Show RAPS PARTY q IN Urges Policy Demanded by Filibustering Minority in the House DAM BILL VETOED IN VIGOROUS LANGUAGE PRESIDENT DOES NOT BELIEVE BE IN GIVING AWAY POWER RIGHTS OF UNTOLD VALUE I Washington April 13 In a special message today toda vetoing a dam bill President Roosevelt velt warned congress that there are arc pending in this session 4 bills which propose pr pose to give away without with without 4 out price stream rights capable of de do developing eloping horsepower whose production would cost annually tons of f coal urging in vigorous terms the establishment of ot a policy J 4 l such sueh as the filibustering minority in inthe Inthe inthe the house demands dem which would safe safeguard safeguard safeguard guard the granting of ot bridge and dam privileges and require the grantees to pay for them and definitely announcing announcing announcIng ing a future policy polley on his part with regard n rard ard to prompt utilization of con construction construction privileges by b refusing his signature to a bill that gives give an addi additional additional additional three years to the Rainy River Improvement company within which to build a dam In the Rainy river I 1 do says sas the president that natural resources should bo be grante and held in an undeveloped condition either for speculative or oth other other other er reasons So far as I am aware there are no assurances that the grantees in this case ease are in any an better condi condition condition condition tion promptly and properly to utilize this opportunity than they were at the time of the original act granting the privilege ten years ears ago The True Federal Policy f Discussing broadly the federal poI pal pollO lO fry ic the president says saya Every permit to construct a dam darn on streams should specifically recognize the right of tho the government to fix a term for its duration and to impose such charge harge or as may maybe maybe maybe be deemed necessary to protect the present and future Interests of the thel United l nit d States Sta s in accordance with tho the thoa a act t of June 21 1906 1006 The Th provision for a charge Is of o Ital Importance The navigability of or Inland waterway and of ot all aU au eon con connected or 01 connectable inland inand water waterways waterways ways W S as a whole should be improved for the purpose of ot Interstate and for tor foreign eign Ign commerce upon a consistent and uniform plan by b which each part should be made to help every other part The Income derivable from this source would materially aid In the complete Improvement of ot our navigable navigable ble waters for which there is now such euch a crying need The chief of en engineers engineers engineers of o the army reports ports r that the bills now pending at this session of congress permit penn It the construction ot of dams in navigable rivers capable of de developing developing over horsepower These rivers run every hour in the theda I day da and every day in tho the year To 1 develop this amount of power would average conditions require about tons of or medium quality coal every year ear This natural wealth Is the heritage of the people I see no rea reason reason reason son for giving It away Though there is Js every reason for not imposing condi conditions conditions conditions sq burdensome as to prevent the utilization of the power Evils of Monopoly Manifest We are now at the Beginning of or a great development in water power Its use through electrical transmission Is entering more and largely Into every element of or the daily dally life of ot the people Already the evils of ot monopoly are becoming manifest already the ex experience experience of or the past shows the necessity ty of caution In making unrestrIcted grants grama of this great power f h 4 The present policy pursued in mak making makIng ing lag these grants giants is unwise in giving away the property of people In the flowing waters to individuals or organ organizations organIzations organizations practically unknown and grant grantIns grantIng Ins Ing In perpetuity these valuable privileges privileges privileges leges In advance of the formation of or definite plans as to their use In Iff Ii some cases the grantees apparently have bave little or no financial or other ability to utilize the gift and have sought It merely because it could be had for the asking In place of the present haphazard policy of or permanently alienating valuable valuable able public property we should substitute substitute substitute tute a definite policy along the follow following log ing In lines First There should be a limited or carefully guarded grant in the nature oj or o an option or opportunity afforded reasonable time for develop of plans and for execution of the I I project A Second Such a grant or concession should be accompanied in the act making the tIo grant by a provision ex cx expressly pressly making it the duty of the des designated desIgnated official to annul the grant if the work Is not begun or plans are not carried out in accordance with the au authority authority granted Third It should also be the duty of some slime designated official to see to it that tha in approving the plans the maxi Continued on Page 2 ROOSEVELT RAPS PARTY IN CONGRESS Continued From Page 1 mum developments off of the navigation and power i is assured or at least that In making the plans these may not be beso beso beso so developed ultimately a to Interfere with the better utilization of the water or complete development of the power Fourth There should be a license fee or charge which though small or nominal at the outset can in the tu fu future ture lure be adjusted so as to secure a con eon control control in the interests of the public Provision should be made for forthe forthe forthe the termination of ot the grant or privilege privilege privilege lege at a definite time leaving to fu Lu future future ture generations the power or author authority authorIty authority ity to renew or extend the concession in accordance with the conditions which may prevail at that time |