"I am a good deal disturbed at the number of proposals that are being made for an expenditure of money."
"I talked yesterday with the conferees and some others relative to the flood bill."
"The report, I think of the conference committee on the flood bill, is in today's issue of the Congressional Record."
"I haven't had a chance to talk with Colonel Starling very much since he came back from his visit to Swannanoa [North Carolina]."
"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."
"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."
"I have recommended, I think in all my messages, that the building of the dam at Boulder Canyon be undertaken."
"I do not think that ought to stand in the way of a possible solution."
"I want the dam built for the purpose of flood control and for the purpose of giving Southern California a better domestic water supply."