16, 1943

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ANNUAL PRC:CIPITATION 2 TO 30 INCHES . . ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 30 TO 80 INCHES

U. S. WeGther 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.8 1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING. WASHINGTON. D. C. Jul

16, 1943

12TH AN1WAL MEETInG AND CONVEnTION SET FOR OCTOBER

27,

28 and

29

AT DEHVER The Board of Directors of the National Reclamation Association have just approved the dates of October

27, 28

and

29

for the 12th Annual Meeting and Conven- tion of the Assocjation, at Denver, Colorado.

The Shirley-Savoy Hotel will again serve as convention headquarters. The Board of Directors will meet two days in advance of the convention on October

25

and

26.

With food fast becoming the most critical of all war naterials" the irrigation war food program of the federal government and the various irrigation districts and projects throughout the West will be confronted with many new and acute problems, requiring the considered judgment of all practical reclamationists and federal officials from numerous branche s of the government.

Please mark the date on yw r reminder pad and plan now to be present.

SPECIAL WESTERN SENATE-HOUSE COI1MrTTEES TO ADVANCE IRRIGA'l'ION FOOD PROGRAM ARE AC'IIVE Find New Har Food Administrator Jones strong For Irrigation Food Program Under the leadership of Senator Hayden of Arizona" Senate and House members of the above committees" chosen by their colleagues last winter, recently called upon the new War Food. Administr£'.tor" Marvin Jones, only to find him just as strong for the irrigation-reclamation and water conservation program to increase food producticn as were any of them. His comment was to this effect: ttDon't waste your time trying to sell this program to me; I'm just as strong for i t as a.ny of ycu are. Just tell me what you wont r.1e to do."

Corning from the ·panhandle of Texas,

Mr.

Jones is in favor of more irrigation rather than unnecessarily plowing up grassland in the Plains states, as the basis for a greater food production.

Chairman Donald Nelson of WPB Appears Favorable To War Food Program

A day or two ago the same committee called upon Donald nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, which last October issued stop orders against nenrly all

reclamation projects.

Mr.

Nelson is reported to have advised the committee that he now realized that food was more critical than ships, tanks and guns, and that with-

in a week after the receipt from the War Food Administration of the overall list of irrigat ion and water conservation projects mich they are submitting to the WPB for approval, an answer would be forthcoming.

Mmlbers of the Senate and House committee:; appeared satisfied that they believed from their interview that the WPB decision on most irrigation projects would be

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. O. STRUNK. MC COOK. 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 W B A RNOLD SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS ORA BUNDY. OGDEN. UTAH J. A. FORD. SPOKANE. WASHINGTON PERRY W. JENKINS. CORA. WYOMING

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favorable. Pleased with

Mr.

Nelson's assurance, the committea5 deferred temporarily a contemplated visit with President Roosevelt on the same subject.

DIRECTOR OF STEEL SECTION, WPB, SAYS. Nor DIFFICULT 10 SUPPLY

FORTY

TO FIFTY THOUSAlID TONS OF REINFCR

CIUG

STEEL

REQUffiED

IN RECLAl1\.TION

PROGRAM

For the information of our members

~ho

are interested in the construction of war food irrigation projects requiring steel reinforcing bars, we take pleasure in reproducing the following letter!

WAR PRODUCTIOli BOARD

Washington, D. C.

The Honorable Carl Hayden United states Senate Washington, D. C.

:ttr d ear Senator Hayden:

July 6, 1943

The position of concrete reinforcing steel has not changed materially since Mr. Batcheller's lotter of June 8; therefore, the increased requirements mentioned in your letter of the 5th should be available as required.

At the suggestion of your secretary we checked with the Bureau of Reclamation and were informed by their

Mr.

Nelson that the estimated 40,000 to 50,000 tons of reinforcing bars required for these irrigation projects cover a three-year period, approxi- mately 50% of which is required in the fiscal year 1944, although only one-quarter (approximately 5,000 tons) will be needed during the balance of this year. These demands should not be difficult to meet.

However, it is suggested that rail steel or secondary billet steel such as top cuts or discard be used insofar

~s

possible to avoid melting new steel for concrete reinforcement purposes.

I know that you will concur in this suggestion and thank you for your cooperat5 on.

Yours very truly, /s/

J.

T. WHITmG

J. T. Whiting, Direotor Steel Division

WAR ffiISON LABOR BECOMING A VArIABLE FOR IRRIGATION WAR FOOD PROJECTS

While testifying before the Senate Interior

subcon~ttee

on appropriations in

connection with irrigation and reclamation i tOIl'S, Genoral B. 11. Bryan, Assistant

Provost Marshal Geno ral of tho War Dcpartment_ made it plain

tl~t

agriculture and

food production would have first calIon the labor of the more than 33.000 Axis

war prisoners nON in this country and of the hundreds of thousands

^mor~

who are

destined to be brought to the United States for the duration of the war.

