FOOD ADMn:ISTRA'l'OR, REQUESTS WPB GIVE GREEN LIGHT FOR EARLY CO!1l'LETIOH OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS FOR FOOD PRODUCTIOn

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 2 TO 30 INCHES ~ ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 30 TO 80 INCHES

U. S. Weather Bureau

VOL. VII NO.5

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DEDICATED TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE WATER FOR A PROFITABLE AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN AMERICA-THE CREAnON OF NEW HOMES-THE STABILIZATION OF DROUGHT AREAS. THIS WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG I

1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING, WASHINGTON. D. C.

May 13, 1943

CHESTER C. DAVIS, HEW

VlAR

FOOD ADMn:ISTRA'l'OR, REQUESTS WPB GIVE GREEN LIGHT FOR EARLY CO!1l'LETIOH OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS FOR FOOD PRODUCTIOn

On }~y

10, Chester C. Davis, the new War Food Administrator, requested the War Production Board to rescind the construction stop orders issued on November 16 last, and to grant high priority ratings for the necessary rraterial, equipment and manpower required to complete the following irriGation projects in order to increase the food productive capacity of the west:

1. Roza unit (gravity section), Yakima project, Washington 2. Newton project, Utah

3. Anderson Ranch Dam , Idaho

4. Colorado-Big Thompson project, Colorado

WPB REQUESTS DAVIS SIJBMIT OVER-ALL LIST OF PROJECTS upon WHICH HE SEEKS EARLY CONS TRUC T IOU

On

the same day, at the request of War Production Board, Food Administrator Davis submitted the following list of projects as (,,, partial list of' an over-all irrieation war food program (

t

o be added to later):

Friant Dam, Central valley Project, california Madera Canal, Central Valley Project, California

Roze. unit (gravity section), Yakima Project, Washington Newton Project, Utah

Anderson Ranch TIa

m

, Idaho

Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado

Klamath-Modoc Division,

Kla~th

Project, Oregon

~ncos

Project, Colorado Riverton Project, Wyoming

Rapid Va.lley Project, South Dakota

The final over-all list of irrigation projects was to give the War Production Board a general idea of j'..lst about how far the new War Food Administrator desires to go with such projects and about how much critical material would be required.

Also, such of the projects as may be informally approved by War Production Board can be sent to the Bureau of the Budget with request that supplemental budget estimates to c over same be sent to the Senate Interior subcommittee on appropria- tions, and appropriations could be made available so that if the War Food Admin- istration and the Wnr Production Bcurd finally agreed on the project, money would be available for immediate construction.

A Department of

A~riculture

inter-departmental commdttee made up of men from the (a) Agricultural Adjustment Agency; (b) Bureau of AGricultural Economics;

(c) Office of Land Use Coordination are engaged in making a project-by-project study

OFFICERS

O. S. WARDEN. PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT W. SAWYER. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT J. A. FORD. TREASURER

F. O. HAGlE. SECRETARY-MANAGER

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 0.5. WARDEN. GREAT FALLS. MONTANA

DIRECTORS

H. D. STRUNK. MC COOK. NEBRASKA A. M. SMITH. CARSON CITY. NEVADA E. W. BOWEN. TUCUMCARI. NEW MEXICO HARRY E. POLK. WILLISTON. NORTH DAKOTA

FRANK RAAB. OKLAHOMA CITY. 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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of two score

~r

more approved and unapproved irrigation projects which offer quick production with a minimu:m. of c.ritical material and as little new farm equipment as possible. As this study progresses

~~d

conclusions are reached, it is anticipated that the War Food Administrator will recommend more projects to the War Production Board's approval, and early construction by the Bureau of Reclamation.

BUREAU OF RECLAMATIOl'{ OFFICIALS BUSY PR}I~PARING FOR E!'lERGENCY WARTIME IRRIGATION FOOD PROGR.Al'1

Bureau of Reclamation officials are working with the DepartJ'1 ent of Agricvlture and the War Food Administration qy

(a) submitting projects for consideration;

(b) supplying inform ation

concernin~

time, material, and manpower requ.ired to oonstruot each project, amount and kind of food it will produce. etc_;

(c) some redesigning of proje

cts to eliminate use of

excessive amounts of critical materials;

(d) the

spo~soring

of amendments to the Case-Wheeler Act to permit the construction of Case-Wheeler projects as war emergency food projects; and (e) at the reques

t

of the Har Food Administrati

o

n,

are drafting

a

bill to authorize construction and operation and maintenance of irrigation pro- jects for w

artime purposes with yery 1:Jroad powers

for a period not to exceed five years or one year after the war, upon the certification of wartime necessity by the War Food Administrator and clearance by the War Production Board.

WPB RULING 1'1AKES AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMEHT CLAIMANT AG1iJ~T FOR C ~TICAL MATERIALS REXtUIRED ON ALL IRRIG~~TION PROJECTS

The sponsorship of irrigation

projects by the War Food Administration and the

Department of

l~riculture

before the War Production Board was made necessary by an order of February 24, which made the Department of Agrioulture Uthe claimant agent"

for critical material in the construction of any irrigation project.

