of the situation and said he un­derstood that is being done, j “This is no time to be at cross-i purposes,” the GSA representa- , tive insisted. “If we all work to* ( gether I ’m certain we can come up with an answer that will be t satisfactory -all* the way around and I propose to work to that L end.” ? \ [ Thomas A/ Campbell, .chair- ? 1 man of the water district board • , said he had discussed the mat- $ J ter with Mueller thSs morning and had been informed that he 1 ! (Mueller) has always felt and ’ i still feel^ there is sufficient wat­er in the pipeline to meet the - situation and that an early ans- ; wer can be had. £ Campbell said Mueller told him that contrary to the views - ; held by many, “i am convinced i j there is enough water there and ! that something can be worked ; j out that will be satisfactory to >. ; all.” Mueller, in talking to Camp- \ bell, said his only concern was j “the banking phase” of the prob- ; lem which refers to getting the program in shape for bonding. “I feel confident,” Campbell ii said, “that tve are nearing a I solution to our difficulties and I am very hopeful after my con- | versation with Mr. Mueller f today.” ________, ? _________'ft ; _____