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3

July

16, 1943

Questioned if any di stinction would be rre.de as between us ing war prison labor to produce crops, or using it to construct irrieation projects, General Bryan . replied "I believe the War Department would consider them one and the same,"

In face of the above, many local project spons ors throughout the West wi th projects which are likely to be undertaken soon, are now cooperating with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Agri cu lture and the Offi ce of Provost M3.rshal of the ., War Department in securi ng the e stabl ishme:n t of war prison camps within their pro-

~ct areas. Typical war prison camps will consist of 3,000 prisoners, available to work under mi li tary guards within a rad ius 0 f fi fty mile s, 0 r to be temporari ly detached to sub-camps with a capacity of approximtely 250 men each. Prisoner s of war will be paid 80 cents per day from fums of the Army in compliance with agree- ments reache d in the Gonovn convention. Project sponsors who ha.vo not taken (lction tOfllu"d got·bing war prison labor could 'well giv~ thu rrntter oarly attelltlon ..

FlOOD C01~rROL CONFERENCE WOULD PIACE ALL MJLTlPLE*PURPOSE PROJECTS UNDER CONTROL OF U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS

On June 28 the Mississippi Valley Association Flood Control Conference, meeting with the MiSSissippi Valley Association, passed, amone other resolutions, the

following:

"WHEREAS, it appears that the flood control program should be considered to be a nati onal program and one which should be under the control of one agency, and

'WHEREAS, it further appears that the United States Ar~ Engineers are preeminently qualified by training and experience to be that one agency.

RESOLVED, that Congress should gi ve the United States Army Engineers complete authority over construction, maintenance, and operation of all flood control reservoirs and works, including control of all multiple- purpose dams as approved by Congress."

The AP reporting the conference quoted T. F. Haughtin of Omaha, Chairman of the Association's Resolutions Committee, as suying: "Invested with such control,

. the U. S. Army Engineers - and they alone - would designate the purpose of reser-

voirs and dams, whether they be used for flood control, irrigation or for power."

Since the passage of this resolution, we have had considerable correspondence from half a dozen western states where the resolution is being interpreted as a move on the part of the Army Engineers am their friends to take over the western reclamation program. We have written rrembers of the st. Louis Resolutions Committee for their interpretation of the 1'Jl:}aning of the resolution.

Personally, we have always felt that the people of the United states, the Con- gress and the Administration would always be in a strongor pos ition by retaining and maintaining two stro ng and separate engineering -const·ru cti on agencies of comparable size and strength, than to be dependent upon but one such agency, and that what the western country generally seems to want is c loser co operation and coordinati on between the Bur eau of Reclamation and the ArrrrJ' Engineers in planning and construction in tre river basins of tre West where both agencies have jurisidction. If

jurisdictional disputes are inevitabl.a or fostered to atta.in pOtIer, it is likely that "regional authori ties't rray flourish again.

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4

^July

16, 1943

CONGRESS ASSUr1ES DRIVER IS SEAT IN EPJt-M&.~IanG FUNDS FOR CENTRAL VALLEY

Indicating dissatisfaction with the way money previously appropriated for the construction of the Central Valley Project had been distributed among its many features, the Hm se, wi th the Senate concurring, this year divided the

$22,569,000

appropriated to the Central Valley Project, as follows:

Shasta Dam, reser voir and power plant Keswick Dam and power plant

Friant Dam and reservoir

Transmission 1 inc to Shasta substation Friant-Kern Canal

t-hdera Canal

Contra Costa Canal contra Costa Laterals

Examinations, surveys and water rights Total

$ 10,900,000 1,474,000 595,000 400,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 500,000 500,000 200,000

LIST OF WAR FOOD IRRIGATICl~ PROJECTS IDREAU OF RECIAMA.TION HAS SUBMITTED TO WFA FOR STUDY .AND RECOMMENDATION TO \>lPB FOR EARLY APffiOVAL AND CONSTRUCTION

1.

2.

3·

4. 5.

6.

10.

11.

12. 13. 14.

15·

16.

