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On the recordOctober 28, 1949
One great objective of the Federal reclamation program is to foster the establishment and maintenance of farm homes throughout those portions of our country where agricultural operations cannot rely solely upon nature for a water supply.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the San Luis Valley Project, Colorado.

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Nov 24, 1952

I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.

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Nov 24, 1952

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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