"If all these bills went through and became law I should think it would not only endanger tax reduction at the present time, but would make necessary the laying of additional taxes."
"I haven't had a chance to talk with Colonel Starling very much since he came back from his visit to Swannanoa [North Carolina]."
"Of course, there are quite a good many other places that have got to be advertised."
"It doesn't indicate that much has been done to meet my views."
"I notice that the press dispatches still refer to this as the $325,000,000 bill."
"I have recommended, I think in all my messages, that the building of the dam at Boulder Canyon be undertaken."
"I very much hope that some solution may be found at the present session of the Congress."
"I want the dam built for the purpose of flood control and for the purpose of giving Southern California a better domestic water supply."
"Incident to that would be some power development."
"I do not think that ought to stand in the way of a possible solution."
"A good deal of the power I judge would be used to pump the water over the hill to Southern California and some method ought to be devised that will meet the objections of those that do not wish the Un..."
"This question has been before the House and Senate for a number of years."