After careful study since January 25, Department of Agriculture officials have reached the conclusion and have so stated to the War Production Board, that more food will be produced by using part of Agriculture's allocation of steel in the construction or completion of certain irrigation projects than by the use of 'the same amount of steel

in

farm machinery; hence the decision to lift stop orders that shut down construction on a score or more of federal irrigation projects last

^l

November.

WPB

GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO THREE FEATURES OF CEHTRAL VALLEY PROJECT

Early this week, the War Production Board made its first announcement pertain- ing to the list of projects submitted by the War Food Administrator$ when they issued the statement that work has been authorized to the following extent on the Central Valley Project items, two of which appear on the above list:

1. Completion of Friant Dam

by

the installation of

three valves required for storage and release of water.

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2. Completion of Madera Canal leading from }l

"'riant Dam

38 miles westward to the Chowchilla River area.

3. Continuation

of

concrete work on Keswick Dam.

It is believed in Washington that this pro

.

ject had a "nod" from the White House. Further announcements by the War Production Board on other projects are anticipated within the week.

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r

EDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

Credit for the final recognition of irrigation's contribution to the war food pro

gram can be divided (to name a few) among the following:

1. Certain project sponsors who never gave up the belief that ultimately food would become one of the most critical of all war materials and that irrigation food projects which were needed in pre-war days would bec

o

me essential war projects.

2. Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, who, in January, 1943, wrote Commissioner Page and asked that the Burea.u of Reclamation prepare an accelerated emergency construc- tion program for increasing war food production on irrigated land, and who, with the aid of Congressman J. Will Robinson of Utah, organized the Senate and House members to press for such a program.

3. To Mr. N. E. Dodd, practical irrigation farm

er from

Oregon, who as Director of the West

ern Division of

the Agricultural Adjustment Agency , and therefore in charge of seeing th

at more food was produced in the

thirteen western states, immediately realized that to

grow more food in the West meant eithG

r more irri- gation water on lands now being farmed, or more new land under irrigation.

~ .

To Chester C. Davis, new War Food Administrator, a westerner, who Imows the soundness of the conclusions reached by Mr. Dodd, and was willing to back him up.

5. And to countless friends of western irrigation

throughout the West, in Washington and in the Congress, who have helped educate administrative leaders con- cerning the contribution Which these projeots oould make to our food production program.

STATUS OF INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL

The House completed hearings on the Interior appropriations bill before the

Easter recess. The bill is now written up and will be reported to the floor of the

House early the week of

M

ay 17 with action promised later the same week. Just what

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^{13, 1943}

the bill may carry for reclamation will not be known until it goes onto the floor for considerati

o

n.

It is anticipated that Senate hearings on the bill will be delayed until the

W

ar Production Board will have time to scan the list of irrig

ation projeots which

they have asked the War Food Administration to submit to them as an over-a ll list of projects which the Agriculture Depa.rtment desires to see under construction during the next few months.

Such projects as may be informally approved by War Production Board from this over-all group, will be sent to the Bureau of the Budget w5.th a request that supple- mental budget estimates be sent to the Senate Interior subcommittee on appropria-

tions. It is anticipated that Senate hearings will be delayed lmtil such budget estimates have been reoei.ved by the Senate committee. It must be remembered,

however, that the bill must be passed before June 30, the end of tile present fiscal year. Therefore, it is safo to assume that in

any

eyent hearings will start late

in

M

ayor early in June.

s. J. RESOLUTION 55 WOULD TRAN SF3R INDIAN IRRIGATION TO BUREAU OF RECLAMATION The above numbered Senate Joint Resolution,

by

Senator Wheeler, (copy attach- ed) deserves the careful study of all reolamation people throughout the West.

Advise your senators and congressmen of your concluSions, sending a copy to this office.

COM!1[SSION.~R

JOll'J C. PAGE RECUPERA TES

FIDM

NERVOUS

~~XHADSTION

AFTER SEVEN

TSARS OF

-GR-UE-l:'.;-L-L-I-

N

G

OVER~e:-:::I~}1E=-J--'---

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The many friends of Commissioner Page will be glad to le

arn that he has final-

ly been persuaded to take a well-earned rest and recuperate from the nervous ex- haustion resulting from observing seven a.m. to seven

p.m. office hours almost

seven de.ys

a

week for seven

ye

ars. Anyway, the dandel

i.

ons in his front yard were beginning to get ahead of him here in this rain-soaked

climate. While catching up

with his dandelion crop and using up a bit of his accu

m

ulated annual leave, he has gained ten or twelve pounds in weight and is beginning to feel more like his old self again.

Respectfully submitted,

F. O. Hagie, Seoretary-Manager

NOTE

a

This is to advise our membership that the office of the

H

ational Reolamation Association is located in postal delivery zone 4- In the future, corres- pondence with the National Reclamation Association's Washington office should be addressed as follows:

National Reclamation

~issociatio.n

1119

N

ational Press Building

Washington 4, D. c. ^or

F. o. Hagie

1119

National Press Building

Washington 4, D. c.

