They Would Rule the Valley

San Francisco: By the Author, 1947 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. 9¼ x 5¾ inches.[6], 256pp. Numerous photographs. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, minor bumping to spine ends, else a fine copy with publisher's slipcase with pictorial pastedown. Slipcase with some wear, and missing narrow back panel. Discusses the farms and water resources of the Central Valley of California, and the government's role in water use and allocation. The author, a Senator from California, attacks the 160 acre limitation imposed on lands receiving federal water and defends the system of large acreage in the Central Valley. Senator Downey intended to make the exemption of acreage limitation for the big growers his chief contribution to the State. [Rocq: 16460]. .