Excerpts of the President's News Conference
03/31/1924
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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 th...
This question has been before the House and Senate for a number of years.
I very much hope that some solution may be found at the present session of the Congress.
I notice that the press dispatches still refer to this as the $325,000,000 bill.