Show SENATOR SMOOT AT HEAD SubCommittee of Senate Committee on Public Lands Selected to t Consider Conservation Special to The Washington Wahington Feb 16 Senator Smoot was wa today appointed chairman chara of a sub subcommittee subcommittee committee of the Senate committee on public lands to draft a bill bi for the te con conservation conservation of the natural resources The Theother Theother Theother other embers are Clark of Wyoming Dixon Dion ol of o Montana Chamberlain of Ore Oregon Oregon Oregon gon and Hughes of Colorado Colordo This sub subcommittee subcommittee committee will hold hearings and try tr to reach an agreement on the form of a abill abill bill that will command the support of ot the Republicans of the Senate They will wl report to the full tul committee as soon as possible James R H Garfield Garfeld former forer secretary of the Interior today appeared before the public lands committee as the representative representative of or the conservation association association tion ton to present his views upon the sub subject subject subject of government control of water waterpower waterpower waterpower power sites sies It I was developed that the idea was as that the government should control these sites except in states st tes that have commissions for the control of public utilities and when states have such commissions the entire entre question queston should be turned over to them The proposed propose bill drafted by Mr Garfield Garfeld provides that 25 per cent of the pro proceeds proceeds proceeds of the rental of these power sites sies shall be turned over to the various states for school and ad road purposes Senator Smoot suggested that 75 per percent percent percent cent be given to the states for these tese purposes and 25 2 per cent retained by bythe bythe bythe the government to pay the charges of administration |