-78mCONGRESS 1ST SESSION

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RES 55

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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MAY 5 (legislative day, MAY 3), 1943

Mr. WHEELER introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

JOINT RESOLUTION ·

To provide for the transfer to the Bureau of Reclamation of func-

tions relating to irrigation projects on Indian reservations. \,'

:ii'

1

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representati'Pes 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3

That the functions, powers, and duties of the Bureau . of 4 Indian Affairs with respect to irrigation projects on Indian 5 reservations are hereby transferred to, and shall be adminis- 6 tered by, the Bureau of Reclamation.

7

SEC.

2. All records and property (including office equip-

S ment, contracts, agreements, and leases) and all ' personnel

9 used primarily in the administration of such projects, are

10 hereby transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation for use in

11 the administration of the functions, powers, and duties trans-

2

1 ferred pursuant to the first section of this joint resolution:

2

Provided, That any of the personnel of the Bureau of Indian

3 Affairs transferred by this joint resolution found by the Com-

4

missioner of Reclamation to be in excess of the personnel

5

necessary for the efficient administration of the functions 6 so transferred shall be retransferred under existing law to

7

other. positions in the Government service.

S

SEC.

3. The unexpended balances of appropriations, 9 allocations, or other funds (including repayments) hereto- 10 fore or hereafter made available for carrying out such prod- 11 ects, shall be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation and 12 shall be available for such purposes, subject to any conditions 13 and limitations (including obligations chargeable to ·such 14' appropriations, allocations, or other funds) that existed prior 15 to such transfer.

16

SEC.

4. This joint resolution shall become effective on

17 July 1, 1943.

78TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

s. ^{J. RES. 55}

JOINT RESOLUTION

To provide for the transfer to the Bureau of Reclamation of functions relating to irriga- tion projects on Indian reservations.

By Mr. WHEELER

MAy 5 (legislative day, MAY 3), 1943

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Mairs

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 2 TO 30 INCHES ~J ANNUAL i'-RECIPITATION 30 TO BO INCHES

U. S. Weather Bureau

DEDICATED TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE WATER FOR A PROFITABLE AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN AMERICA-THE CREATION OF NEW HOMES-THE STABILIZATION OF DROUGHT AREAS. THIS WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG I

Vol. VII No. 1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDlNG, WASHINGTON, D. C. February 3, 1943

To ~enators, C.onGressmen and I1embers:

THE REORGANIZED FOOD PHODUCTI01T ADMINISTRATION

In a recent clash between FSA and AM to see which would have the dominant role in carryinG forward the Food Production Program; uTriple Aft won out and l"T.r. H. W.

Parisius resigned as Director of the Food Production Administration. He is succeeded by II. Clifford Townsend, ex-governor of Indiana, who has heen servinG as Associate Jirector of the "Triple An service.

t1r. Townsend will he.ve as associate directors 111'. J. B. Hutson, formerly president of Commodity Credit Corporation, and A. G. Black, Governor of Farm Credit Associa- tion. D. A. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director of the Office of AGricultural War Relations, was. named Deputy Director ^Q

Hr. N •. E. Dodd, fin irrigation farmer from near Baker, Oregon, is Director of the Western Division for the AGricultural Adjustment Administration, and is therefore in clw.rce of seeine that all food quotas assigned to thirteen western irrigation states are produced.' I''fr. Dodd realizes that from now on any total i~crease of food and fiber must come from irribatin~ more land or by furnishinE supplemental water supplllis to land now being irriGated with an inadequate water supply.

FOOD ADMINISTRATOR IlJCREASES EIGHT CROPS MORE THAN SEVEN I1ILLIOKS ACRES FOR 1943 Within the last two weeks the 1943 food goals have been increased by 500,000 acres more of dry edible beans, 100,000 acres more of white potatoes, 2,000,000 acres of soy beans, 1,810,000 acres of p8anuts, 500,000 [~cres of flax~ 2,000,000 acres of sorghum, 234,000 acres of sweet potatoes, 60,000 acres of dry peas -- a total of

7

,2l3~OOQ acres increase over llJLi.2 for just eiGht crops.

The Department of AEriculture expects t o make 0500;000,000

ot

incentive payments to brinE about these and other shifts of acrea[:e from-norrna.l crops to hi~h-food-value

crops. Hhile this shiftinG of farm land from the proquction of feed crops to hiGh- food-value crops is prqbably a necessary emerGency measure, it will inevitably result in less meat, milk, sUGar, and other food and fiber that are essential to ~ well

'oalru1ced a~ricultural economy.

There is no new land in the :8ast or I1iddlewest to be brou[;ht into production. We, ar ... d the half of the world which depends upon American food tq supplement their star- vation diet,' are therefore forced t o irriga.te more land, or tiehten our collective belts to -- 110 one knows how tiGht.

