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/ 7^" % SOUTHLAND WATER COMMITTEE G en eral Chairman PRESTON HOTCHKIS Los Angeles Vice Chairmen CHARLES BAIRD Vista 523 WEST SIXTH STREET LOS ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA MAdison 9-3716 1 . v J 'W W - ^ ' O S * V ;f. FRED JENNINGS Riverside EDWIN W . PAULEY Los Angeles ' V S ecretary-T rea surer PAUL E. SCHWAB Beverly Hills M. . V . Executive Secretary FRANK PURCELL MEM ORANDUM TO ATTO R N EYS Qpp ^ 1963 Board of Directors CHARLES BAIRD, Vista W. J. BASSETT, Los Angeles LLEWELLYN BIXBY, JR., Long Beach Dear Friend: ANDERSON BORTHWICK, San Diego JUDGE MADGE BRADLEY, San Diego STEVE BROIDY, Hollywood HORACE W. BROWER, Los Angeles DONALD C. BURNHAM, San Diego DR. R. J. CARREON, Los Angeles HERBERT S. CHASE, JR., Santa Monica W ater is the foundation of our econom y, the key to our future. Without an adequate water supply, business and industry would collapse, agriculture would wither, jobs would vanish. PHILIP CORRIN, Los Angeles EDWIN W. DEAN, Inglewood LORENZO A. DICARLO, San Pedro PAUL D. DODDS, Laguna Beach DR. LEE A. DuBRIDGE, Pasadena We already im port m ost of our water from 300 m iles d is ­tant. Now, we are looking forward to the day when Northern California water will flow 500 m iles southward. MRS. HELEN FARLEY, Long Beach JOHN ANSON FORD, Los Angeles JOHN F. GLICK, Beverly Hills EWART W. GOODWIN, San Diego MAX L. GREEN, Los Angeles L. O. GRIFFITHS, Wilmington GEORGE B. HARLAN, Cornell RALPH H. HILTON, Burbank HARRY W. HITCHCOCK, San Marino J. FRANK HOLT, Los Angeles Yet here, despite the construction m iracles that make this im portation p ossib le, our water supplies are too often taken for granted. N ever, in all the years of Southern C alifornia's great growth, has there been a m ore urgent need for united and vigorous efforts to safeguard our water future. PRESTON HOTCHKIS, Los Angeles ERNEST HUBER, Norwalk DR. H. CLAUDE HUDSON, Los Angeles MRS. LEILAND ATHERTON IRISH, Los Angeles FRED JENNINGS, Riverside CLARKE KEELY, Los Angeles EMIL O. KIEFER, Glendale MRS. VALLEY KNUDSEN, Glendale LeROY E. LATTIN, Santa Monica There are problem s that m ust be solved and the need for an active citizens organization, accurately inform ed and d eter­mined to do something about these problem s, is c lea r. For this reason, to safeguard our water in terests, the Southland W ater Com m ittee was form ed. CHARLES W. LEE, Los Angeles THOMAS W. MARKHAM, Santa Ana DON MATEER, Whittier CLAUDE W. MAY, Compton H. C. McCLELLAN, Lo s Angeles ROSS McCOLLUM, Los Angeles May we invite your participation. There is no financial obligation. Your signature on the enclosed oostaee-naid card will enroll you. M. 1. MclNTYRE, Hemet A. A. MILLIGAN, Oxnard PAUL OWEN, Ventura VICTOR H. PALMIERI, Thousand Oaks EDWIN W. PAULEY, Los Angeles FRANK L. PELLISSIER, Pico Rivera Since many of our m em bers have extended invitations to their friends, you m ay have already enrolled - - i f so, would you please refer this to one of your friends or a sso cia tes. NEIL PETREE, Los Angeles GORDON X. RICHMOND, Orange EV ROSS, Pacific Palisades V ery sin cerely yours, -----«_________ PAUL E. SCHWAB, Beverly Hills M. B. SILBERBERG, Los Angeles WILLIAM G. SLOAN, La Mesa MRS. FREDERIC W. SPENCER, North Hollywood J. STACEY SULLIVAN, JR., San Diego W. F. SUPPE, Manhattan Beach EIJI E. TANABE, Los Angeles JOHN M. THOMPSON, Bellflower EDWARD E. TUTTLE, Pasadena MAX EDDY UTT, Los Angeles CARL WARD, Oxnard WILLIAM R. WARDNER, Los Angeles JACK E. WEBSTER, Altadena CHARLES A. WELLMAN, Beverly Hills CARROLL R. WEST, Los Angeles PRESTON HOTCHKIS General Chairman