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iq/f,,r . P?╟╓SfS ffjl ?║2^:'ilPQli end the filling of the lakct the operation In the spillway* fend the _ / operation of the power hows#??* Sosw of you have never teen thi??, when m went to New York with "It at the exhibit for the state*at the first Worlds F It became* * $.?╜ * i .end a lease agreement with the''"operators of the-World5?? Fair and, you?╟╓ll recall* Nevada withdrew* .Meantime*. - George -creel who headed up the1'Federal Exhibit ...for the fUfi: Francisco Fair?╟╓contacted the Las Vegas Chamber of iCewaerce to-see whether er /,{;3 tnot- that model could be brought to th# San Francisco Fair* In the m meantime, the Rockefeller Center sent a person out here to ask that V&the mo^el be placed in the rockefeller Center Institute for two year?? Ft* at no cost whatsoever other than the maintenance of the exhibit. Be- cause the money, the *42,000* had been specifically appropriated fey M\ixi?Θ╝ state Legislature for the New York ?╟╓ s Ft??ir* it could not be used. fuHence the model was brought heme, W# later subsequently did enter into afl^agree-.^nt, however, and tdbk this model to 11 ptl' hrancisco. -o have a c Ynple of short motion oixs that HI ckteaw, pretty near two years ?√ß .4 Ikgo an- It did so well in the Federal Building, poorly displayed as it >^wesf that the Federal Government spent over S100,000 building another builiing for this model, nob the U.8. f.-On; Pat McCarran, we had ^-vOMiny, many dignitaries from the Bureau of Recreation that 3*ctuT,lly started the operation of it. surrounding the model we had a many plxs of the area and also Boulder 0am and some of the start ex Mbit?? that went into making Boulder -ham. That 1 ?? the reason Jack and I .came here. We had pass number 49 and SJI on Boulder Damf we ^^went all thru it........chairman for...**.frank Crow* took a liking Ito Jack and If we htd Use complete facilities for the government at our disr-osal ?½s well as six companies and that was the reason we were able to build this model. The model at the present time is out at ?½y reach. It?╟ would require some service! we had entered into nego- tiations to sell it to the Federal Government*.?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤??and about the time we were ready to consumete the deal, the war came along and we bundled the think up and brought It home# : -at we do have quit?½ a file on the exhibit| ?√ß we have this motion pix? we do, have some fils#! 1 showed / It here about three weeks ago to the boys in the News Bureau; it U //looks like Boulder osmi It operates like Boulder OyUl'i pardcn the \\/ personal reference, but it is the best monel of Boulder fk-n that _ he# , \v/ ever b?╜#i built or orobably ever will be built. do have it| it is I available! It would probably cost -i,t0ev or $lb*C00 to put this me el in the ptoper shape-and tpke it,-up there. r??e even have a special, _ trailer*built for iti it still,rests ,upon this trailer. The trailer would have to have new tires to/transport It over. That??? a very-brief thumbnail ef-lif if anybedy*?? interested, why 1'do have plxs in ?╜y 1 office of it. I S-IyISy?½!/ r ?╟ ?╟??╜ 8 V wjjjfi, RICK, Could that be diverted to the iBodelf'v"?╟╓ Gentlemen, would you like me to follow up on\it ??o that we could...... HARVEY.-DIEDERXCHv i don?╟╓t understand why if we do the Jack Tell think or do the Boulder Dam thlnp, that we have to rake up the,money from the hotels when the signooai'd ^aoney will corns from the Fair | Recreation Board* In view ??f whdt Eugene says which la tru, about signboards in Seattle and In view of the fact that 1 understand that they- anticipate 73;^ of the attendance of the people coming there will com?½ by air and will not have an opportunity to see billboards.