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Lob Angel«e - Hov. 50, 1951 4747-11-84 (Cae© #1214} AIRMAIL Mr, Rohm - Omaha* oe* Mr. Mrs. Reinhardt Mr. Calvin M. Coi Mr. m.h. Johnson dupplomenting my let tar of Hove® her 29th relative to applic Sion of the Las Vegas Land and Mater Company for authority to refuse to make further connections and referring specifically to the order of the Nevada Public Service Coev­al eel on granting'our appliestlon ex parte and fixing a out- off date ae of Dooomber 1, 1951. Ifee order was given publicity yesterday in Lae Vegas and the tom folks coved in on the Qoremor and Mr. Allen, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Mho unfortunately happened, to be in Lae Vegas, end after a meeting lasting far into the night, the order of Nov saber £3, 1951 ms rescinded, by a telephone see ting of the Public Service Commission, one Comal s-toner being in Careen City and one in Las Vegas. util be held on January ££, 1952 but the ex parte order, in vhlch the out-off date set for Leeeuber 1, 1961, is now a thing of the pest. this evening to consider ways and means of immediate acquisi­tion of the Mater Company. Possibly the agitation vhlch \m stirred up my have the results we hoped it would have in awakening the people to the realisation of the seriousness of the water situation in Las Vegas. Bo far as I have been able to determine, the hearing 1 understand another meeting has been called for Bennett