FOOD PRODUCTION ADrlIrISTRATIOl~ DIRECTOR

now

IlNDSTIGATIlTC'r EXPEDITIHG conSTRUCTION OF

WEs?rEmT

IRRIGATIOl~ PROjECTSAS"}tA.1fS-OF' SOLVIIIG FOOD SHORTAGEP'ROBLEI1

High officials of the newly-constituted Food Production Administration are now re- viewinG a number of the Bureau of Reclarmtion pr0jects which have been under con- struction and are nearinG completion, but upon which construction VIas slowed down or

OFFICERS

O. S. WARDEN. PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT W. SAWYER. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT J. A. FORD. TREASURER

F. O. HAGlE. SECRETARY-MANAGER

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

DIRECTORS

H. D. STRUNK. MC COOK. NEBRASKA A. M. SMITH. CARSON CITY. NEVADA E. W. BOWEN. TUCUMCARI. NEW MEXICO HARRY E. POLK. WILLISTON. NORTH DAKOTA FRANK RAAB. OKLAHOMA CITY. 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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3,

1943

stopped recently by the stop order of the War Production Board. This study is to determine how much production they might be able to get in the quickest possible time with the least expenditure of critical material, aLd manpower, by having the projects rushed to completion and put immediately into the production of such deficit crops as listed above.

The followinG letter from the Food Production Director Townsend will be of inter- est to readers of this bulletin:

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DEPARTMElTT OF AGRICULTURE Washington

T1r. Floyd

o.

Hagie, Secy.-f1gr.

lJati onal Reclamation Association ll19 IJational Press Building

Washin~ton, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hagie:

.January

25, 1943

We appreciate the constructive iriterest manifested by the national Reclamation Association in the development of water and land resources of the West to the end that a s~bstantial and stable agricultural economy is developed and ~~in-

tained' there, and ·that ,duT inE wartime, westerll agricultural -resources are utilized to the maximum in 'pr:oduction of food for our mili t!:lry, lend-lease, 'and civilian needs. In this reGard we are acy,nowledging your letters of December 9 and 16 and those to Secretary Wickard, Grover B. Hill, Samuel

B.

Bledsoe, Carl

. Hamilton,' E. H. Wiecking, Roy F'. Hendrickson, and Co B. Baldwin~

There is a growing public rec()cnition. of the importance of food and its produc- tion in the conduct .of. the war. He were. fortunate to ha~le some reserves of corn and wheat. at the beginninr; of the W8.r. The ~ast crop year was unusually favor- able for food production from the -standpoint of climatic conditions. Our'

farmers took full advantage of the situati on and produced record yields. However, e;ven with nearly all production' factors in our favor, the demands for food by our armed forces, allies, and civilian population are s.~ great that· we" are havinp.;

to ration many items to be sure that each person gets his fair share of the supplies available.

Goals have been set for the production of food in the farminG year 1943 which ex-

.ceeC).. in total 'the 'record- pro uction of-:"'1'J42. H-owe-v-er-, they are alt er,ed consider-

ably.from the 1942 compos'iti~n to provide more foods of hie;h nutritive val~e and less of those of lower food value. Availability of farm labor" fe.rm 'machinery and other equipment, fertilizers, and insecticides will all have an important be.arinr; on the success our farmers :b.a.ve in attainment of these goals. But over-

~hadowinG even these critical factors are the ullcertainties of .the weather, and we ne.ed look back but a few years to recall what droucht can do to our produc- tion efforts.

Irrie;ated areas offer. the definite advantage of assured production of the many-

'f06d, f~e~ ana-fibei crops they are capable of producine. I~ faet , if droueht

comes, those aroas adequately supplied with water and well farmed Tray be the only ones which produce at near to nor~al capacity_ The location of ·this p'ro- duction in' the West, with its large and increasinc military and civilian food requirements, includine; food for foreicn shipment, is another consideration not

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³ February 3, 1943 The Har Production Board feels that 1943 is perha.ps the most critical year of the Vlar from the standpoint of metal supply • Recommendations for use of

critical metals at this time for agricultural purposes must, ,.therefore be most , carefully weiched aeainst the paramcunt, present 'need· for ' ships and planes and,'

~uns. However, looking to the .food situatiO!~ in the years, immediately ahead -- as ,'we must -- I belieye a care'ful re-exaTI:lination~ on a p'~ojec"t;-by-project basis, jf the production pc ssibill ties of reclamat:ion e'ri"terpris'~s is in order, with ' due regard, of course, to the realit'ies of ,the situation,' res·p.ectinc materials, farm mac:1inery, management 'and labo'r, the time required, and other practical qonsiderations affecting .each project. In consult~~ion with the Bureau of , R~clamation, such ^0.' study, has b"e'o'n be gun. " , '

.i

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(Sicned) M. ' CLIFFORD TOWnSEND ' Director

Food P~oduc,ti0n Admi,nis,tration '

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PRESIDEHT WARDElI SEEDS FERSOnAL !'IESSAGE TO 'ALL COIJIJECTED WITHWESTERlT L'R:~IGAT'IOn AGHICULTURE

The ev'ide:;'1ce ':is concl1.1si va today ,'tha't' ,the for'tunes ' of war aro tlirning ,our way upon each of the Jinjor battle fronts. There is, however~

a

^{mounting dif~}

ficulty at home. An over-shadowinc pr'oole'm is -- ,as the war goes on through ,the year 1943 -- where wi'll we get the, f.ood, for the allied armies and for thl?

crop-less friendly countries where

men '

a.nd women and children,'are 'hUngry' now,?'

