Excerpts from the Press Conference
10/31/1938
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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eight, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat....
The problem is one that can be solved, but the solution will take time.
A new economy must be developed which is based on the conservation and effective utilization of all the water available.
The problem is one of arresting the decline of an agricultural economy not adapted to the climatic conditions because of lack of information...