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Bower, John C.

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Research Papers in Economics

REPORT  OF  THE WESTERN  EXTENSION
PUBLIC  AFFAIRS  COMMITTEE
John  C.  Bower,  Montana, Chairman
Subcommittees  have  been  appointed  to  work  on:  (1)  land
problems,  (2)  water  problems,  (3)  taxation and finance,  (4)  emerg-
ing  issues,  and  (5)  five-year  goals.
Responsibilities  have  been  assigned  for  preparation  of  the  fol-
lowing materials:
1. A  history  of the laws  relating  to the  160-acre  limitation,  their
present  status,  and  their  application  in  the  West  (Wallace,
California)
2.  A  brief  history  of  land  policy  in  the  West  (Campbell,
Arizona)
3.  A brief history  of water policy in the  West  (Wyckoff,  Nevada)
4.  A  bibliography on  water  resources  (Oakleaf,  Colorado)
5.  A  list  of  agencies,  commissions,  etc.,  concerned  with  water
policy  (Oakleaf,  Colorado)
6.  A  report  on  the  Montana  human  resource  development  pro-
gram  (Bower, Montana)
7.  A  report  on  the  Oregon  taxation  and  finance  program
(Thomas,  Oregon)
To  date,  the  committee  has  been  concerned  primarily  with  an
exchange  of  materials  and  program  ideas  regarding  current  public
affairs  programs  in the  Western  states,  and  with  the identification  of
problems  which lend themselves  to the  committee  approach.
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REPORT OF THE WESTERN EXTENSION PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

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