Regional President Speech

, .. · ~~ OPENING REMARKS 7 ''1 BY ROGER c Gr;J!EY / b Q. ~~('?1~ h ~~~ ~ ~ ~ president of t e Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, ~~~ distinct pleasure in welcoming you to our symposium on ~estern Wate~ Resources. The e~;:ent attendance at this meeting, and its nation­ ~ ge~e, indicate the high level of interest inl water resource issues. We believe this symposium represents a real opportunity to examine the water resource problems facing the western United States and/ to consider policy innovations;tto address these prob­ lems. While the principal focus of the symposium is on western water resources, the topic is both national and international in scope. Indeed, many of the problems 59-~~~~~ United easte~~ited States ~, States have counterparts in the to a great extent, in other parts of the world. Obvious examples are problems resulting from ~oor water quali! y n~ the improper a~o­ cation of water among users. This symposium is the second i ongoing series of annual tv. 1~ symposia on important economic issu~ sponsored by the Federal Re­ serve Bank of Kansas City. A major objective of the series- h­ as c::. been to develop a program on an economic issue about which major ~ public and private policy decisions would be made in~coming years. wa~ted diSCUSS~ ~ We also the .issue be of major importance both "ttct ~ the TenttpDistrict and to the Nation. O-<J a ~ FIJ~· -2­ I believe an examination of water resources~nd the allo­ ~h cation of those resources an issue- it as was last year's program on world agricultural trade. In carrying out this objective, we have tried to bring together the most outstanding experts in the field as speakers, paper presenters, andt discussants. ~daI- The credentials of those on the program clearly indicateJ\we have been successful in this effort. A related objective was to bring together, in a suitable setting, a group of top-level decision­ . ~.e:; makers from business, government, .and academia who hav~e~pert..i..se , , and interest in water resources. And we wanted to provide an op­ portunity for constructive __ between the-program par­ inter·~ ~·en Ftl0 ):i;.., cp,-.... ~, -:uc;J ticipants and t hei r audience. I the program over the next b&l~e day and a half will satisfy these criteria, and I am pleased to welcome you this morning. It is my pleasure, as well, to introduce to you Joseph H. Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Williams Companies of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joe is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Joe, I'm pleased you can be with us today.

J. Roger Guffey (1979, September 26). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_19790927_j_roger_guffey

@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_19790927_j_roger_guffey,
  author = {J. Roger Guffey},
  title = {Regional President Speech},
  year = {1979},
  month = {Sep},
  howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_19790927_j_roger_guffey},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}