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Standing adamant on his demand that “the interests of the gov­ernment be protected” in any water negotiations between the BMI operators and the water district, Jess Larsori, Saturday urged that some plan be worked out whereby the water district can be supplied With water from the BMI plant. — - - - ? .a... -- Larson accompanied by John Mueller and Senator Pat McCar-ran arrived at Henderson shortly before 11 o’clock and the long awaited water session got under way: shortly thereafter. In a prepared statement re­leased at the' start of the meet-yS)& Larson said: “ I'do not want Las V egas R ev iew J o u r n a l S e p te m b e r 2 , 1 9 5 1 you to believe me~ unreasonable! or unsympathetic to the require-! ments of your community. “ I honestly hope that s o m e ! arrangements can be worked out] and if my representative Johnij Mueller and representatives of the Colorado fiver commission, together with lessees at the Basic B U L L E T IN , H o p e s of the Las Vegas ; valley water district for water from the Basic plant appeared somewhat dimmer today when ; it was indicated that the future growth of the huge Basic Mag­nesium plant probably would mean that the lessees would need all of the, available water. Jess Larson indicated 'that “big things” are in store for the plant and that there prob­ably would not be any surplus J available when all of the pros- I Pective lessees finally get into the big industrial center. (plant,, can agree upon a fixed t amount of water that .definitely, | will serve the needs of this plant | and assure its operation in the I interests of national security, I I would approve an arrangement | for making the remainder of the I water available to the irriga- I tion district. But I must, repeat, I the Basic Magnesium Plant % mus-t have a prior call upon an ? adequate supply from the fa- | cilities.” 1 Larson said that Mueller “ has i been duly appointed by me to I carry on for and on behalf of I the government of the United I States certain negotiations re- 5 garding this subject matter. | Mueller reports directly to me : and has my complete confident ; ------Time will prove to all that | the criticisms lodged against Mu- ; eller were not only unjust but that he has rendered a great j service to his country in pre- ! serving B M I.” Larson said he did noil see fit to delegate the authority to “ fi­nally consumate any matter in connection with the responsibili­ties t have under the agreement (with the .Colorado river com­mission) by which this property was transferred. +• , “ Therefore I shall continue to require that such matters be fi­nally presented to me for my consideration and action. This property is governed by speci­fic terras of the agreement be­tween the state of Nevada and! the government of the United States and there will be no de­viation from that agreement.” Larson called attention to the j fact in his statement that the productive capacity of this plant pecomes of more importance as teach week goes by because of [the program developing involv­ing the security and welfare of 1 jtlie United States. Work is be- j ing carried on in this plant that Is of vital importance, i “ Many of you,” Larson said, i (‘are aware of some of the plans I for the expansion of these facil-J ities in the interest of national! security and you can not but be I aware of the great benefits that | will flow to this state and' this if area from such industrial de- ? ^elopments. “ As each week goes by and i this situation becomes more ser-1 ious, the requirements for water ’ at this plant become greater j and the necessity for the ab­solute assurance of a depend­able and adequate water supply pecomes even more imperative.” i Larson said that it does not seem practical for a local public 'body to assume the responsibil­ity of the Colorado river com­mission. Members of the water district board, city and county officials, and other interested parties at­tended the meeting and were ; discussing Larson’s statements j when the session adjourned at H moon Saturday. , J