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Following a month's visit with her mother in New Jersey, Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer boarded a plane for Mexico City to rejoin her husband, Ambassador William O'Dwyer. Before she left, Sloan smilingly pooh-poohed rumors that she would divorce His Excellency...
Some Pick-Sloan critics charge that the plan envisions the use of more water than the valley contains. The arid western states insist that enough water be kept in their areas to meet the needs of future development. Spokesmen like Montana's big, bluff Governor John W. Bonner contend that this will be impossible if water is "sucked out" of upper valley lands for a lower basin navigation channel and the huge power dams. Downriver opponents such as Missouri's Governor Forrest Smith reply that proposed irrigation projects in the West may cut off lower valley drinking water...
...Pick-Sloan...
...hottest question in the valley has long been how to administer the program. Basin leaders, including many Pick-Sloan supporters, worry over the loose, voluntary Interagency setup. They see that stronger central control will be needed when the interlocking chain of reservoirs and power lines reaches operation stage and when decisions will have to be made among conflicting demands for water...
...home city, the commission concluded its hearings and prepared to file its report and conclusions with the President. Whatever future administration is recommended, it is dead certain that the giant construction program will go on and that huge sums of money will continue to be spent on Pick-Sloan projects...