Author: DOWNEY, SHERIDAN
Title: They Would Rule the Valley
Description: San Francisco, CA: Sheridan Downey, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "In a 1947 book entitled They Would Rule the Valley, Downey argued that the farmers of the Central Valley, who controlled water rights based on state law, would come into conflict with the federal Bureau of Reclamation. Downey acknowledged that Central Valley farmers were technically in violation of the Reclamation Act of 1902, but defended these violations of Federal law as necessary because, in the context of California agriculture the Federal limitation was impractical. Downey's political views made him vulnerable. Helen Gahagan Douglas challenged him in a primary. In 1950 Downey dropped out of the race, citing ill health, and threw his support in the Democratic primary behind Manchester Boddy, the conservative and wealthy publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News. He even indicated that if Douglas won the primary, which she did, he would support Republican U. S. Representative Richard Nixon in the general election.". Fine .
Keywords: Californiana Sheridan Downey State Legislature United States Senate Water Reclamations Bureau of Reclamations Central Valley Project Water Californiana
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Title: They Would Rule the Valley
Description: San Francisco, CA: Sheridan Downey, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "In a 1947 book entitled They Would Rule the Valley, Downey argued that the farmers of the Central Valley, who controlled water rights based on state law, would come into conflict with the federal Bureau of Reclamation. Downey acknowledged that Central Valley farmers were technically in violation of the Reclamation Act of 1902, but defended these violations of Federal law as necessary because, in the context of California agriculture the Federal limitation was impractical. Downey's political views made him vulnerable. Helen Gahagan Douglas challenged him in a primary. In 1950 Downey dropped out of the race, citing ill health, and threw his support in the Democratic primary behind Manchester Boddy, the conservative and wealthy publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News. He even indicated that if Douglas won the primary, which she did, he would support Republican U. S. Representative Richard Nixon in the general election.". Fine .
Keywords: Californiana Sheridan Downey State Legislature United States Senate Water Reclamations Bureau of Reclamations Central Valley Project Water Californiana
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36134
- Book number: 36134
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