The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
UNION men ARE
CHAMP IONS OF
HFTCH HETCHY
Nation Wide Battle for Pure
Water Supply for San Fran
cisco Is Launched

The details of the plan, outlined by
cisco labor council and the building
trades council of San Francisco toward
enlisting union men throughout the
country in the fight for Hetch Hetchy,
were completed yesterday by ]. j. No
Ian, chairman of the joint committee,
and before the week closes the country
will be flooded with maps. resolutions
of protest and letters refuting the
arguments of the nature lovers" who
oppose the water site.
Every union man in San Francisco
will be called upon to help in the fight,
and each man will be asked to send to
some friend elsewhere copies of the
map, showing the relative positions
of the Hetch Hetch valley and the Yo-
semitic valley, together with copy
of the resolution and the explanatory
letter. asking for help. Nolan said:
We have until May in which to
give our side of the case. and in
the weeks to come every possible
down this monument of lies which
has been created by the corporate
powers opposing the grant Every
union will ask its members to
SEND 70 some friend a map, the
resolution of protest and the ex-
planatory letter, with the further
request that he take the matter up
president of the United States
Apart from this the joint commit
tee viii send the same matter Off
clally to every union headquarters
in the country. The cause will be
taken up in labor journals, advo-
Gated by labor speakers and es-
poused oy labor men as labor
The fight has developed into one
o! the labor1ng classes against
pig corporation. OF the nature low
sincerely believes that if the sit
uation is shown to them in its true
light they will cease their opposi-
tion. No Californian desires to
mar the beauty of the Yosemite
valley. This is just what we want
70 prove We want to show that
the Hetch Hetchy reservoir will
not interfere in the slightest ex-
tent with the Yosemite valley
The map shows that the two val
leys are miles apart, the actual
at least 20 miles They are sepa7
rated by high range of mountains
ana, up to the present, few have
visited Hetch Hetchy on account of
the difficulty in reaching it, BY
what reasoning it can be claimed
that a reservoir high up in the
mountains, at least 20 miles from
the Yosemite, can mar the latter's
peauty is more than any sane man
can understand.
This committee does not believe
that those who love nature will
oppose the Hetch Hetchy permit
when they are made aware of the
true situation and know further
that on it the people of the city.
the women and children, look to il
Tor a supply of water
OF that small class of mushy
esthetlcs who are against the
scheme because the reservoir will
change the face of Hetch Hetchy
valley alone, it is useless to speak.
They say Hetch Hetchy valley is a
beautiful spot; therefore, let it re-
main so. A field of waving corn
Is beautiful scene; must We then
not cut it? There is natural beautv
ana enough to spare in California.
but the women and children need
water in San Francisco All we
ask is the right to use a small
strip, up in the mountains, visited
by very few and which in nowise
interferes with anything else.