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On the recordAugust 12, 1929
The first step is the creation of a commission to supervise an exhaustive investigation of the engineering facts and to determine the policies which should be pursued in the long view development of the State, as to irrigation, flood control, navigation, and power.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on California Water Resources and the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

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