",There is clearly a message that should Co out to the West. If ,there is tq ,be,

an' fncreas'e in fond production within the Unite'a States' d'uring :the year 1943,"

over '1942, much of it must be' do'ne in the reclamation'states ,that belong to"

our Association, and that, too, in the face of labor shortae;e,farm machinery

, 1, needs, and other difficulties.

·Speai.-i:nc '

for the lfatlonal 'Reclamation AS'sociation and' it'S 17-statemem- bership, we are declaring to Goverlunent agencies 'that the West will push aside inconvenience and difficulty ' if 'the Food Adminlstr'ation of the government will square away quickly -- before' March 1 -- and rna'ke known the desired crop pro- gram, incl udine the assura:1.Ce of ~abor to build prod,l.lction in rural sections of the country. Food requirements 'going out this, year may equal close, to one-haif of a normal crop. The situatiOli'may become so critical that some workers will' have to. ,come from the front ' for awhile and help

, on ,

the ·farm.

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The 'Department of Agriculture already' says" we' should increase eight crops

by mor~ than seven million additional ,acres. I ,am sure we shoul.d ,increase the home production of sUGar beets in 194.3~ , The de~nd for livest~ck' will inc'rease.

It is not too much to say ~very additional' new farm acre" tn th~' ,'~e,cla- mation sta.tes will be a patriotic contribution to the win."1ing of the war and to feeding hunGry people thereafter. Wi th a farm la.bor, ,shortage of

1,60o,. ooq,

and mountinG demands for food, there is a distinct challenge'

on

^t:he home front.

HEARllIGS START M.t\RCH 15TH ,

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O. S. WARDEH, ,President lJational':Reclamation Assn.

He,ar~nes,.',on .:Interior Appropriation' Bill are now scheduled to corrunence ahout,

~rch 15th;'"

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Bulletin No.4 - 4 February 3, 1943

THIS YEAR f S RECLAl'1ATIOH COl:'STRUCTIOn BUDGET

The budcet estimates which President Roosevelt sent to"doneress on January

7

con- tains items only for administrati ve expen~e of the Burea.u of Re.clamation, genetal investications for post-war projec'hs, the protection of project ~orks against possibre sabotat;e and· tVfo small iteMs in bonnect'ion with Boulder Dam.

It is understood that by agreement between Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Depart- ment; and the Bureau of the Budget officials, the matter of how much the present Concress should be asked to appropriate for reclamation construction work should be left. ,~o the new Foo.d Product.ion Administration and the llew Congress, and there it rests todaT~

On the next page of this bul.letin you will find fieures which tell the story of each project.which has been undertaken,- its' pfese?1t' status, what is required to com- plete it, and something ot: what it will produce if finished and farmed.

We believe that the friends, of-each project will be renderinG a patriotic service to all of America and especially to the peoples of all of our allied nations and to the subjugated. nations of Europe, by helpine; to b'et those projects completed, which could produce the most foodstuffs, in the quickest tlme and with the least critical

naterials. '

DO WE OR DO, HE ,NOT HEED , MORE IRRIGATED WID?

On January 26, ,1943 the Departrrent of Agricultu're ar;ai~ revised their' 19L_t3 food

goa:Isby-'c~nffTo-r-7~ 213, 000 additional acres among

e

iCht' high·-food-value crops, as_ foliows: " - - - -,- - - - -,- . - - - -,--'---

Crops 1942 1943 Increase

Acreage Acreag'e over '1942

Soy Beans 10,500,000 12,000,000 2,000,000

Peanuts 3,690,000 5,500,000 1,810,000

Flax , 5, 000, 000 ' ' 5',500,000 500,000

SorghuI,Tl 10,000,000 ' , , 12,000,000 2,000,000

Sweet Potatoes 757,000 1,000,000 '243',000

Dry Peas ': 665,000 725,000 60,000

*Potatoes 3,160,000 3,260,000 100,000

*Beans 2,800,000 3,30Q,000 500,000

Total increase of acreage for 19L~3 over

194.2

on 8 crops 7,2'13, 000

*Crop a?re~ge increase announced previous week.