Gila-, Hassayampa and Yuma levee unit in Arizona Cordua, Central Valley and Kings River in California

Grand Valley-Big Sal t Wash, La Pla ta, Pe.onia, Pine River, Sun Luis Valley, Silt, ~~ncos and Colorado-Big Thompson in Colorado

Rathdrum Prairie, Anderson Ranch and Boise-P~ette in Idaho Bostwick-Scandia unit and Kan pGlis in Kansas

Billings 'Drainage, Bitterroot Valley, Bonanza, Canyon Ferry, Intake:l Milk River-Dodson Pump, Fort Belknap, Missoula Valley-Big Flat Unit, N-Bar-N,

Roc~ Creek (Carbon County). Ruby River, Savage, South Bench, Sun River, Fort Shaw, Greenfields and Sun River .Slopo, and Tongue River, in Montana Ca.mbridge, Vlray, Frenchman, Meeker and Red Willow in Nebraska

Humboldt in Nevada .

Carlsbad-Black Rive:r, Costi lle. Creek, Fort Sumner, Rio Grande-Mesilla Valley, and Tucumcari projects in New I13xico

Knife River, Seneschal and Williston projects in North Dakota

Canton, Englewood, Fort Supply and Lugert-Altus projects in Oklahoma Bully Creek, Croolred River (Ochoco), East Lone Tom, Klamath-Modoc and

Deschutes projocts in Oregon

Angostura, Belle-For che-Carlile Res., ani Re.pid Valley in South Dakota Balmorhea and Rio Grande-San Elizario in Texas

Gooseberry, Oneida, Santa Oara, Weber Delta, Newton, Provo River in Utah Kendrick, Lyman, Paintrock, Shoshon~ileart Mountain, River and Eden in

Wyoming

Burbank and Yakima-Roze. proje cts in Washington

These

76

projects would require

67,374

tons of steel,

424

tons of coppor and

10,256,

000 man days to complete, bu t nothing could do mer 0 to add to tho nation IS food supply.

Respectfully submitted,

F. O. Hagie, Secretary-Manager

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ANNUAL pRECIPITATION 2 TO 30 INCHES • ANNUAc' PRECIPITATION 30 TO 10 INCHES

U. S. Weath61' BK,,"U

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

VOL. VII No.

7

1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING. WASHINGTON. D. C. July

9, 1943

JOffif C. PAGE RESIGNS AS COMMISSIONER - IS MADE CONSULTANT

On June

23

the White House announced the resignation of John C. Page, popular and efficient connnissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation for more than six years. III health caused from nervous strain and overwork compelcd

Mr.

Page to make the decisio~

Commissioner Page and his family have disposed of their Washington, D. C. home and have taken up residence in Denver where he will continue with the Bureau as a con- sul tant.

Few federal officials have had a broader acquaintance or more real friends throughout the country than John Page. The best wishes of all follow Mr. Page and his family to Denver and wish him a speedy and complete recovery of his heal th, and many years of pleasant associations with his host of friends throughout the West.

CHOICE OF SUCCESSOR TO COI1M[SSION ER PAGE OF GREAT II1PORTANCE TO HEST AND NATION Discussion of a possible successor to Commissioner Page is becoming an absorb- ing topic these days throughout the reclanntion stf'.tes as well as in the Nation's capital. So far cur mail indicates that Harry W. Bashoro, for a number cf years assistnnt commissioner und now f'.cting conunissioner, is almost the unanimous choice of the western pe ople for the position of com.11issioner.

Clifford H. Stone, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board at Denver, is mentioned most often as assistant cOrrmUssioner; other names prominently mentioned are Frank Banks, supervising enGineering of the Columbi a Basin Project, state of Washineton, and W. G. Sloen of tho Investigation and Planning section of tho Bureau at Denver.

It would appear to be tirre for the reclanation interests of the various states to think the matter throu gh, arrive at early concl us ions and advise their congressmen and senators of any decis ions which may be reached concerning men to £Ii 11 the commissionership and assistant corrunissianership at this crit ical-tirre when reclamation offers about the only means of expanding the nation's war food production capacity •

APPROPRIATIONS FOR IRRIGATION CONSTRUCTION DURI1JG F'I SCAL YEAR

1944

MUch confusion has confronted the House and Senate committees that have handled appropriations this session for irrigation and reclamation.

First: Becaus e the War Produ cti on Boar d is sued stop-order s last October against most of the irrigation construction projects, the Bureau of the Budget was undecided whether to submit budget estimates for the fiscal year l~ or not and finally decided against it, but later as a fGW stop orders were lifted, some budget estimates were rrnde.

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, CANTON, OKLAHOMA

ROBERT W. SAWYER. BEND, OREGON W. D. BUCHHOLZ. NEWELL. SOUTH DAKOTA W. B ARNOLD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ORA BUNDY. OGDEN. UTAH J. A. FORD. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON PERRY W. JENKINS. CORA. lIIYOIIIN&

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Bulletin No. 7 - '2

Second I Confusion developed as a result of a debate betweon the Bureau of the Budget, the War froducti on Boar d, and the Appropriation Cornmi ttees of the House and Senate over

vmo

should move first. The House committee refused to appropriate without budget e stirrates. The Budget Bureau took the positi on of why give budget estimates for proJects which the War Production Board muy not release for construction.

