<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Concerns Over the Mundt-Ferguson Bill: A Statement by Helen Gahagan Douglas</dc:title><dc:date>1946-02-27</dc:date><dc:creator>Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_014_5_172_9_0019</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document discusses the importance of land ownership and the struggle against land monopoly in the Central Valley of California. It highlights the historical significance of the land and the impact on American democracy. The author argues for the protection of the land and the rights of the people who have invested in it. The document also mentions a law that limits the amount of water available for irrigation to prevent private landowners from monopolizing resources. The fate of this law is currently being debated in Congress.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>