11th PROGRAM

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11th Annual

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FOOD CAN BECOME THE MOST CRITICAL OF ALL WAR MATERIALS

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ALLIED ASSOCIATIONS MEETING CONCURRENTLY IN DENVER OCTOBER 12 AND 13

Association of Western State Engineers, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Mountain States Association, Cosmopolitan Hotel.

Board of Directors, National Reclamation Asso-ciation, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Western Beet Growers Association, Shirley-Savoy Hotel- (October 13).

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Please register promptly at convention headquarters at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, giving your complete mailing address so that mail during the year will reach you. lt would be helpful if you would also give your temporary Denver address in order that letters, telegrams and messages can be delivered to you readily while in Denver. By getting your luncheon and banquet tickets at the time you register, you will save time and trouble for yourself, and will greatly expedite the work of the local committee.

We thank you for your cooperation. THE BOARD OF DmEcToRs.

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WEDNESDAY

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P.M.-REGISTRATION OF DELEGATES

Lobby of L'Lncoln Room Shirley-Savoy Hotel

(NOTE: The registration desk will be open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, October 13, for the convenience of those who wish to register early.)

10:00 A.M. to 12:00-STATE CAUCUSES

Delegates Will caucus by states at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel to consider the following order of business:

Elect member of Legislative Committee. Elect member of Resolutions Committee. Elect Director.

Discuss reclamation problems and policies of the state,. including budget, state quota and any resolutions which the state desires to foster.

State caucus rooms as follows will be available throughout the convention:

Arizona- Empire Room. California- Colorado Room.

Colorado--Lincofn Room (main floor). Idaho- Room 234.

Kansas- Lincoln Room (north balcony). Montana- Spruce Room.

N ebraska- Lincoln Room (west balcony) . Nevada-Main mezzanine floor (north

end).

New Mexico-Lincoln Room (south bal-cony).

Oklahoma-Main mezzanine floor (south end).

North Dakota-South mezzanine floor. Oregon-Centennial Room.

South Dakota-Room 465. Texas-Room 460. Utah-Room 134.

Washington-Rooms 104-106.

Wyoming-Lincoln Room (main floor).

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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

I :30 P.M.-FIRST CONVENTION SESSION

PRESIDENT O. S. WARDEN, presiding. 1:35 P.M. INVOCATION

REV. W. SCOTT McMuNN, United Presby-terian Church, Denver.

1 :40 P.M. WELCOME TO DENVER

MAYOR B. F. STAPLETON of Denver. 1 :45 P.M. COLORADO AND RECLAMATION

HON. RALPH L. CARR, Governor of Colorado. 2 :05 P.M. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

DR. O. S. WARDEN, Publisher, Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Mont.

-2 :35 P.M. THE TREASURER'S REPORT

JAMES A. FORD, Manager, Spokane Cham-ber of Commerce, Spokane, Wash. 2:45 P.M. SECRETARY-MANAGER'S REPORT

FLOYD O. HAGlE, Secretary-Manager, Na-tjonal Reclamation Association, Wash-ington, D. C.

3:10 P.M. REPORT OF STATE CAUCUSES By Director of each state (5 minutes

each).

4:00 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN-MENT

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WEDNESDA Y EVENING

6:30 P.M.-DIRECTORS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE DINNER

Colorado Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

Includes Directors, Members of Legislative Committee and Resolutions Committee and two others from each state chosen by the Director, and such others as may be invited by the Board of Directors.

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding.

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THURSDAY

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PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding 9:45 A.M. "RECLAMATION AND WESTERN

DEVELOPMENT"

ABE FORTAS, Under Secretary, Depart-ment of the Interior, 'Washington, D. C.

10 :10 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 10:15 A.M. "RECLAMATION IN A WORLD AT

WAR"

JOHN C. PAGE, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D. C. 10 :45 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 10:50 A.M. "RELATIONSHIP OF RECLAMATION

AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION PROJECTS"

DR. IRA N. GABRIELSON, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D. C.

11 :15 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 11 :20 A.M. "WESTERN INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOP-MENT"

GEORGE MALONE, Managing Director, Industrial West Foundation, Reno, Nev.

11 :35 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 11 :40 A.M. OFFICIAL CONVENTION

PHOTO-GRAPH

Mile High Photo, Denver.

