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Los Angeles, March 14th, 1935. Dear Walter: I have your confidential letter March 12th, enclosing clipping from the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal about proposed charter amendments. week, at which time would like to go over the matter with Ed Clark and you. Off-hand, am not very keen about employing the law firm of Ham & Taylor. However, that is one of the questions we can consider and try and reach a conclusion upon, just as soon as I can be there and go over it with you. Mr. Bennett is in Sacramento for a few days, and I have not had an opportunity to talk the matter over with him. It will be necessary to have his approval before we could hire Ham & Taylor or incur any other legal expense in connection with the situation. endeavoring to obtain the best men possible as candidates for Mayor and Commissioners, irrespective of any movement or talk about municipal ownership of public utilities in Las Vegas. Undoubtedly all the agitation at this time is largely for the purpose of trying to get a reduction in the rates on power and water. As far as the latter is concerned, it would seem these rates are extremely reasonable, particularly when the amount of water used per capita in Las Vegas is already the highest in the United States. Hope to be in Las Vegas the early part of next I agree that we are justified in vigorously F. H. Knickerbocker (Personal) Mr. W. R. Bracken, Las Vegas, Nevada.