Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-06-09 | Page 10 | Colorado River Aims Advanced

Colorado River Aims Advanced Prospects for the proposed Colorado Colo-rado river-Great Basin diversion project ware enhanced along several sev-eral fronts during this week's meeting In Los Angeles of the committee com-mittee of 14, representing seven Colorado river states. Graver A. Giles, deputy stats attorney, said Friday on bis return from Los Angeles. An-geles. In the first place, the committee approved an amendment to the Colorado river adjuatment bill now before congress, that would clarify tha definition of territory eligible to receive Colorado river water, he aaid. The clarification would remove re-move doubt as to whether the water could be brought Into new territory, such as the Great Basin. Another clarification agreed upon would give states the right to go ahead Individually with surveys of I projeots without waiting until ths 1 entire Colorado river survey project - has been completed. Thla would ' insure Utah's right to initiate the , survey of the Colorado river dlver-. dlver-. sioa project