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12:15 P.M.-LUNCHEON

Empire Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

VICE-PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY, presiding ENTERTAINMENT

12:45 P.M. "IRRIGATION IN OUR WAR AND POST. WAR PERIOD"

JOHN W. HAW, Director, Agricultural Development Dept., Northern Pacific

Railway Co., St. Paul, Minn. 1 : 15 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding

2:00 P. M. "SOME TRENDS IN WESTERN WATER LAW"

WELLS A. HUTCHINS, Senior Irrigation Economist, Division of Irrigation, Soil Conservation Service, Berkeley,

Calif.

2 :25 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 2:30 P.M. "ANALYSIS OF BONE-SMITH

AMEND-MENTS TO BONNEVILLE ACT" CLIFFORD H. STONE, Director, Colorado

Water Conservation Board, Denver, Colo.

2 : 55 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 8:00 P.M. "INVESTMENT STATUS OF PRIVATE

AND FEDERAL PROJECTS"

G. W. LINEWEAVER, Acting Director of Information, Bureau of Reclama-tion, W ash~ngton, D. C.

8 :25 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 8:30 P.M. "COORDINATION IN ·THE DEVELOP.

MENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES" FRANK W. HERRING, Assistant

Direc-tor, National Resources Planning Board, Washington, D. C.

3 :50 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 4:00 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

ADJOURN-MENT

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THURSDAY EVENING

WATER USERS' FORUM

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Sa,voy Hotel-7 :80 P.M.

Presiding: JOHN S. MOORE, General Supervisor, Oper-ation and Maintenance, Bureau of ReclamOper-ation, Denver, Colo.

7 :40 P.M. "IRRIGATION PROBLEMS IN NORTH-ERN COLORADO"

J. M. DILLE, Secretary-Manager, Northern Colorado Water Conserv-ancy District, Greeley, Colo. 8 :00 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 8 :10 P.M. "THE EFFECT OF SOIL AND

MOIS-TURE'UPON GROWTH OF SUGAR BEETS"

S. B. NUCKOLS, Associate Agronomist, Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S.D.A., Scottsbluff, Nebr.

8: 80 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 8:40P.M. Motion Picture: "IRRIGATED PASTURE"

L. H. MITCHELL, Irrigation Advisor, Bu-reau of Reclamation, Denver, Colo. 9 :10 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN. MENT.

FRIDAY

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Lincoln Roo~Shirley-Sa'Voy Hotel

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding 9:45 A.M. "PREPARATIONS FOR POST-WAR

RECLAMATION DEVELOPMENT" DON McBRIDE, Director, Division of

Planning and Water Resources, Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board, Oklahoma City, Okla. 10 :10 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion . . 10 :15 A.M. "THE FUTURE OF THE" WATER

CON-SERVATION AND UTILIZ ATION PROGRAM"

Panel discussion

by-M. O. RYAN, Executive Secretary, Republican Valley Conservation As-sociation, McCook, Nebr.

WESLEY NELSON, Chief, Engineering Division, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D. C.

CLIFFORD WILLSON, Area Director, Farm Security Administration, Denver, Colo.

10 :55 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 11:00A.M. "POST-WAR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR

RIVER BASINS"

MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE REYBOLD, Chief of Army Engineers,

Washing-ton, D. C.

11 : 25 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion. 11 :30 A.M. "THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN

CONTI-NENTAL UNITED STATES" FRANK KEMP, President, Great

West-ern Sugar Company, Denver, Colo. 11 : 55 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN-MENT

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12: 15 P.M.-LUNCHEON

Empire Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding ENTERTAINMENT

12:45 P.M. "PROGRESS OF WAR PRODUCTION" J. A. KRUG, Deputy Director General for Priority Control, Washington, D. C. 1:15 P.M. Questions from the floor and discussion.

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FRIDA Y AFTERNOON

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding

2 :00 P.M. A FOUR-MINUTE MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 2 :05 P.M. UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF

CONVEN-TION

2:15 P.M. BUSINESS SESSION

Report of Audit Committee. Report of Budget Committee. Report of Legislative Committee. Report of Resolutions Committee. Selection of 1943 Convention City. 3 :45 P.M. MEETING OF BoARD OF DIRECTORS

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7:30 P.M. ELEVENTH ANNUAL BANQUET

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

Auspices of Denver Chamber of merce and Denver Convention Com-mittee of the National Reclamation Association.

(Informal) TOASTMASTER

HON. EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Senator from Colorado. INVOCATION

REV. RAYMOND A. WASER, First Plymouth Church, Denver, Colo.

MESSAGES FROM FRIENDS OF RECLAMATION PRESIDENT WARDEN ADDRESS

MAJOR GENERAL JOHN F. CURRY, U. S. A., Fourth District Headquarters, Denver, Colo. ADDRESS: THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE

ERIC JOHNSTON, President, Chamber of Com-merce of the United States, Spokane, Wash.

