Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 1 | Boulder Bill Passed

B OU LL l D E R I 6 B ILL PASSE D. D A. A V House Concurs in Senate Changes S By u V Vote ote i Measure May Go to Coolidge Cool Cool- idge Within Next Two Days ITEN TEN DAYS TO DECIDE Proponents Expect Exec tive to Sign S Congressmen Leatherwood end end- Colton of Utah voted against ac acceptance acceptance acceptance ac- ac of the senate amendments to the Swing-Johnson Swing Boulder dam bill the roll call showed according i to an Associated Press dispatch WASHINGTON Dec Dee 18 United cl Press The Press The Boulder dam darn bill for forthe forthe forthe the harnessing of the Colorado river was given final congressional ap approval approval approval ap- ap today by the house which concurred in senate amendments amendment o 0 o othe othe the measure The vote ote was to House concurrence ended a a. long and bitter congressional fight and eliminated necessity of or sending the bill to conference to reconcile differ diffen The bill will be signed by Speaker of ot the House Longworth and Vice President Dawes Dawes' and formally formally for tor- mally enrolled and sent to to the White WhiteHouse H House use probably within two days President Coolidge will have ten calendar da days s 's excluding Sundays and legal holidays t to sign or orveto elo eto the measure Proponents Popo- Popo of the tho bill him to sign aim AMENDED BY SENATE The bill bUl concurred In jn is a bouse houSE bill bUl pass passed d by that bod body last spring The senate after lengthy consideration consider I ati n and filibustering substituted a senate bill under the house title and amended and passed It The original house bill authorized ap appropriation appropriation ap ap- of ot only but the senate measure as approved to to today i day by the house authorized 16 slog slog- I The principal difference ma made e b by the senate was removal of ot the D Davenport Dav Do en port amendment made by pio ISo house which would have eliminated much of ot the discretionary power given to the secretary of or Interior in tn letting JettIng contract for the great grOOt dam The measure provides for tor construction construction construction con con- of ot a great high dam dani on the Colorado for far purposes of ot flood J control irrigation and water power WATER COMPROMISE The Tho water power features and de demands de' de mands of or Arizona for tor more rI rights than were originally granted were ere the principal issues In the l long ng mi tad- mill ll tIe tic e for passage of the measure measure measure-A A water allocation compromise In the senate caused collapse of bt the opposition opposition opposition there Seven southwestern states in the tho Colorado basin including California and Arizona especially are affected by sy the project which will be ono one of the greatest engineering projects In n the tho world Dam Bill in Best j Shape Dern Says 1 1 The Boulder dam 1 bill Is In much better shape than It ever has be n. n before according to GovernorS Governor Derri I when Informed Tuesday that the bill 1 had been passed by the house representatives es But the governor go refused to commit corn com mit himself on the measure until h hhas he has hu seen It In the actual form formin In which it passed congress Due to the tho work done dono by Utah j and various other stat states on the 1 measure he said I wouldn't ca cue care careo to o commit m myself self until I have Sc actually actually act act- 1 read rend the thc bill as passed 1 I think have ha been some very ven good amendments read Into It and I j I In I believe belle the state is protected pretty fair shape A j