02/23/1925
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"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 have recommended, I think in all my messages, that the building of the dam at Boulder Canyon be undertaken."
"I notice that the press dispatches still refer to this as the $325,000,000 bill."