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Senator Thomas H. Kuchel May 5, 1954 upon the grantee's ceasing to use the land for the purpose of water works, etc. Such permanent rights of way are obviously necessary to secure the continuous supply of water to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, The two bills, as Introduced, paraphrase in a substantial measure existing Acts of Congress which were enacted for the benefit of the City of Los Angeles and the Metropoli­tan Water District of Southern California, and the safe­guards contained in those earlier Acts are contained in the proposed Acts for the District and Basic Management Inc. It is of course essential to the District for assurance of a permanent source of water from Lake Mead,- and a permanent means of transporting that water to the territory Included in the District, in order to maintain its water revenues and finance the bond issue in question, as well as to insure permanent development of the lands embraced in the Water District. As you know, the Union Pacific Railroad Com­pany is extremely Interested in the development of the Las Vegas basin from an industrial standpoint, which develop­ment can only be assured if there is a sufficient supply of water to serve the territory in question. The District, by agreement with the State of Nevada, is entitled to an annual delivery of 43,000 acre feet from the allocation granted by the United States to the State of Nevada, but it must, of course, be definitely assured that the water so allocated can be transported to the District from Lake Mead. Under the circumstances, I would very much appreciate your favorable consideration of these two bills and anything you can do to expedite their passage so that the District may be in a position in the near future to commence construction of the branch line from the existing Lake Mead - Henderson line, with the assurance the Lake Mead - Henderson line will also have its permanent right of way for that line. r Yours very truly, EEBsps E. E. Bennett m -3-