(On PaGe 218 of the Report' of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1942 we find this 'revealinG pa.ragr~ph)

,

" ••• o.A long-t ime ne ed for the lar ger product ion is. apparent. The war is showing up ugly facts about nutrition in the United States, especially health , deficiencies amonG' men of dr'aft age. If our population brows to 150,~:000, 000 by

1960, we may need the products of an additional 40,000,000 acres to feed it properly. Moreover, we may need more farm products for industrial uses. In short, we have both the need and the opportunity for a better use of our pro- ductive land."

state Project

1

Arizona. 1 Gila

STATUS OF BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PROJECTS 'UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOWING FUNDS APPROpaIATED, TOTAL COST,

AND POTENTIAL CROP PRODUCTION VALUES 'UPON COMPLETION

: : : :perc~nttige :Percentage : Irrigable . Area, 191;2: . b1 timate flcreage '

of o t : seI'V'ed by : to be benefited : Power CapacitY' :Appropriated : Provided : Funds

1943 ( 1 1,249,475 :

~dget 1

1944 : Provided To : :(June 30, 1943):

DOL L·A R S 01 8,661,660

1

Total Cost ot Project

:Total Cost: Project :~ Project Works tJ lPi"iJii&ry Suppli, : :

Provided: Completed:-: : MostlY' ~Supplemental:Insta1led:Ult1mate:

Dec.l1 42:~ISupplementlllt New Land ' Water : )

21,250,000 : 41 35

A C R.E S KILOWATTS ) l

162,000 : Arizona-Galifornia lParker DIm Power 1,939,~ 0: 15,46/.,400 16,625,000

1SO,OOO,000 50,040,000

93 93 16

93 88 2

: 90,000 120,000:

'Arizona-Nevada

California

Co1orac'l"

Idaho

'!ontana

Nebraska

New;lexico

North Dakota Oklahoma

~ .. regon South ~kota

Texas utah

Washington

Wyoming

TOTAIS

1

:Boulder Canyon tDavis Dam :

cAll-American . Canal :Central 'lalley:

Storage Power : Irrigation

: Total

:lCings River :Klamath-Modoc Unit

t

:Co1orado-Big Thompson :Uancos

:San Luis Valley : Boise-Anders on

: 4,999,750 3,999,475 : 1,000,000 : :(19,758,000) : t(18,011,000) : :( 1,250,000):

: 39.019.000 1

o :

6,249,000

o o

Ranch Dam :Boise-Payette Divisiont :Palisades

2,249,970

o o

:Buffalo Rapids:

: Second Division tpoort Peck PoWer

:l~irage Flats : Tucamcari : Buford-'!'renton :Altus (Lugert-Altus)

:Deschut~s

:Ang0 stura :Rapid Valley :

:Valley Gravity :Newtan :Provo River :

:Grv.:xi Coulee Dam:

Storage Power Irrigation

o o

750,000

o

400,000 100,000

o o

o o

2,000,000

: :

: ( 1,590,(00):

:(17,582,675) :

:e 0):

Total : 19,17Z,675 :Yakima: Roza Division: 800,000 :Eden

:Kendrickl

I Storage I(

I Power I(

I Irrigation :(

: Total

: Riverton :Shoshone':'Reart

Mountain Division

o

0):

0):

20,000):

20,000 :

724,81~o : o ¹

800, ()()Q: 139,247,516 0: 7,999,475

:

0: 34,825,160 65,000,000

: :

0:

0:

0:

(92,407,000) :3/(107 ,540,000) : (30,260,000):- ( 61,302,000):

(27,302,000): (96,148,000):

149.969.000: 264,990.000:

0:

0:

°

52,944,000

300,000 884,000 0: 17,299,070

0:2/ 680,000 0:- 262,000

0:

0:

0:

:.

0:

0:

6,249,970 6,250,000

o

1,228,000 499,475 0: y 1,196,000 0:

0:3/

0:

: 0:

4,980,000 906,000 3,135jQOO : 3,270,000

\ o~ 2/1,89B,OOO 0: y 1,150,000 0: 2,500,000 , 0: 2/ 402,500 0: r/9,915,OOO

:

0: (109,613,000):

0: ( 64,739,675):

( 4,875.000):

179,227,675 : 0: 12,12$,000 0; y ^1,200,000

: 0: ( 4,850,000):

0: ( 4,760,000):

0: ( 9.107,000):

18,717,000 : :

0:

: 6,967,840 0: 4,550,000

58,249,000 1,600,000 17,887,000

13,100,000 9,113,000 15,000,000

1,840,000 8,665,000

2,5ffi,ooo

8,155,000 : 1,946,000 6,417,000 8,1.00,000 3,938,000 2,730,000 : 65,200,000

811,000 18,470,000 : (112,850,000) : (102,320,000) : (220.564,000) : 435,734,000 : 18,08$,000

2,445,000 I L~,850,OOO):

( 4,760,(00):

( 10.390,(00):

;>9,000,000 ^I 10,192,000

6,500,000 84,673,655 800,000: 62;2,235,741 1,359,570,000

Uore than half of cost of project to be charged to municipal water supply.

54 86 49 28 57

90 30 43 15

48 69 o

67 6 47 61 47 49 39 48 42 38 50 54

97 63 22 4T'"'""

~ 49

70

50

48 - 0 - 68 24 39

°

33 55

°

67

°

58 47 43 38

o

13

o

43 47

18

: : 34,658:

42,500:

4b,947

85,000

403

8'7,.158: 655,350 : '

:.

506,027

37,000

52,763

11,600

12,000 45,000 13,400 70,000 50,000 16,120

65,000 565 10,000

6S,ooo

8,500

36,000 100,000 41,000

523,000

2,000,000 860,000

615,000 10,000 400,000 .

