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Date of Work
September 6, 1949
Description
This letter dated September 6, 1949 from United States (US) Representative Usher L. Burdick to Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus includes a copy of a letter from Gordon Myer, dated August 25, 1949, concerning a financial dilemma created by that taking of his farm for the Baldhill Dam Project. Burdick writes that Myer has a just complaint and asks Straus to look into the matter right away.
The letter has a handwritten annotation reading "G. - Red," and the copy of Gordon Myer's letter has a typed annotation reading "copy."
Date of Work
9-6-1949
Keywords
Valley City North Dakota, land payment, land acquisition, Baldhill Dam Project, Baldhill Damn, US Bureau of Reclamation
Organizations Referenced
US House of Representatives, US Bureau of Reclamation
People Referenced
Usher L. Burdick, Michael W. Straus, Gordon Myer, Milton Young, William Langer, William Lemke, Fred G. Aandahl
Recommended Citation
Burdick, Usher L., "Letter from Representative Burdick to Michael W. Straus Regarding a Letter from Gordon Myer, September 6, 1949" (1949). Usher Burdick Papers. 535.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/535