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Mr. wm. Reinhardt December 11, 1953. 5* They told me that the recent order of the Commission, which was vacated, had caused several financial institutions to withdraw financial support to proposed housing projects, I told them X could not understand how that could he since there was no more financial insecurity at the present time than there was sis months ago immediately after the application was filed, i | which application requested an ex parte order. At this point, Mr* Cashman stated he had reason to believe that by the first of this year all of their troubles would be settled and that they would be assured of water from Lake Mead. I told him I hoped he was correct in his assumption but that X had heard that story for the last year and that X thought the District was being given the Bbruah~offM by "smart politicians’* and that the only thing left to do was to make some effort to conserve water for the coming summer. He asked what X would suggest and X told him 2 would suggest enforcement || of the city laws relating to waste of water. This statement brought down upon my head comments from the City Commissioners that the laws WIRE being enforced. 2 told them X knew that was not the case— that they may have arrested one or two people and given them suspended sentences or nominal fines but the only way they could bring to the attention of the people the necessity for conservation of water was to "crack down” on a