Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-24 | Page 2 | Reclamation Men to Discuss Vast Irrigation

Reclamation Men MenTo Discuss To I Vast Irrigation WASHINGTON ASHINGTON ept Sept 2 21 i GT The possibility of creating through man made irrigation and reclamation projects new food- food supplying tracts equivalent In area I Ito to several new states will provide the major theme for the annual I meeting of the National Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion association In Denver October October October Octo Octo- ber 27 2729 Announcing plans for the meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing Executive Secretary Floyd O. O Hagie Hagle said completion of the present present pres pres- ent reclamation program would add the equivalent of several new states to the nations nation's food tood production production production tion capacity six Seventy projects proJects projects are planned he said uld Besides Harry W W. Bashore commissioner commissioner commissioner com com- missioner and Sinclair O. O Harper chief engineer of the reclamation bureau speakers will include former former former for for- mer Senator George W. W Norris of ot Nebraska called the father of ot the Tennessee valley authority Major General Eugene Reybold chief of ot army engineers I Laclan aclan Macleay of ot St. St Louis president of the Mississippi Mississippi Mis Mis- Valley association Dr Hugh Bennett chief of ot the soil conservation service of the agri agri- cultural department Lyle F. F Watts chief of ot the forest service and Governor John Vivian of ot Colo rado made Subjects up for consideration at the meeting will include not only phases of ot the war food program pro gram but matters concerned with I further development of ot the great water resources of the west their administration possibilities for tor reconciling state and federal claims to control of ot the water resources re- re re reo sources Retract Story BERN Switzerland Sept 21 i W The PI The Swiss Telegraph agency retracted Friday an earlier announcement an announcement that Queen Elena of ot Italy had arrived in Geneva with Crown Prince Umberto I