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(Through the courtesy of the Denver Convention Committee, copies of the Resolutions passed by the convention will be distributed at the close of the banquet to those desiring copies to take home.)

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Headquarters-Registration

The Lincoln Room lobby of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel will be convention headquarters. Here registration and information desks will be open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, October 13, and thereafter will be maintained for the convenience of all delegates. The registration fee is $1.00.

Luncheon and Banquet Tickets

Tickets for both luncheons and the annual banquet should be purchased at the time you register. Luncheon tickets are 90 cents each and the ban-quet ticket is $1.50.

Board of Directors

The Directors will meet October 12 and 13 in the Spruce Room of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, and thereafter during the convention at the call of the President.

Resolutions Committee

The Resolutions Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman in the Centennial Room of the Shirley-Savoy.

Legislative Committee

The Legislative Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman in the Colorado Room of the Shirley-Savoy.

State Caucuses

Delegates from each state will caucus at 10 :00 a.m., Wednesday, October 14, to select representa-tives to serve on the Board of Directors, the Resolutions Committee, and the Legislative Com-mittee and to discuss other matters. They may caucus at other times during the convention upon call of the Director. They will meet in rooms indicated on page one of this program.

Temporary Office

The President and Secretary-Manager will main-tain a temporary office during the convention in Room 512 of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Radio Broadcasts

Much of the convention program will be broad-cast over the facilities of Denver Radio Stations KOA, KIZ, KVOD, KFEL, KMYR.

Press Room

A press room in charge of Alberta Pike will be open throughout the convention in Room 148, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

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Denver Convention Committees under whose auspices this convention meets.

Executive Committee

CLIFFORD H. STONE, chairman, Denver. GEORGE M. CORLETT, Monte Vista. J. M. DILLE, Greeley.

FRANK C. MERRIELL, Grand Junction. JOHN B. O'ROURKE, Durango. VENA POINTER, Pueblo.

Publicity Committee

CHESTER LETTS, chairman, Denver. ALBERTA PIKE, Denver.

CLIFFORD H. STONE, Denver. CHARLES HANSEN, Greeley.

Finance Committee

GLENN G. SAUNDERS, chairman, Denver. L. WARD BANNISTER, Denver.

J. M. DILLE, Greeley.

GEORGE M. CORLETT, Monte Vista. A. C. STIEFEL, ex-officio, Denver.

Luncheon8 and Banquet and Entertainment Committee

JOHN B. O'ROURKE, chairman, Durango. FRANK C. MERRIELL, Grand Junction. MISS VENA POINTER, Pueblo.

IKE WALTON, Denver.

Hotel Reservations Committee, including Rail-road Reservations-IKE WALTON, chairman,

Denver.

Regi8tration Committee, including Informa-tion Service, Luncheon and Banquet Tickets, Badges, etc.

. CLARENCE M. HOCKOM, chairman, Denver.

Secretarial Service Committee

A. C. STIEFEL, chairman.

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Washington, D. C.

Officers

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ORA BUNDY, First Vice President

ROBERT W. SAWYER, Second Vice President

J. A. FORD, Treasurer

FLOYD O. HAGlE, Secretary-Manager

Directors

HUGO B. FARMER, Yuma, Arizona J. R. FAUVER, Exeter, California CLIFFORD H. STONE, Denver, Colorado

N. V. SHARP, Filer, Idaho E. PORTER AHRENS, Scandia, Kansas O. S. WARDEN, Great Falls, Montana

H. D. STRUNK, McCook, Nebraska A. M. SMITH, Carson City, Nevada E. W. BOWEN, Tucumcari, New Mexico

HARRY E. POLK, Williston, North Dakota FRANK RAAB, Canton, Oklahoma ROBERT W. SAWYER, Bend, Oregon W. D. BUCHHOLZ, Newell, South Dakota

R. E. BASKIN, Seymour, Texas ORA BUNDY, Ogden, Utah J. A. FORD, Spokane, Washington PERRY W. JENKINS, Cora, Wyoming

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Convention Notes

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Convention Notes Convention Notes

Wrr'H CONFIDENCE IN OUR ARMED FORCES-WITH THE UN BOUNDING DETERMINATION OF OUR PEOPLE -WE WILL GAIN THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH-SO HELP US GOD • • •

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

December 8th,

1941

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To Stop Advocating Reclamation Is to Let Western Development Run On Momentum, and Momentum Is