Show THREATENS liMIT ON DAM DEBATE Sen Johnson Acts to Prevent Filibuster Power Man Tells of Interest at Denver WASHINGTON April 25 CAP Ap AP Resort to the cloture rule to I restrict debate was threatened to today today to- to day by Senator Johnson tepu I lican California on the eve of ot senate consideration of ot his Boulder Boul Bout der dam dani measure Ho said he ask Sk Cloture hW if lf Senator Ashurst Ashurst AS- AS hurst Democrat crat Arizona carried out cut his M. M threat ot of a a. filibuster FIve payments totalling made to t the C law firm of o and v of Albuquerque New ew Mexico by the Joint committee committee commit commit- tee of ot national utilities associations were described before tho federa federal fed fed- era eral trade fu commission today in lu the Investigation ot of power utilities utilities ties tes financing l. 1 C. C a a. member of ot th the firm is a former governor of cf New Mexico Ira L. L of ot New York assistant director of ot the joint committee was asked by byr Robert B E. E Healey chief counsel for r the leco h commIssion if and ellacott cott had been retained by the committee to wat watch atch h the conferences of ot the governors of the upper basin states which re related reo re- to Boulder dam replied replied in In the affirmative affirmative and then under que question said that l was not a representatives representatives rep rep- of ot New Mexico at the governors conferences He Ic asserted asserted asserted as as- that Francis C. C Wilson lIgon water commissioner of ot New Mex ico leo was the states state's representative Healy read from a a. report of a senate subcommittee wherein a resolution resolution resolution res res- passed by the governors of ot the upper basin states In conference last fall fan in Denver stated that no federal legislation should be passed on the Boulder dam project until the states agreed 1 name was as signed to it as a representative of New ew Mexico l Healy told GrimI Grim- Grim I shaw He lie asked the witness what he had to say to that but Grimshaw Grimshaw Grim- Grim shaw maintained that Wilson was the New Mexico representative Healy asked if U the joint comI committee com coin I had not fought the Boulder dam project and the Walsh reso reso- lution proposing an investigation I of the utilities Grimshaw said this was true Documents placed In the record I showed that since the committee committed was reorganized last June approxImately two million copies of ot pamphlets speeches editorials and articles have been distributed to a large mailing list Newspapers schools chambers of ot commerce and numerous organizations are on the I mailing list t. t |