The San Francisco call., 1910-03-15
BALL|NGfR AGREES
TO WATER HEARING
Will Fix Date When City Sub
mitS Written Statement of
Hetch Hetchy Case
Union Labor Unanimous in Eff
fort to Aid San FranciscO's
Reservoir Plan

Arrangements will soon be completed
Tor the dispatch of a delegation to
washington to preserve the city's rights
to the Hetch Hetchy valley The mayor
has kept the wires busy between here
and the capital, and late yesterday aft
ernoon received the following telegram
from Secretary aBllinger:
our wire of today received. II city
Will NIX date upon which written re-
sponse Will be submitted it will be pos
sible for this department to indicate
dates Tor oral hearing"
The preparation of the briefs will be
begun at once. 1t will be possible to
complete them in a few days and the
matter can then be presented orally at
the convenience of Secretary Ballinger
Mayor Mccarthy was unable to indi-
cate yesterday just what immediate
steps would be taken beyond the prepa-
ration Of the necessary data. He is
eager to press forward with all haste.
At the same time that the mayor
brings to his assistance all branches of
the city government he will be given
the complete and determined support
OF organized labor. The two large GEN.
tral bodies have already gone on record
and through their joint committee have
laid out a definite plan of action. In
u oli1OHS Will dlSO pIluS oil tllc
influence they command to the welfare
OF the city. Personal and united ap-
peaIs Will be made to members of con-
gresS and other powers of the national
government.
w. HI. Urmy of electrical workers
union No. 6, secretary of the joint COM
mlttee, said last night:
we will soon have our documents
ready to send to all those who were
of ha Sot do,
night All we are waiting for now is
the new map fthe two valleys, which
VIII sho that the ork contemplated in
the Hetch Hetchy valley will not in
any manner mar the beauty of the
Yosemite valley. The Call gave us most
respectful attention when the commit
tee called on the mana cement today,
and 1T has already been and will be of
great assistance to us in the fight we
are making for pure water for this and
future generations
John j. Nolan, business agent of the
molders' union, president of the joint
committee. said that The Call had done
good work for Hetch Hetchy. He
added:
The first thing we will do will be to
send our literature to all the central
labor bodies and to all the state fed
eratlons, with an urgent request that
they take immediate action as suggest
ed in the resolution and letter These
bodies are in position to draw atten-
tfon of affiliated unions and prepare the
general membership for doing the de
sired work"
b. b. Rosenthal, vice president of the
San Francisco labor council and a mem
Der of the joint labor committee on
water expressed himself as pleased
with the manner in which the manage
ment of The Call is acting in helping
the committee in bringing this matter
before the public.
PRAISE FOR THE CALL
j.. O'Conne1I of the teamsters' union.
alsoNo the joint committee, expressed
himself as sanguine that the movement
that has been started by the committee
of which he is a member will bear good
fruit and he, too, declared that The Call
was doing good work in placing the
facts of the case in their true light be-
fore the public.
The final acceptance of the 100000
offer of sale of the private Lake Flea
nor holdings, coupled with $4,000
option on the power site and water
right privileges held by Ham Hall and
associates in the Cherry creek country,
was postponed week yesterday by the
supervisors.
"a million dollars in a good deal of
money" said Supervisor Murdock. per
haps the matter should be considered
again before our action becomes final"
Let me remind the board that time
slips along and if we suffer everything
to hold us up we will find two years
going by rapidly" said Supervisor
Kelly. However, it would be just as
we'll to have roll call on this propo-
sition." All the members agreed to the
weeks delay.