The War Producti on Board refused to "give the green 1 igh tIt to any more projects until the War Food Administration had completed their overall recommendations as to what projects they want ed undertaken, and tho Wo.r Food Administro.ti on was delayed beoaus e all the naterial upon which their decisions rested had not yet been furnished them by the Bureau of ReclaIm tion.

The Senate Appropriations Committee, however, started to unravel the snarl by appropriating funds for a number of projects even though no budget esti1ffi.tes were available. This br:oke the deadlook and finally, nearly a week a fter the beginning of the new fiscal year, the House accept ed all items in reduc ed amounts. The c om- plete picture is shonn in detail on another page of this bulletin. It is generally believed that with unexpended balances the Bureau will have all the construction

money which can be spent during the fiscal year; if not .. defioiency appropriations

V

can be secured. It is also believed that the War Production Board will soon reloase for constructi on most or all of the projeots which the Har Food Administration re- commends.

CASE-WHEELER ACT AMENDED TO l"EBT WARTIME REQUmEI1E1ITS

H. R. 3019 by White and S. 1252-by !tCarran and Butler, provides for the period of the w&r, non-reimbursable money in the construction of water conservation and utilization projects. The bill was passed by both houses during the closing day of the Congress.

The amendments also increase from 01,000,000 to ~2,000,OOO the amount for dans and reservoirs in anyone project and provides other emergency war provisions that wculd cut red tape and expedite construction. A now appropriation of $46,000 added to the unexpended balance, appro~imates ~5,OOO,000 -for new construction under the Case-Wheeler Act.

WARTIME Af1E1-IDMENTS TO BASIC RECIAl'ATIOn ACT SOUGHT BY WFA AND BUREAU FAIL PASSAGE FOR L\CK OF TIME .

H.

R.

3018 by White (sister bill to S. 1257 by MCCarran, Hayden, Of~honeYI Cha.vez, and Butler) a. wa.rtime amendment to the Reclanation Act, reoommended origin- ally by the War Food Administration and designed to eliminate delay and red tape in the construction operation and farmine; of irrigation projeots was caught in t he confusion of the rush of Congress to recess and must wa.it its chance when Congress reconvones in September.

Arrangement shave been ronde to have CongresslIk-'Ill White of Idaho nnil a copy of the hearings on

H.

^R.

3018

^u^nd

H. R.

3019 to each menDer of the Association at un early date. Copies of the amendments will be found on pages 32 and 34 of those

, hear ings •

PRESENT STATUS OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS WITH WFA l~D WPB

The War Producti an Board has ordered r esumpti on of c onstructi on on Friant Dam and ~dera Canal, two features of the Central Valley Project, California, limited work an the Gila Project, Arizona, and start of construction on Scofield Dam in Utah.

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Bulletin No.7 - 3

The War Food Administration has recommended the follcwing proje cts to the War froduction Board:

Yakiroo.-Roza I Washington Newton, Utah

Big Thompson, Colorado Anderson Ranch, Idaho

Mirage Flats, Nebraska

*Salt River, Arizona

*Yuma, California

*Fort Hall, Idaho .Blackfeet, Mont ana

*Crow, l1:>n tam

*Fort Peck, ~bntann

Klann th-Modoc, Oregon und California Mlncos, Colorado

Rapid Va. 1 ley , South Dakota Friant-Kern Canal, California

*Tongue River, Montano.

*United Pueblos, New Mexico

*Fallon, Nevada

*

Moapa , Nevada

*Pyramid Lake, Nevada .Western Shoshone, Nevada

*Wind River, Wyoming

The following two projects are under study and WFA expects to reconunend them to WPB before August 1.

Deschutes, Oregon

All-American Canal-Coachella Division, California

In a letter dated July 1 the Deputy Administrator of the War Food Administra- tion, writing to the War Production Board, wrote concerning additional projects in part a s fallows:

"We are also studying a group of cases requiring naterial and construction work in 19+4. These cases will be analyzed as set forth in our letter of

J'KB.y- 12 to Mr. Nelson, and those that we approve of will be presented to you

by August 15, 1943. They will represent all the cases that we know of that will be considered by us through December 31, 1<;44. Of course, t here may be que sti ons arisen due to flood damage D.!J.d similar acts of God .which will require considoratioh of some isolated case, otherwise the foregoing repre- sents the i rrignt ion question

in

its onti rety. n

In a.ddition to the above Bureau projects, the Bureau of Reclo.nntion now has data in the hands of WFA on the following projects where they are being studied prior to recomnendation by WFA to WPB:

Lugert-Altus, Oklahoma Riverton, Wyoming Boise-Payette, Idaho Tucumcari, New Mexico

Buffa 10 Rapid s, Montana Eden I Wyoming

Shoshone-Heart

m.,

^Wyoming

Provo River, utah

INTERIOR AH'ROIRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE PlANS 30-DAY WESTERN TRIP

As this is written, plans are being formulated for new rrembers of the Interior subcommittee on a ppropriations to moke an extended western trip during the congres- sional recess to gain firwt-hand knowledge of the problems and pronects wi th which their connnittee must deal. At this time it seems definite tha.t tho following will gOI Micha.el J. Kirwin, Ohio; W. F. Norrell, Arkansas; and Ben F. Jensen, Iowa,. The 60mmittee will likely be accompanied by William DUVEl.ll, committee clerk. We hope people and communities interested in reclamation will be on the alert to' show them every considerati on as they p~ss throu gh ou r western country seeking facts about western projects.

As soon a.s the connnitteets itinerary is known., we will endeavor to a.dvise reclamation leaders in the areas which the committee will visit.

*

Indicates Indian projects.

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CONGRESS FINALLY APProPRIATES 035,84.8,000 FOR IRRIGL.TIOH COnSTRUCTION

Cons tru cti

^an

Klamath Proj., Ore.-Calif. 0

Boise Pro j., Ida., Payette Div.

Deschutes Proj., Ore.

Riverton Proj., Wyo.

Shoshone Proj., wyo., Heart m. Div.

General

Investig~tions

Administrative Expenses Total Construction,

Special Account GENERAL ACCOUNT

Colorado River Front Work & Levee System Col. River Developmert Fund Protecti on

0

f Pro

j.

Works

Total

Advances to Colorado River Dam Fund

Budget Allowance (Submitted to Cong.)

420,000

° °

°

350,000 °

95,000 865,000

100,000 350,000 689,000 1,139,000

H R 2719; IT R 2719) Reported

^By

Reported

^By

House Approp. Senate Approp.

Comm. Comm.

(As Passed (As Passed by __ By

~?us_'e~)

________ S_?nate)

° _°

o

275,000 65,000 340,000

75,000 100,000 680,000 855,000 '

4,20,000 500,000 250,000 500,000 350,000 700,000 175,000 2,895,000

75,000 500,000 680,000 , i , 255,'000-

'

Boulder Canyon Pro j. ,Ari

z. P.R.

(900,000) P.R.(900, 000)

P • R • (

900, 000) 775,000 Total, Advances to

Col. River Dam Fund General Fund Construc- tion

Gila Proj., Ariz.

Central Valley Proj.,Calif.

Colo.-Big Thompson Proj., Colo •

.

Boise Proj.,Anderson Ranch, Ida

.

• Tucumcari Proj.,N.M.

Lugert-Altus Proj., Oklri..

YaKima Proj. ,Wash.' . • Roza Div.

General InvestigationS Administrative Expenses

Total General Fund Construct ion

Water Conservation & Util- ization Projects

Total, Bureau of

Reclamation, General Account

800,000 775,000 800,000

°

24,400,000 3,500,000 3,000,000

°

1,500,000 865,000 500,000 400,000 34,165,000

°

36,104,000

775,000

°

11,500,000

°

° ^o

° o

250,000 350,000 12,100,000

°

13,730,000

775,000

1,000,000 28,700,000 3,600,000 4,100,000 1,200,000 1,985,000 1,415,000 800,000 400,000 43,200,000 4,000,000

49,230,000

Appropriation Act

420,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 350,000 75,000

75,000 200,000 680,000 955,000

P.R. (900,000) 775,000 775,000

°

22,569,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 500,000 1,650,000 865,000 350,000 375,000 32,809,000 64,000

34,603,000 Total, Bureau of Recla-

mation Construction,

Special & Gen. Accts.

36,969~000

14,070,000

52,~25,OOO

35,848,000

========~==~~==~.~,-~.~.~i~'~~====~~==

}.~+.~. np_R_'. AA-nJ')tG~ Power Revenues

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OPERATIOH AND MA.INTENANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1944

Appropriation Title

SPECIAL

l~CCOUNT

(Roc1a- mation Fund)

Gene ra 1 Expens e s Salaries and Expenses

Operation &

~intenance

Yuma Proj.,Arizo-Ca1if.

Parker Dam Power Proj., Ariz.-Calif.

Colo.-Big Thompson Proj., Colo.

Boise Proj., Idaho Minidoka Proj.,Ida.

North Platte Proj., Neb.-Wyo.

Rio Grande Proj., N .M.-Tex.

Owyhee Proj.,Ore.

Klamath Proj., Ore.-Calif.

