Show BOULDER BOLER BILL LEATHERWOOD DISHONEST 1 r PROJECT Jf I SEEN A AW AS W WHITE lIf ELEPHANT nIAH MEMBER S Johnson ing-Johnson Measure 1 J in Minority Report I r NATIONAL SCANDAL 7 Political Pressure Behind I FRill Bill H He Cha Charges es WASHINGTON ASHINGTON D. D C March 24 AP Charging AP-Charging Charging that the Swing Swing- J Johnson h sol B Boulder ulder Canyon dam measure is isa is a dangerous dishonest ind aid unsound proposal tentative Leatherwood Republican Utah today filed a minority report letting forth his views views against its passage ge The The he project w which Inch it authorizes l ary and would if H undertaken undertaken undertaken un un- un- un become a a. national scand scandal scan- scan d dal Leath wood is here asked to buy white elephant for tax- tax aJ rS A A- comparatively com e lg C n Job of flood control and ri or n regulation which should cost n moro than I to 15 OO Is made rade 1 the thc excuse for tOl or an unprecedented tod engineering experiment expert expert- ment mont costing not Ies less ess- ess than and risking at least 5 or more more 1 I Leathern views came came utter th yesterday of ot a request b by Cb ln Smith of the thc house liri- liri gatIa committee asking immediate consideration of the measure In the bouse hoai VIG VIGOROUS ROUS OPPONENT Hie Was was one of the two most rig rig- or opponents u of the measure In committee J representative declared th that t under the bill the f federal deral eral gov- gov would not stop when it fas finished the j Job b of river regulation regu regu- lation and flood control but tut Is to provIde a hydroelectric power sup sup- Nit adequate Jor for m more re than ha half f the theis Pr Present sent nt population o of California is Continued on page 6 6 I 11 Hits Boulder CO Cost t T 1 0 0 0 v S 'S h I S E. E O. O LEATHERWOOD I PROJECT SEEN AS WHITE ELEPHANT S BY UTAH MEMBER Continued from pa page pagel e 1 domestic water supply for foL hoped for but nonexistent Inhabitants Inhabitants tants of or southern California cities dUeH and Irrigation ii canals canals' for hundreds of ot thousands of r acres acres of or- new newal al alfalfa al- al falfa taUa cotton and corn land landIn handin In the United Stat States s and vater water for hun hundreds hundreds' iun- iun dred of ot thousands of additional acres In Mexico pressure and not Political e genuine gen sen- uin necessity buncombe Ip ead by propaganda and not facts 10 log logrolling logrolling rolling trades and not merit merit all all employed over a period of six years year have have placed the bill on calendars of ot congress Leatherwood charged d that thit proponents proponents pro pro- of or the bill had n never ver su submitted submitted sub sub- mUted their case to impartial in In- In PROJECT CONDEMNED Although this this this' project has been condemned by three cabinet of officers of- of two government bureaus and arid highly competent private engineers although It Involves olves en engineering and anel economic risks of unprecedented c dented character although h official criticism of or it has been stifled and Investigation of it by army engineers engi forbidden by law Jaw congress now OW is Importuned to immediately authorize It It without provisions for further In Investigation before it Is 19 actually undertaken he saidI saidI saidI said I challenge proponents of or the bill to accept an amendment making mak mak- big ing the project contingent upon approval approval ap ap- ap- ap pro al b by an Impartial capable commission of or qualified engineers and business men The Utah member declared al although nI- nI thou though h. h it had had been r I 4 4 u to J V j t op T. T w i S t 5 t i i v i S a Q WiP 1 1 o ot of tb Hi tIb that on one vt Of the tho purl purposes oses measure was was ratification Uon of ot the tile Colorado rt cr compact in fa fact there was was' no such compact to ratify and this bill threatens consummation consummation con coP summation of oC such a It comp compact ct Ho lIe charged that the measure I would legislate the United States Into a bitter lawsuit with one or more states would indefinitely delay all nil Colorado river development development develop develop- ment and would constitute an attempt fit fit- tempt to override and coerce these theRe Wt t-Wt 1 and h 5 d i them S S of r m most st 4 1 an and resources I TERMED ENCROACHMENT Leath Leatherwood lwood termed the project a serious encroachment upon tate control of state resources and de declared IC- IC dared it delivers the future of or the into control centrO of or bureaucracy llcY states of ot and purpose The Thc entire plan said proposed construction he the development de and he heSS Is power charged SS It if would cost the government govern g ment millions or dollars more than would tie necessary adequate flood control and andi regulation He lie denied Loa A Al Aland AM AMand and and other southern California were dependent upon the p p. p for tor th their lr future water supply declared there existed a t i s set disagreement between govern over engineers an and l private to the feasibility of C the |