320,000 :

: 951,300 :1,322,000:

225,000:

: 454,000:

: 146,000:

: 161,200:

1,200,000 :

35,000:

46,947

.L2,OOO :

550,000. 18,000:

1,660 : :

85,000 8,600:

11,500

344,000 :1,974,000:

32,400:

: 1,600:

: : 32,400:

: 1,600:

6,6129,13) :1,419,300:4,524,800:

Labor contributed bY' W. P. A. and C. C. C. not included. the amounts shown are estimated reimbursable coata for which part1al allotments_l have been made.

Includes 112,000,000 allocation for navigation benefit.

Acreage Bureau prepared to supply.

Januar;y 29, 1943

75,000,000

125,000,000 43,000,000 1,480,000 30,650,000 ~

300,000 16,000,000

12,SOO,000 2,110,520 48,000,000

348,000

360,000 1,350,000 402,000 2,100,000 1,500,000 483,600 360,000 27,500,000 111,250 5,000,000

48,000,000 5,400,000 600,000

1,080,000 3,000,000 1;250,000 465, 135,370

Bulletin No.

4

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6

February

3, 1943

NETJ COtIMITTEES IN HOUSE MiD SENA7E OF IlnERBST

fro

WESTERN RECLAMATIOHISTS House Committee on AGRICULTURE

Democrats

Hampton P. Fulmer-:--chairman, John l{J. Flannagan, Jr., Va.

Hi6hard M. Kleberg, Texa's Harold ·D. 'Cooley, H. C'.

Orville Zimmonrtan, No.

Stephen Pace, Ga.

Edward W. Cr.eal; Ky.

W. R.

Poage, Texa~- . George M. Grant, Alt;l..

Pat Cannon~ Fla.

Vict or Wickersham, .'Okla • . Jerry Voorhis, Calif.

Walter

K.

Granger~ p'tah

S. C.

Republicans C:liffcird; R. ~Iope.,· Kans .•

J. Ro1alld Kinzer, Pelma.

FrE?4.· G.' t9-~rchrist, Iowa AU'Gust II'. Andresen, Minn.

Ant'()ll J ~ Johns on;' Ill.

Reid F.· ·Murray,· Wisc.

Cliff Cle·venger,· 'Ohio George W~ Gillie, Ind.

Edwin Arthur Hall, N. Y. "

P

Ross ~iz1ey, Okla. ~_; ^r,

William·S. Hill,·Colo.

Joseph·R. FartinEton, Hawaii

J~:rp. McCord, Tenn •..

. Bolivar Pagan, Puerto Rico

House Committee on IRRIGATION'

-

^, and^.-,.-.--..^----RECLAMA.TION ^{~-.~ ... ~--} Democrats'

Compt on I. Hhi te, cha:irmalJ, Ida.

J. W. Robinson, Ut.ah· .. · John R. f1urdock, Ari z.

James F. O'Connor, Mont.

Thomas

E.

Scanlon, Penna.

James Domengeaux, La.

Eugene Worley, Texa~

Andrew L. Somers, N,. Y.

Antonio M. Ferna.nde~

, . n.

^M.

George E. C~t1and,' Calif.

William L • . newson, . Ill.

Sena~e Committee on AGRICULTURE Democrats'

Ellison D. Smith, chairman, S. C.

Burton K. Wheeler, r1ont.

Elmer Thomas, Okla. ,"

John H •. Benkh'aad, Ala~

Hattie H. Caraway" A.r~.

Carl A~ Hatch, N. M.

The~dore' G. Bilbo, ·Miss.

"Guy M. Gillette " 19wa Al i('~n' j. Ell'ender, La.

Scot1J H ⁰ Lucas', ·I1i. ·"

Tom 3t ewart, 'fenn. . ..

Richard B.·.·.Russe1t·,. Ga ....

Sonate Cornin.i.ttee on IRRr'GATION and RECLAMATION Democra:t s . :

John H. Bank~lead, ~h~irman, Ala.

Pa t McGarran,. Hev ..

John H • . Oyerton, La •.

Carl A. Hatch, N. Ii.

Joseph C. 0' J'1ihoney, Hy.o.

Dennis Chavez'; N. M.· D. Worth Clark, Ida.

She ridan DoWney, ,Ca.lif, Ernest W.· lli Far la'nd ,. Ariz.

w.

^{Lee O'Daniel, Texas}

Republlcans

Dewe~r Short, Mo.

Robert F. Rockvvel1, Colo.

William Lemke, N. D.

ehe,ster H. Br os ~, .. Penna.

.. A. -L. Mfller,· iTebr.

Lowell Stockman, Ore.

John Phill~ips, CaJ.,if • . Ch,ester: 'E. Merrow', II. H.

Frank. A'. Barrett, \oIyo.

~alt )Ioran, ~a~h.

Repub licans Charles L:--McLJary,-ore.

Arthur Capper, Kans.

Henrik· Shipstead, 1'linn.

