Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-02-17 | Page 9 | U. S. Requested to Halt Arizona Water Funds

U. U S. S REQUESTED TO HALT ARIZONA WATER FUNDS The federal government should not appropriate any more reclamation funds to Arizona until that state signs the he state seven Colorado river compact compact com corn pact in the opinion of William R R. Wallace chairman of the Utah state slate water storage commission sion who vho re re- turned from Washington Saturday During the he five weeks Wall Wallace cc was in Washington he made su such h a recommendation to Secretary of Interior Ickes ekes in protest of ot the allotting to Arizona of 0 for lor prel preliminary inary survey urvey on a proposed reclamation project reject to provide water for acres cres of land Wallace said he also discussed the matter at a White While House dinner inner January 31 at which h he lie Mrs Wallace and several other officials were guests of President Roosevelt