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LAS VEGAS 10 224 P OHIO WR LA Gy GFA Omaha SAB Las Vegas 6- to, - <e O MR ASHBYS A 75 RE PROPOSED WATER DISTRICT* CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION TO WATER DISTRICT IS DEVELOPING PRINCIAPPLY TO SECRECY ATTENDING PROPOSED SET UP, LACK OF INFORMATION REGARDING COST OF PROPOSED WATER LINE AND INCREASED WATER RATES TO PAY BOND ISSUE. APPARENTLY CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE IS BEING EXTENDED BY GAMBLING JOINTS. SOUTH OF CITY LIMIT TO PUT OVER WATER DISTRICT AND EXTEND PIPE LINE TO SERVE THEM FROM PRESENT CITY SUPPLY, WHICH WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REFUSED TO DO, AND CITY OFFICIALS FEEL THIS WOULD DEPLETE SUPPLY AVAILABLE FOR CITY, WHICH IT WOULD. NOTE NO CITY OFFICIALS ATTENDING MEETING OCT 1ST, AND THERE APPEARS TO BE SHARP DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS ON SUBJECT. ^ 6 OBVIOUS INTENTION OF CHAMBER IS TO STAMPEDE PEOPLE INTO VOTING WATER DISTRICT BY OVER EMPHASIZING WATER SITUATION AND CREATING AN EMERGENCY WHICH DOES NOT EXIST AND PROBABLY WILL NOT FOR NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME, AS TOTAL WATER WITHDRAWN FROM UNDERGROUND CHANNEL LAST YEAR WAS LESS THAN 1946. ACT AUTHORIZING WATER DISTRICT PLACES TOO MUCH POWER IN HANDS OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING POWER TO CONDEMN PRIVATE PROPERTY, LEVY TAXES AND FIX WATER RATES WITHOUT CONTROL OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. RECOMMEND WE BE AUTHORIZED TO PRESENT TRUE FACTS TO PEOPLE THRU MEDIUM OF PRESS AND RADIO, WITHOUT TAKING SIDES IN CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY AND LET VOTERS DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES AT ELECTION OCT 19 F 100 AMF.