Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-04
The Water and POUer Act
An Analysis
By r. d. McPHERRIN

:removes from the people of the state
any chance to control or operate the
waters and power resources of the state
after the Water and Power board is
once appointed, which is not in any
sense providing public ownership.
| The movement to secure adoption of
this amendment as the basic law of the
state is simply cunning attempt by
interested politicians and power site
holders to take advantage of the well
established desire of the people of the
state to own, control and operate its
natural resources themselves.
Fortunately over half n million people
in California, supported br over two
hundred newspapers, are pledged TO de-
feat this legislation, the list of such
including the members of the following
, organizations: California Federation OF
State Societies; California Real Estate
Associations; California Bankers Asso-
citation; California Warehouscmen s
Associations; California Mutual Water
Companies Association; California AS
sociation of Insurance Agents; Califor.
MIA State Irrigation Association (Mar.
shall Plan); Woman = Bond and Tax
League; Associated Chambers of Com.
mcrce of San Gabriel Valley; Santa
Monica Chamber of Commerce; Found.
ers and Employers Association; Com
monwealth Club; Whittier Chamber OF
Commerce; Public Welfare League OF
Riverside; Realty Board of San Bernar-
dino; Tulare Grange; Civic Commercial
Association of Bakersfield; Chamber of
Mines and Oils; Supervisors, Riverside
County; Redondo Chamber of Com
merce; Los Angeles Realty Board; 1nyo-
Moon Public Welfare League; Glcndora
Chamber of Commerce; Pomona Cham
Der of Commerce; Workingmen 3 Civic
League; Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce; Pomona Realty Board; Paeoina
Chamber of Commerce; Ventura County
Chamber of Commerce; San Bernarlno
Chamber of Commerce; California he.
velopment Associations; San Francisco
Electrical Development League; Tn"
Nevada Irrigation District; Conference
of Tax Associations from nine Call.
fornia counties; The California Indus
trial Council; The San Francisco Real
Estate Board; Berkeley Manufacturers
Association; Granite Manufacturers
Association of California; The Tulare
County Producers Taxpayers Assoeia.
tioh, Inc SaH Francisco chamber or
Commerce.; Redwood City Chamber Of
Commerce; Strathmore Farm Bureau;
Stationary Engineers Local 5O7 of Oak-
land; Investment Bankers Association
OF America; Public Welfare League OF
Imperial County; Associated Chambers
of Commerce of Imperial County; Ship
Owners Association of the Pacific
Coast; Pacific American Steamship As.
soeiation; Lassen County Chamber of
Commerce; San Francisco Chapter
American Association of Engineers:
Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley; Cham.
ber of Commerce, Mountain View; Eu-
reka Real Estate Board, Humboldt
County; Fullerton Board of Trade; Tule
River Water Association, Portervillc;
Motor Car Dealers Association of Los
Angeles; Alhambra Businessmen AS.
sociation; Santa Paula Chamber of
Commerce; Greater California League:
California State Association Of Flee
trical Contractors and Dealers; Civic
Leagues of Improvement Clubs and
Associations, San Francisco; Insurance
Brokers Exchange, San Francisco; San
Francisco Civil Service Commission.