Show Moss Urges Law To Secure State Water Rights A strong argument for passage pas sage of a law Jaw to secure State and individual water rights was made today by Senator Frank E. E Moss In a speech before the National Women's Democratic club In Washington P. P C C. Senator Moss 1 author of a awater awater awater water rights bill now before the Senate told his audience of the dangers of Federal preemption pre pre- emption Ho lie also discussed the overall national water problem ant and the recently appointed Senate Committee on 01 Water Resources es Ong One OM specialized but v very 7 Important to Im- aspect of the he corner comer atlon problem Is the Federal Federal- State conflict on on n Federal pro pre emption of water rights the Senator said This titre aUwater aUwater aU all allwater water problems is most acute In the West but will become more mere important to the entire country as conservation and allocated ii use become widespread wide spread AU All existing water rights have been beel secured under State law and now the Federal Government Government Gov Goy refuses to recognize those State tate laws and the m individual Individual Indi indi- di- di vidual rights fights granted under them as binding on itself This controversy has accelerated aced crated as more Federal projects projects pro pros have been built In th the tha West and aM court decisions have ha held against the States he said We In the West who have h had a d t the h e experience with this problem believe that the I orderly development t and expansion expansion ex ex- of water conservation d demands mands the recognition of State laws aws and the willingness of the Federal Government to apply for water rights In the same way as other users usel do do- do Senator Moss loss said |