Grand Coulee Dam Proj., Wash.

Yakima Proj.,Wash.

Kendrick Proj. ,Wyo.

Riverton Proj. ,Wyo.

Shoshone Proj.,

Wil1wo'od

Div.,

Wyo.

Budget Allowance

(Submitted to Congress)

II R 2719;

Reported By House Approp.

Comm.

(As Pus sed By House)

99,000 $ 101,000

66,000 65,000 P.R.(25,OOO) P.R.(25,000) p.&(.40o,000) P.R.(375,000)

P.R.

(lLt5, 000) P.R. (140,000) 75,000 73,000 17,500 16,500 Ri. (83,175) P.R.(S2,175)

F.R.(97,000) P.R.(95,500) 92,000

90~000

?R.(50,000) F. R.(SO,OOO) 161,000 160,000 131,500 130,000 P.R. (940,000) P.R.' 900

1000)

250,000 248,000 P.R.

'

(25,000) P.R. (25,000) P.R. (106,000)

P.R.

(100: 000) 52,200 50,000 P.R. (1.a,OOO) p.R.(45,OOO)

15,500 15,000 P • R. ( 50, 000) P.R. (45,000)

H R 2719;:

Reported By Sena.te Approp.

Comm.

(As Passed By Senate)

$ 101,000

75,000 P.R. (25,000) P.R.(375,OOO) P.R.(140,000) 104,000

18,000 P.R. (82,175) P.R. (95,500) 95,000 P.rt. (50,000)

200,000 143,000 P.R. (900: ,.000)

265,000 P • R • ( 25 , 000 ) P.R.(lOO,OOO) 70,000 P.R. (45,000)

18,000 P.R. (45,000)

Appropriation Act

$ 101,000

67,500

P .R •.

(~75~OOO)

P.R.(140,000)

^~

93,600

16,500

P.R. (95,500) 90,000 P.R. (50,000)

180,000 130,000 P.R.(900,OOO)

248,000 P.R.

(25,OOO~

P.R.(lOO,OOO 63,000 P.R. (45,000)

16,200 P.R. (45,000) Operation & f.ninten-

ance Administration ______

1_0~5~,0_0._0

______

~00,OOO

__________ 100,000

~

______

----~---

100,000 Total, Operation &

MD.

int enanc

e ,

Spe cial Ac count 1,064,700 Note:

rtp.R. tt

denotes Power Revenues

1,048,500 1,189,000 1,105,800

Respectfully submitted F. O. Hagie,

Secy. - I'1gr.

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ANNUAl.. PRECIPI,ATION 2. TO 30 INCHES.

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 30 TO eo INCHES •

U. S. Weather BKr84U

VOL. VII No. 6

DEDICATED TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE WATER FOR A PROFITABLE AND DlVERSlf1ED AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN AMERICA-THE CREATION OF NEW HOMES-THE STABILIZATION Of DROUGHT AREAS. THIS WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG I

1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDINGI WASHINGTON. D. C. I1ay

29. 1943

SENATE IffiARINGS ON INTERIOR APPROPRIATION BILL

Hearings before the Senate Interior subcommittee on appropriations started unexpectedly on Friday, r'ay 28. Senator Hayden expects to continue these hearings intermittently, as opportunity may offer, while hearings on the Agricultural appro- priation bill are being completed and the bill marked up, after which full time can be given to the Interior appropriations bill. This would make it appear that hear- ings on the Interior appropriation bill may drag through most of the first two

wee~

of June. Reclamation project sponsors and western congressmen and senators desir- ing to testify on reclamation items should rrake prompt arrangements with the clerk of the committee.

PARTIAL LIST OF IRl{IGATION PROJECTS WHICH BUREAU HAS SUBMrTTED TO WAR FO OD

ADMINISTRATION AND TO THE BUREAU

OF

THE BUDGET FOR SUPPLFlIElJTAL BUDGET

ESTI~TES

The following list of authorized pr ojects has been submitted by the Bureau of Reclamation to the War Food Administration as a part of the Bureau's over-all list

of projects. Other projects, including many which have not yet been authorized, will later be added to this list .. Fl"om the total over-all list of projects the War Food Administration will finally recommend to War Production Board such projects as they feel can make the greate5lt contribution to the nation's food program with the least material, manpower and in the shortest space of time. The War Production Board will then give the go-ahead signal to

such

of them as they approve. The following list of projects, Which lack adequate carry-over funds from last year, has also been sent to the Bureau of the Budget for supplemental budget esti:nates, so that the

Ser~te

can provide adequate appropriations to permit

i~diate

con- struction of such projects as may be approved by the War Production Board:

OFFICERS

O. S. WARDEN. PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY. fIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT w. SAWYER. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT J. A. FORO. TREASURER

F. O. HAGlE. SECRETARY-MANAGER

Arizona Cal ifornia Colorado Idaho Montana Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon

south Dakota Utah

Washington Wyoming

Gila

Central Valley;

All A,m3rican Canal Colorado-Big Thompson;

llincos

Boise-Anderson Ranch;

Boise-Payette

Buffalo Rapids l2nd DiviSion)

~.d. ro.

ge Flu

t s

Tucumcari Altus Deschut es;

Klamath-Modoc Rapid Valley Provo River Yakima-Roze.

