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Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Authorizing the Mann Creek federal Reclamation Project, Idaho.

August 16, 1962

I AM pleased to approve S. 405, "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Mann Creek Federal Reclamation Project, Idaho."

I understand that the main objective of this project is to conserve spring run-off, which is now lost, and thereby provide a more reliable source of irrigation water. This water conservation not only will permit diversification in crops for which there is a ready market, but also will help prevent the damage that can occur from spring floods. In doing these things the project strengthens the economic base of a community and thereby benefits the Nation as a whole as well as the State of Idaho.

Note: As enacted, S. 405 is Public Law 87-589 (76 Stat. 388).

John F. Kennedy, Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Authorizing the Mann Creek federal Reclamation Project, Idaho. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236562

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