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B-107165-O.M. 1 (1952-04-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Released 4;i COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNtTED STATES WASMINGTON 1I / bee *-asn65-o .. APR 3 Direeter of Audits raforence is wade to meoranui frm the teting Associate Director, Di'sian of Audits, dated ?earuaqy 20, 1952, forwarding a letter from the Cmmissioner of Meclamatiaa dated February 20s 1952, With mnlosures, in reply to a letter vrittan pursuant to B-10716.-C .*, at January 21, 1952, relative to the propriety o certain expenditures by the Bureau o belamation. in cmnection with the celebration reterred to an the SCentrd Vallur ater Festival. It appeas frw the aorasxha of the former Corporation Audito tvisin, datd ecember 14, 195l, ad other papors in the-file, that te festival was btilt around the dedication by the Secretazy of the laterioe of 1e pmpinJg plant at Traqy, Califcrnia, and the release of irtptLan rater frn Shasta Da on Auwust 1, 19511 that the feattval was marked with regattas, speeaas, barbequa, parades and pageantal - that the -rean of a clanation, Janica II, in arranging for the tlabrstion, mads expenditures from the appropriation 'Conastrction -d ashabilitaticm, lrea of Bealation for the emplegtent of per- tom'lo pwabli relatieas, travel, airp1anAtiire, omastuctie of floats, speakere* atadAs, bloohers, photogjaphic blowes, diorcan depIcting te Central Valles project, end other miscellaneos expenes at a coat of apprxisa t*1y $60,000. In justification of thie questioned expenditures, the coniasoner of alesaties, in letter of Jbbruary 20, 1952, states that the Burea boomse an aotive participant in tihe Statis prow~sm then it becamr known that the president of the United States indicated his intentian of dedisating the trecy pumping plant; that the matter of providang adeqate facilties for him convenance, in accordance with reconseoda- tioa of the Secret Seruice and at the Buresa a eapense, -was inforLaliy diaw ed with representative of this Jfiles wino advised that LLre was ample precsat for such dedtcation expenditurem, and that a reasoable esponditure would not be objected to; gad ithat in participat.- imj io the c~lebratica sa dedicatie owrenies to the uant, of over-al apenditures aproximating W4,506.50, the iena took advant- ag of the state-wide natre of the elebratioe to infon the people of Califesnia as to the acooplisment and operation of the cormpleted part of the CAntral tallsy proct as well as that part thereof still uempleted, under its statUtory authority, aeng other thinjto (1) spend project construct.xa funds to disseinate information con- oerning project plans and proraks, and (2) perforn any and all acts that af be noenasa an proper for the purpose of carrying the pro- visae of fiaclamation law into ful force and effect.

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