Show GRAZING BILL GETS APPROVAL Robinson Amendment on t Homesteads Homestead Accepted V VIf If t T by Committee Committe I IDy By Dy CHARLES 0 O. O GRIDLEr I Telegram Washington Correspondent W WASHINGTON ASH March 2 The 2 The Taylor Tay lor br bill to place control of grazing on the public domain under the interior d nt w was i favorably today ib by the the house house public lands committee com corn There were but two dissenting dissent ing jag votes c cast st by Representative C. C I IWhite I. I White D. D Idaho and Harry HarryL L. L Englebright Englebright Engle Englebright bright CR R. R Cal CaI CaU The committee accepted a dozen administrative c amendments to the bill but rejected attempts to tute a measure placing gr grazing zing control control control con con- under the states and another to transfer the forest service to the interior in tenor tedor department and department nt nd join the administration ad ad- ministration x Of f grazing on public lands and national forests An amendment by Representative J W. W Robinson D. D Utah increases from to acres the hom homestead entries on public land classified as asmore asmore more snore suitable for crops than grazing Another amendment by Represents tive jive James G. G D. D Df N Nov Nev v. v would protect all water rights vested accrued or acknowledged by local custom cus tom torn and grazing rights similarly recognized recognized rec rec- rec- rec and acknowledged sd ad far a as consistent with the purpose of th the bill States would receive 50 per cent ef of the graIng grazing receipts to be used by bythe bythe bythe the counties in which they were collected col collected col- col as prescribed by state legislatures legisla legisla- tures turfs and 25 per ner cent of the returns from rom grazing districts on IndI Indian n lands would also go to the states with an additional 25 per cent for range improvement improvement im im- im provement and the remainder to tribal ribal funds Hearings on the bill have indicated that the interior department is h disposed dis posed to use the administration of national forest grazing by the forest ervice service as its model if it the bill is passed It will probably not be considered con con- in the house for tor at least two weeks Indications are that it will be approved by that body but will face tace slight in th the senat senate |