Eden;

Riverton

DIRECTORS

HUGO B. FARMER. YUMA. ARIZONA H. D. STRUNK. MC COOK. NEBRASKA A. M. SMITH. CARSON CITY. NEVADA 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

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 W B "'R~OLD SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS ORA BUNDY. OGDEN. UTAH J. A. FORD. SPOKANE. WASHINGTON

PERRY W. JENKINS. CORA. WYOMING

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Bulletin No.

6

-2-

CHeSTER C. DAVIS, WAR POOD ADllIHISTRATOR, Tll.KES HIS ST.iU'ID F'OR EXPAlTSION OF ACREAGE BY IRRIGLTIOH. REL.D THIS LETTER CAREFULLY:

Mr.

Donald M. Nelson, Chairman"

War Production Board.

Dear lir. Nelson:

WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION Ml.y]2,

1943

It now appears probable that food supplies available for civilians in

1943"

after meeting the requirements for U. S. Armed F'orces and fox shipments under the Lend- Lease program, wi 11 have a c o.loric cont ent of somewhere between

3,

^{100 and}

3"

²⁰⁰

calorie-s 'per pers on per day. This compares with the minimum amount necossary to maintain the health and efficiency of the civilian population recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board of about 2,800 calories and with the British consumption of between 3,000 and 3,100 calories.

Because of the size and c omplexi'ty of the United states, i t is impossible to assure as ~niform distribution of our available food supplies as does the United Kingdom.

Consequently" it is almost certain that a considerable segment of the domestic population will be unable to obtain the average amounts of food available for civilians or even the miminum amount recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board.

Supplies of fo od available for civilian consumpti on in

1943,

at least for all the seasonal products" are to a cons iderable el!ttent the result of production in

1942.

Production last year reached an all-time high of about 28 percent "above the average production during the fi ve-year per iod

1935-39.

This all-time high was due in considerable part to unusually favorable weather conditions. If

1943

acreage pro":

duction goals o.re reached (for some critical products we know that they will not be reached) and average yields are obtained" food production will be

6

to

7

percent larger than in 1942.

This prospective increase in domestic food prod.uction will not be sufficient to meet the increased non-civilian demands on us for food i.n

1944.

Requirements for

our om armed fo rces in

1944.

are expected to be 10 to

15

percent lar ger than in

1943.

This does not represent a net increase in food requirements since the number of oi vilians will be red.uced

tu

the same nurilbEi3r as the increase, however"

since per capita consumptio~ by the military forces is substantially largor than the per capita consumption of those same persons in civilian life.

There will be inoreased demands for food shipments under the Lend-Lease program.

Such shipment s to tho United Kingdom 1a ve become fa.irly well stabiliz ad but shipments to Russia and p€rhaps other countrios will be increased. Russia has lost la.rge percElJltages of its most produotive agricultural land to the en~MJ, and Russian ci vi lio.ns, part:i. cularly, ~l.re alarmingly under-nourished. While no overall figures are available, reports indicate that in MOscow even workers in the heb.viest industries o.re getting nowhere near 2,800 calories ~r person per day and that many other groups in the civilian economy are getting as little as two-thirds

of the minimum as established by the Food and Nutrition Board.

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Bulletin No.

6 -3-

Certain food produc ts to Russia take precedence for shipping space bver everything else and it seems inevitable tlilit inoreased food shipments to Rus sia will have to be made if the civi lian popula.tion is to be maintained sufficiently to provide the Russian armed forces with the implements of war.

Unless the United Hati ons suffer unexpected military reverses during the next few months , it is certain that th ere wi

11

be increased demands on us for fo od for feed- ing the civilian populations of reoccupied countries. At tho present time, only relatively srmll quantities of food are being used for this pur:pose. As the area reoccupied increases, the drain will become more and more significant and will be promptly reflected in reduced supplies available for domastic civilian consumption, since, v-rl.th few exceptions, there are no stockpiles of food either here or abroad which can be drawn upon.

Even th is year don:estic civilian consumers are going to be short of two essential elements in the ir diets, nare ly, calcium and riboflavin. These element s are also the ones which other United Nations and the reoccupied countries will need most.

