Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-30
THOUSANDS PRESENT AS BOULDER
- DAM DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT

manufacture of materials and ma
chinery.
And this is true in regard to the
thousands of projects undertaken
by the federal government, by the
states and by the municipalities in
recent years. The Overwhelming
majority of them are of definite and
permanent usefulness.
While we do all of this, we give
actual work to the unemployed and
at the same time we add to the
wealth and assets of the nation.
These efforts meet with the ap-
proval of the people of the nation.
In a little over two years this
work has accomplished much. We
have helped mankind by the works
themselves, and, at the same time,
we have created the necessary pur-
chasing power to throw in the
clutch to start the wheels Of what
we call private industry. Such eX-
penditures on all of these works,
great and small, flow out to many
beneficiaries: they revive other and
more remote industries and bust
nesseS. Money is put in circulation.
Credit is expanded and the financial
and industrial m e C h n m oil
America is stimulated to more ana
more activity.
These great government power
projects will affect not only the de-
Ielopment of agriculture and in
dustry and mining in the sections
they serve, but they will also prove
useful yardsticks to measure the
cost of power throughout the United
States. 1t is my belief that the
government should proceed to lay
down the first yardstick from this
great power plant in the form of 4
state power line, assisted in its
financing by the government and
tapping the wonderful natural re-
sources Of southern Nevada. Doubt
less the same policy of financial
assistance to state authorities can
be followed in the development OF
Nevadas sister state, Arizona, on
With it all, with work proceeding
in every one of the more than three
thousand counties in the United
States, and of q vastly greater num-
Der of local divisions of govern
ment, the actual credit of govern
ment agencies is on a stronger and
safer basis than at any time in the
past six years. Many states have
actually improved their financial
position in the past two years.
Municipal tax receipts are being
paid when the taxes fall due ana
tax arrearages are steadily declin-
ing.
1t is a simple fact that govern
ment spending is already beginning
10 show definite signs Of its effect
on consumer spending; that the
putting of people to work by the
government has put other people
to work through private employ
ment, and that in two years and a
half we have come to the point
where private industry must bear
tie principal responsibility of keep
ing the processes of greater en-
ployment moving forward with ac-
ce]erated speed
The people Cf the United States
are proud of Boulder Dam. With
the exception of the few who are
narrow visioned. the people on the
Atlantic seaboard, the people in the
middle west and the people in the
south must surely recognize that
the national benefits which will be
derived from the completion of this
project will make themselves felt
in every state. They know that
poverty or distress in a community
two thousand miles away may af-
feet them, and that prosperity and
higher standards of living across a
whole continent will help them
back home. Today marks the Of
ficial completion and dedication of
Boulder Dam, the first of four
great governmental regional units.
This is an engineering victory OF
The first order another great
achievement of American resource
fulneSs, skill ard determination.
That is why I have the right once
more to congratulate you who have
created Boulder Dam and on be-