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las Vegas - 3-am 19th, 1955* *KP* (Confidential) Bear Fred; Our water situation here in 2*ae Vegas Is prac­tically the sane as it has bean W# are able to get by, as durin g faocra ; ttahei np haosutr sf ewof datyhse* JtLght.there is sufficient water fro® the springs, well I p shop yards pimp to put J trickle of m t ® over the spillway at the reservoir* l*here has been no water over the spillway &t the settling basin for many days* 4s endosing a mtired copy of the weekly paper called '’labor**, in reference tr cur recent city election, and a® very reluctant to say that the article la this paper is absolutely the troth, % have ns yet been Tin- able t© get any action O' t of the present -mayor and com­missioners toward Issuing an ordinance to prevent waste of water and regulate sprinkling hotsrs# ' I respect folly call attention again to my letter of -March 12th, particularly the fifth paragraph, I to !ibt went .to appear''to be continmlly crying **¥olf$wt but I really w r y badly need the as si a tenet almost daily of ac'attorney or legal advisor who Is folly aeoTmlnted with, the situation out here* In my letter, I mentionedHs® .for two very obvious reasonsf first, he is fairly weSl. liked, and Is considered a cunning and smart lawyer? second,, his partner, Hyland Saylor, is now City Attorney, since the repent election, and Is for relating every plan that is put ,c,ortfe by the present mayor*' However, his name would now bdem out of the question* as I 'understand Ham &' Taylor have or two of the damage cases agairwt the Hoi Tread in con­fneerccthi, o n with the bus accident' on .tbs Boulder highway last There are two other attorneys .la town* either of which would be acceptable? first and most preferable, 111 Henderson, with whom you are acquainted and who* for many years, was State Bsn&ter* Henderson carries much