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t O f e 1 «:-3» H K 8n RU'SH RUSH Orlg WRB Gy LAM - Las Vegas Los Angeles - Feb 26, 19^5 Under date Feb 23 our Omaha O ffice forwarded to War Prodn Board, 275 South Virginia S t ., Reno, appln for WPB authority to d r ill well and construot pipe lin e at Las Vegas, Nev., and accomp­anied this document with another appln requesting authority to amortise the expendtr so Involved over 5-y®ar period. Under rules of WPB, amortisation w ill not be granted I f work commenced before amortisation c e r tific a te acted upon, and of course in no event can the work be started until we receive WPB authorisation. E B Hall w ill have his well d r illin g rig released at Bakersfield, C a lif., March 5 ^ » 5111(1 i f we have necessary authority can move r ig Immediately to Las Vegas and d r ill the w ell. He can­not hold this payroll for indeterminate period awaiting governmental authorisation, and i f we are not in p osition to take the rig he w ill of necessity put i t on another Job, which w ill mean we prob­ably could not get well d r ille d in time fo r hot weather demand. This is extremely important matter, and one in which the City as Defense community is v ita lly interested, and think you should explain seriousness o f situation to City Council and ask Mayor to wire WPB at Reno urging immediate action on the two applications. Iiv> sending such wire he should emphasise Defense nature of the need in order to support our amortisation request. I think same telegram should be given to Governor, Senator MoCarran and such others as may be helpful in matter. This is of utmost importance, and should be given immediate attention and followed C losely. S-9 1 r a