Show i I Richardson to the Editors Editors' b v vI I Governor Richardsons Richardson's welcome of ot the National Editorial Association to California was characteristically practical The governor meeting the editors at al San Diego did not stop with telling how glad all CalIfornia California Cali Call fornia was to have them a as guests or what they ml might ht see within the borders of the Golden State the natural wonders and places of historical historical historical his his- Interest and beauty and the products of ot the state but told also how while here they would be able to gain Information which might later be turned to beneficial use how they might serve California and the southwest and their own states as well Being himself a newspaper newspaper newspaper per man the governor knew his aUdience audience audience au aU- au- au knew th that t by pointing out to them how they might serve he pleased them best And so Governor Richardson called the Coor Colorado do river to editors' editors attention He asked them to familiarize tam tam- themselves with that great stream and consider what it might mean to all the country not country not alone the southwest southwest-it if the river were harnessed If Its annual flood mence menace men men- I ace nce were vere curbed if the flood waters were were- stored and turned onto the desert lands In this state and Anzona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona to make them productive and its power were made to generate hydroelectricity to drive Industries of farm and factory The governor reminded the editors editors edi edi- tors tore that conservation and development development development develop develop- ment of the resources of the Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado was a national problem and Invited them to help in Its tion Nobody knows better than Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Richardson what power these visitors wield They come from practically every state of the union and the territories of ot Alaska and Hawaii I Through them the facts of the inexhaustible source of national national national na na- na- na wealth in the river may be made known to newspaper readers in every corner of the country and when the people have been Informed they will insist that such great wealth no longer go to waste but that it shall be saved for tor the service service ser ser- vice of ot mankind If the product of ot all alI the oil wells wels of California California'S S 'S were permitted to flow undisturbed Into the sea the loss would not be bo greater than the loss of the precious fluid of this mighty river as It pours into the gulf of ot California said the governor He assured the editors that Call Call- fornia was a unit for tor development I Iby by the government of the river as as' as proposed eti In th theo Boulder canyon project bill now before congress tha the that t north as well as the south Is IB for the measure and this Is one ono of the six river basin states which has ratified the Colorado river compact compact com corn pact made at Santa Fe Ie by representatives representatives representatives of ot the states together with Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce representing the government go But more is Js needed than the power of the states directly direct direct- ly interested he said and the project project Is Js greater than those states I the benefits to accrue reaching be beyond ond them to all the country Therefore Therefore There There- fore tore the governor asked the edItors editors edi edI- tors tons when after alter their tour after having gathered Information about the great project that they undertake undertake under under- take through their newspapers to pass that information on to their readers the millions of ot Americans reached by them Probably no other single act has advanced ad the Colorado river project so far to towards ards solution as Is promIsed promised promised prom prom- by the speech of Governor Richardson to the nations nation's editors The manner In which it was re receIved received received re- re showed how the talk registered registered registered regis regis- with the editors proved It I convincing and that it will bear I fruit for which the governor hoped hope 1 Choosing the Colorado as the subject for tor his talk to the editors was in character with Governor Richardsons Richardson's public career As he said all alI California already knows and is back of ot the project there is no need to talk Boulder dam to Cal- Cal I But here were visitors from nearly all alI the states of ot the union men who control the means of communication of Information to others other men who in a a. large measure direct public opinion to Interest th them m would be gain aln It was a practical practical practical thing to do and the governor did the practical thing Los Lo Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles gales Express I |