Since a "chai n is no stronger th an its weaks st link, ^If cons iderati on of caloric content of our diet is apt to be misleading. 80m3 shifts in agricultural production to neat deficiencies of cD,lcium and ribofla.vin are being rm.de but such shifts cannot bo effective in overcoming the so sp:;cific deficioncios, eV6n by

1944,

so non-p:gricultural sources may have to be drawn upon.

It is apparent that every effort must be made to increase agricultural production thi s ye ar and for

1944

and

1945,

s inc e th e ne ed for fo od is ine vi tably go ing to exceed our ability to produce it and supplies available for civilians will continue to decl ine •

Finally, i t should be noted the. t food is

m

u category by itself insofur as the war and post-war situation is concerned. The minute the war has been won, production of direct military items - ships, tanks, guns, airplanes, etc., can be suspended.

No such action can be taken with food. The demand for it will continue at even higher levels for a.t least two years after the war is won. Consequently, in ap- praising the timing of projects for expanding food production, at least two years should be added as compared with projects for the expansion of direct military production. In other words, if projects for expansion of production of direct' military items are ruled out if such producti on will not come into being unti 1 after

1945,

pr oje cts fo r the e xpans ion of fo od sh ould not be ru led ou t unle s s th(;'Y will not come into production unti

1

after

1947.

The importance of the continuing postwar demand for food should not be minimized because our ability to supply food to freed countries and even to th e ci vi lian popula ti ons of enemy countries in the immedia to pos twar period will have a vital bearing upon the chances for a lasting peace. 11oreover, because of the time lag in agricultural production, we cannot afford to wait unti 1 the war is over to develop post-war food pr oducti on prog rams.

It is evident, therefore, that it is essential to press into prcxiuction every possible acre of land in the Nation. Our present food production resources in established areas alr eady are operating at capacity and the only other !reans of increasing output are through developITl3nt which will ~rmi.t more intensive cul- t i vati on, such as irr igati on pr oje cts •

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Bulletin No. 6 -4-

The 18 western States afford many excellent opportunities for expe.nding production of the foods in greatest need, such as dry beans and peas, potatoes, and dairy pro- ducts. Through irrigation project development, production of these items can be increased in certain and stable amounts without sacrificing output of other essen- tial crops and livestock products

^II

The \-Tar Food Administration currently is engaged in analysis of potential irriGa- tion developments. Attached is a tentative list of proposed projects which, in our judgment, merits careful considerati.on from the standpoint of adding to our production capacity for essential war and postwar foodS. The material requirements for the oonatruction of the se pro jects, on a war, -time basis, have been furnished by the Bureau of Reclamation.

The War Food Administration will submit data and recommendations on each project listed as rapidly as the information can be analyzed.

/s/ CHESTER C. DAVIS Adminis trator.

TENTATIVE LIST OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS SUGGESTED FOR DEVELOj!MENT BY THE WAR FOOD ADMINIS1'RATION

Steel Copper

FY

'rton~ ^t45

^FY

^(tons) ^'44

^FY

ffiOJECT:

1. Friant Dam (San Jonquin), Calif. 160 40 .7

2.

I1adera Canal, California 400 350 .1 3. Yakima-Roza, Wash

in

gton 531 14 0

4. Newton, Utah 32 0

5. Colorado-Big Thompson, Colorado 465 354 2.

6.

~lderson

Ranch, Idaho 988 2,863 .8 7. Klamath-Modon, Oregpn & Calif. ,57 20 _"

I •

8. l'hncos

^J

Colorado 128 1.

9. Riverton, Wyoming 355 150

10. Rap id Valley, South Dakota 44 ^.05

2,972 3,791 10.65

Lumber

'45

FY

'44

^FY

^'45

(Mbm)

.3 o · 0

0 375 325

0 700 0

0 30 0

0 1,415 1,260 5. 490 590 0 500 100 0 126

336 75

40 10

5.3 3,886 2,360

WAR PRISON LABOR FOR IRRIGATION-WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND FOR AGRICULTlffiAL UBOR

We are advised that it has been decided that the first use to which German and Italian prisoners should be put is that whioh has food produotion as its prime purpose. It is, therefore, logical to conclUde "that such prisoners will therefore be used on all kinds of irrigation, reclarr.ation, water conservation, and water utilization and soil conservation construction projects. Also, that they may be used in actual farm work on large tracts of new irrigated land where regular settlemen t is not practical until after the war.

We are advis ed that German and Italian pris one rs captured in North Africa are now arriving daily on the East Coast in staggering numbers, and are being sent to prison camps in the South and Southwest, from which area many will later be moved to the site of such constructive work as indicated above.