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Show BASIN STATES AWAIT PARLEYS f OII OPERATION OF BOULDER DAM WASHINGTON. Dec. 1J Wl -T Colorado river basin states planned today a imw terlM of discussions dis-cussions with the Interior department depart-ment In hope of reaching an agreement for reviling the fiscal operation of the Boulder dam project. , ' Hera for preliminary cnnferencei i in advance of formal meetings next wfjek with department official!, in- eluding Secretary Ickes, were representatives rep-resentatives of the Los Angeles bureau of power and light and Judge Clifford H. Stone, chairman of a "committee of sixteen" formed by the seven river states. S. B. Robinson, counsel for the Los Angeles bureau, said it was hoped the conversations would result re-sult In elimination of various obstacles ob-stacles delaying Ickes final approval of the Scrugham bill authorizing changes in the project setup. "It. is our desire Tie said, "to complete congressional consideration considera-tion of the legislation at the next session opening in January." Objections by Ickes to certain phases of the Scrugham bill together to-gether with his injection of a new proposal that of placing the power plant under a single operating operat-ing agent prevented final action by congress at its last regular session. |