Raimond

E. '

Willis, ·Ind • . GeorgeD. 'Aiken, vt.

Gerald P. Nye) N. D.

V

Eugene D~ Millikin, Colo.

Harlan J~' Bushfield, S. D.

. R.epub.1 ieans

. Cha.rles· L:I1cUary., Ore.

Hiram W ~ Johns'on, Calif.

Chan Gurney; S. D.

John Thomas, Ida. / ' Hugh A. But ler I lJebr.

J/

Eugene D. Millikin, Colo.

Wm. Langer, lJ. D.

Senate Commi tt~_e...:.:~.?_,APP.!\OPRIATIONS

.

.

"Demo~rats : '

Carter Glas s, 'chairman, Va.

KennetH McK~ llar , , Tenn~'

Car I Hayden, Ari

z

~ Elmer Thomas, ',Okla"

Millard

E.

Tydings.,

111.

Richard B. Russe11; Ga~

Pat l"'bCarran,' Nev~

John

H.

Overton, L~~

Jolm H. BarJiChead, Ala ~:'

Joseph 'C~ OfM3.honey,

'Wyo.

Harry S. Truman, Mo.

Theodore F. Green, R.

I.

Franic Maloney, Conn.

Dennis Chavez,

N.

M.

J ame s M. Me ad, N. Y.

Burnet R. Maybank:~, S. , C.

• ~ " ( r.

, ,

House Commi'ttee on, APPROPRI'ATIONS

Demo~rats

Clarence Cannon, p,hairrm:n, ,Mo.

Clifton A •. WO,odrumj, Va. ^!, Louis Lud.low, Ind.

Maloolm C. Tarver,., Q~.

Jed Johnson, Okla.

J. Buell Snyder, Penna.

Emmet O'Neal,

Ky.

James M. Fitzpatrick,

u.

Y.

Louis C. Rabaut, tTich.

Joe Starnes'"Ala.

John H. Ket,r,'; 1J. fC.

George' H" r-ahdn, T~'ya's,::

Harry R. Sheppard, ,Ca:li,f.

Butler ~. Hare, S. iC •. ',;. " ~

Albert Thorns; T~xas, . ", ... , ',' ' Joe Hendricks, ,li'la.

~lichael 'J. Kirwan, Ohio

John M. Coffee, Wash.

W.

F. Norrell, Ark.

Albert Gore, Tenn.

Elmer H. Wene,

n.

J.

Clinton P. Anderson, N. 11.' Jamie L. \mitten, t-liss.

Thomas J. 0' B~.~en" ,:)~l •

James M. Curley, I"b.ss . ..

. ~" .:':"1.

"

Feb'ruary

3, i943

. eRe'pub l~cans

Gerald, p~ 'Nye~ H.' D.

Styles Bridges;

N.

H.

Henry Cabot Lodge ~ Jr., Mass.

Rufus C. Holman,' 'Ore-•

Wallace H. White, Jt -., ·l1a.ine", Chan Gurney, S.' D. · .; . C. Wayland'Brooks; Ill.

Clyde M. Reed, Kans.

Harold H. Burton, O~io' ', ~'

INTERIOR subcommittee '-

o •

Carl Hayden, Ariz. Denn~s Ghavez, N.M.

'Kenneth McKellar, Tenn. Gerald P. Nye, n.D.

Elmer Thomas, Okla. Rufus.C. ~olman,Ore.

, Joml ., H. Bankhead; '2dj Ala. ,,', Chan Gurn'ey,-- S. D.

Joseph C. 0' I"ahoney, .~yo~ . Clyde 11. Reed, Kans.

Theodore F. Green" R.:, '1-. .. " Harold H. Burton,Ohio Pat HcC~'rran'," Nev.

, ..

. . . .

'Republicans John Taber, N. Y. ;-

Richa!'d B. Wigeleswo:rth" ~,ss.

Wm •. P. ,La~b'ert's on, Kans.

D. Lal1,e Powers, N • .J.

J. William Ditter, Penna,. Albert ~. Carter, Caiif.

Cha.s'~ A. Plumley, vt.

Everett 11.' Dirksen, Ill.' Albert J. EP.-g!3l, Mich.

Karl :St'efan; Nebr. ' Francis C'ase,,' S.' D.

Frank B. Keefe,' Wise.

Noble J. Johnson, Ind. ' Robert F. Jones', Ohio .. Ben F. Jensen;'Icwa H. Carl Andersen; Minn.

Henry C. Dwor snak, 'Ida.

Walter C. Ploeser,

Mo.'

INTERIOR subcommittee· ^':.~

I .... . . ..

Jed.Johnson, chairman, bkla~

. Jame,s Fit zpatrick, N. Y.

. : - .

Mi-ch:e..~e L"J,~ ,'.Kir~a.n~ . Ohio W. F. Norrell, :4rk • . .. AJ..bf1r~

Eo ,

Qa.-r'ifer,' CB:l if ~.

Robe~t F. Jo~e~i Qhio Ben F. JenGep." Ia. '

Respectfully submitt~d'~'~'

F. O. Hagie, Secy .. ^!

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