Show o UJ UTAH An H HOLDS WHIP HAND IN BOULDER CA f N PR Smoot and Leatherwood y Voice oice Opposition to Measure KING NOT DECIDED State Has Power to Nullify Nullify Nul Nul- Compact With Utah holding the over the Boulder dam darn project the measure approved Friday by President pres d dint dent nt Coolidge faces an extremely uncertain future if the attitude of the states state's C congressional ssi nal del delegation gatlon is indicative of how it will be bere re re received by st state te legislators The bill which bleh has received the okeh of ot congress the senate and President Coolidge Is unsatisfactory unsatisfactory unsatisfactory tory to t at le least s thre thie of ot the the states state's four tour congressmen and senators and two of them are emphatically op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed to its terms As the measure neasure cannot become effective until either the proposed set stats stat state en-state c compact becomes a n. re reality reality re- re or until at least six of the Ue states the se en interested ratify sIx state six state compa compact t Its ts fate is en entirely en- en trell in the the hands of r Utah and ArI Arizona With Aizo Arizona out of or the compact Utah c controls the situatiOn situation situa situ tion by y virtue of or her her- withdrawal from the state six compact by t the thelast thelast e last session of or the state sUite legislature Thus by 1 y f refusing fusing us n to reenter reenter- the Six Six- s te agreement the Utah legislature can in v nl ny mon money y being spent or any work being started on on the project t. t The withdrawal bill which now places the state In fn a a position a n out of or t to make s 's scrap rap rap- of or paper the measure was Introduced and sponsored by State Senator Senat r Herbert Herberts S S. S i A Auerbach and ana passed both houses of f the state slate legislature without dissenting dis dis- dis penting vot votes s OPPOSED TO BILL Senator Reed Smoot and Congressman Congressman Con Con- gressman grossman E. E O O. are are un unequivocally unequivocally un- un un- un equivocally opposed to the measure as it nOW Senator William WilliamH H. H King do does s not apP e of all all' its its- provisions ns but believes the bUlIs bill bUl billis billis is the b best st that can be obtained and andIs andIs Is Is Is optimistic over the of ot Arizona and California coming to toan toan toan an agreement which will permit a state seven compa compact t Senator Smoot in reply to tOa a query a's as as' as to whether he approved ed the terms of or the measure and whether he would advocate or on oppose six six- tate state ratification by Utah sent the loU following message to The he Telegram Saturday S t do not approve of or the Boulder dam bill as passed I will not pot support support support sup sup- port or or discourage ratification by bythe bythe bythe the Utah legislature however er as action n should b be left letl entirely to th the Judgment of the legislators The I first move by the Interested parties 8 should be to secure consent of or Anzona Arizona Ari An- zona zono to the the- state seven-state compact and rid if it this is successful l there will willbe be beno no need of any legislative action by U Utah h Nothing but trouble and danger er and great expense to ou our government is ahead if Ir this unwise power project Is begun It will de- de Continued on page 9 UTAH HOLDS WHIP HAND IN BOULDER I CANYON PROJECT I Continued from page 1 lay flood lood control for tho Imperial valley bring serious complications between our government and Mexico Mex Mex- leo ico co and prove a a. failure as a power project for tor which it was first con- con LEATHERWOOD REPLIES To the same query Congressman Leatherwood wired the following following- reply I I am opposed to the Boulder dam clam bill Jt violates the sacred doctrine of the the tho arid land states that the states own and control the I Vat water r within their bor bor- ders dora It seeks to establish the doctrine doctrine doc doe trine that tile the federal government owns tho the waters o otheir of their streams and can allocate the samel ame Utah is is now master of ot the situation and It would be folly to ratify the Colorado river compact unless Arizona comes In so that we may have a a. state seven-state ratification If It Arizona stays out Utah can wIthout without without with wIth- out jeopardizing her rights control the situation and even prevent the federal power commission from granting licenses for power Tho bill puts the government squarely into the power business on a a. gigantic gigan gigan- tic tie scale As planned the ther project I will vill never pay for itself and will cost tho the taxpayers of the country at least leant two hundred million dollars Senator King King- made this reply I lo do not approve of all aU the provIsions provisions pro pro- visions of or the Boulder dam darn bill However Vever it Jt is the the- best possible to obi obtain i in and d 1 I beU believe ft It it will orI bring g about a state seven-state ratification of ot the Colorado river compact thus Insuring protection to Utah which is is' of ot paramount importance Changes made in the bill l 1 feel ii sure re will wUl bring ArIz Arizona and California Call Call- fornia together so that Arizona will soon ratify the compact Pending negotiations between Arizona and California I will withhold my views concerning state six ratification Local legislators and officials who vho have taken leading parts in the Boulder Boulder Boul Doul- der lIer dam am controversy were unwilling ing Ing- to commit themselves on the adopted measure Saturday Governor Gover Gover- nor George H. H Dern said he hc desired dedred to carefully study the terms of the bill before stating his stand Several Sev Sev- eral oral others including state legislators legislators legislators legis legis- likewise declined to comment comment com corn ment until after a a. more thorough study of ot the measure The bill In the form It was signed by President CoolIdge Is considered considered considered consid consid- ered a vast improvement over the tho original measure by Governor Dern but whether tho the changes offering protection to the interests of ot upper basin states are sufficient to win him over is a matter of ot specula specula- tion Uon I |