Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-22 | Page 6 | Boulder Dam Hearing Opens

BOUlDER DAM HEARING OPENS Flood Control Plan Up Ato to House ouse WASHINGTON jan 22 AD ADT P AP- PF T F r r the second in three years house Irrigation committee opened A ned ened a a. hearing on the bill bUl to provide pro- pro vide de ae for lor or construction of oC a i flood floud loud loude e c control trot and power dam dame e a Boulder can canyon canon on on the Colorado J f e measure sponsored in the li hoyse Ise by Representative Swing Y California and In the i 6 ate nate ate by Senator Johnson lie Re- publican lIcan California likewise prorE pro- pro the construction of oC the soy so- so y r ed American all-American canal capal project i t luding reading the commit commit- t fl began general discussion Rep Rep- r ve Sinnott Republican asking the status of ot the then b I In n t the tM senate ea rings g e had d been concluded by of that body answered Swing S who said ho he believed t measure would be reported Representative prea Hayden Demot Demo- Demo c t Arizona explained a number o embers emb rs of e lh the senate ha had visite visIt visIt- e the Colorado river last summer fl had gained much first hand ink in- in f t i r l Representative Uve Swing moved that f t lj committees committee's work could be bo e CT- CT k by agreeing that exhaust k r t hearings of ot the tre last congress t J included In the record without t r porting orting them This was approved er Representative LeatherWood R P. Republican an Utah had made clear 1 t tow s did lId not constitute a waiver by byc c u up upper er basin st suites states te to present new newt t t if desired I R e Leatherwood o headed thorn the opposition of ot up- up pei basin states said ho he thought t there tre re would auld be some radical I C in the bill before It gets ap A r J Th The bill l as wr written tt n will meet w wl with th 1 j t as much violent fas f Jf 1 slates in tn the tho upper hAsin as d dl the ill bIll t in Jn the last congress t gist t is in Its Us pr present form Corm he s 's fd adding that these states will Insist that before anything is done there shall be a complete completer sv r ratification of oC the Colorado river compact The committee discussed at some J length length- the new compact of or six f states and the effect this would woula have on Arizona which watch was iraa tas the seventh state In the original compact com com- pact Representative Swing said Arizona would have to decide whether It would go along with the theother theother theother other states or by itself Mr lr Hay said mid the bill in a friendly way left teft Arizona by Itself