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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 x feeing first inly sworn, testified me followsi bihict mMmiioy m m* m Q. Tour nase is Heed Whipple and fm are alee a Commis­sioner of the City of las Vegas? A* That's right. Q. Hr. Whipple, in your tern as a Commissioner, have you had dealings shout the water problem with the Water Company in your official capacity? A. X have had dealings with them after we had numerous people at our meetings protesting the shortage, and in addition numerous people who have contacted me personally during differ* ent times ©f the shortage. Q. Approximately, how many contacts have you had person­ally? A. ©wring June, X would say an average of twenty or twenty-five a week. ME. EBWWICKi Q. What year? A* 1950* ME. CAWWCWt Q. And what was the nature of those protes A* They were about the same—that they had no water to water their lawns with! that they didn't have sufficient water to flush thoir toilots or take a hath or even shave with* f* lad did you also receive complaints prior to the re­strictions? A. Yes; not as many hut there were complaints, yes. 9* la other words, there were problems before the re­strictions were imposed* A* Yes, Q# Md you receive complaint# after the lifting of the