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Los A n g e le s,S e p t. 19, 1927. Dear W alter: I have yours of the 18th r e la t iv e to re d u ctio n of p o s s ib ly $15,0 0 0 ,0 0 ’ in the assessment of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Saturday over the r a ilr o a d ta x s itu a tio n and i t was decided th at Adams and I have a conference Tuesday at San F ra n c is c o w ith the S',P. and W.P, ta x o f f i c i a l s . I t was then thought a d visa b le that I go out th at n ig h t and t r y and get a lin e on the' s itu a tio n in Nevada. I l e f t here Saturday n ig h t, spent Monday in Carson and returned the same evening. We had a conference Tuesday at San F ra n c is c o . I was in hopes of fin d in g Mr. M cTierney, the S .P . ta x agent in Carson or Reno, but I m issed him, I d id not d isc u ss ta x m atters at a l l before the Commission, but q u ie tly interview ed the members w ith a view of a s c e rta in in g t h e ir a ttitu d e , i f p o s s ib le . The s itu a tio n in Carson is the same as when we were th e re . The State Board of E q u a liz a tio n i s h o ld in g meetings but they don’ t seem to be doing an yth ing. In f a c t , whatever i s to be done I take i t w i ll be done before the Tax Commission at t h e ir re g u la r meeting to be h e ld on October 1 s t. I am le a v in g here not la t e r than the 29th fo r Carson and w i l l , of co urse, see you before th at tim e. Mr. H a lste d , C h arles Adams and m yself had a conference We were a l l shocked to hear of the sudden death of ( P I A H A ) F . R. McNamee. FRM:I