Show answers attack on river projects by sheppard ill t lh lit ili it ill n f 11 in it alu 1 si i I 1 i t ill I 1 1 s ill I 1 alnis 1111 lilt I 1 I 1 IS I 1 I 1 t I 1 1 I 1 aili to it in nir oll I 1 n i 1 i 1 ii S it I 1 mi oil to il II 11 n s 11 in 1 COLORADO RIVER RIVE R PROJECTS THREAT TO SO california WATER SUPPLY tt it 11 k ks oil 11 III I 1 in ill i s alel kill ilan joi illi 1 I 1 i mh it go ro rims I 1 I 1 1 I hinline inline In I 1 I 1 I 1 line I 1 I 1 I 1 g I 1 tin 11 11 ml I 1 I 1 li k i i il it s thin il 11 in ol I 1 libit I 1 i ri i nl ill in lot tin it ti i nisi of if arti r i liu ili lit in ili idi in ili tin tit i loin bolok lo in session nl 1 I tin tit in lit I 1 git ss avit hun 1 I hoph ltd old di linn ail it it tin tit etli th datt 1 lit t it 11 it in of hoda hid i 11 ni CM aiu hyill 11 saul att allt 1 llull II 11 tit tin last month of fill tl 1 ti IT 6 t t L mii rss and I 1 tin tit fight ill be he if niyla i IK alt t nill i 11 it in L idal all 11 alitt lie lIllo and 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texas majority an and leaders rv to to bring his proposal propos nl up it for dc de tit curly varly in lit hutli Con congress giess the s berv md mad to in fit tit el flosi in before diw the semite senat adjoin ned fin for tile sess session oil the tile erving pan bill which would have taken the purest water from tom t tho he headwaters h of tin tile colorado Culo rudo arid given it to the arkansas river hasin in lit it fun fan bastic t stif trans diversion wis V blocked locked in the house by iv on oil C continued on page 10 Ati ATTACK ON RIVER PROJECT continued from page 0 ly seven votes after it had pas sed the senate without babjec lon ion or ck debate bate sheppard re called for that victor gwei a vote of thanks to fatir con congressmen from other state WHO gave effective help when we needed it most them they were sam ray iii y bum laim 0 a texas ray tiny madden of It indiana odiana john mack of mass and howard smith 0 of Virgi virginia nija rep ws 1 alv help fiell ful thi du gh t with cenate icv leadership hi jn laide side tracking brackin the colorado fl orado aitor age ae profet in in the th senate 5 enate h added IV I 1 as ina one which would woul antola bour ur water and aike us for the theft he ife chir geI that tl the 1 1 1000 cost con gainsa n hidden of 1000 1 0 which the pubic must viv and foliated polia ted out ut that nitice Cali 1 fornias tax bilt bill is the largest in the citati itati or it bo required to t pt pa 4 j large part f that subsidy the Saut southern hErik t iw ofa resi mait also ala jobje ta t to colorado lirose ct because it would require 20 icara ears to too fill fili the h proposed reservoir res ervol r and ainar anc all of 0 the river i flow it ii now jibed used gatei going oin into stol age hav have tr tio IN im apken front present i Is th inos important natural resource ri cd the west and wo must all H work together to dt do we can to conserve it and make the best pos pas filble uge aig ot oot it sheppard said i 1 I am ani in favor of the dellop ment of the water resources of the upper bavin states through h practical effi efficient cleat an and we well 11 planned reclamation irrigation antl and flood lie declared but 1 I do not riot foel foet that cither either th tile frying pan or lh 1110 colorado storage protest meet requirements and and I 1 am opposed to them thern the colorado river is our lifes blood and we must protect it rep harry it sheppard pith rih district dear mr the upper colorado aasin 1311 sill states should eel feel to t you for your you r clear statement to forth th ehr real for III ht opposition of the tile lower lawer basin sin states and especially southern CaU california fornia to the Col colorado brado river storage as its report ed pd lil iii th thi desert trat of f september i 2 1934 1034 enof manyol us up here in the top of the basin asin have been gullible enough to delude into believing that lower basin opposition stemmed from a genuine gey luine concern aver over the pt purported ported hi in caslon et of a national park service area by the construction of t a proposed dam in dinosaur na MontI ment we wert also stupid enough to assume that it was our water up here that was jn it jeopardy during the last session of congress but vou you kindly inform us that it was Cali california fornias water supply that was being attacked W we were also dumb enough to suspect thai that the cry of economic econ ornic of the colorado river storage protect project on the part ot of the opposition might le lie baand upon an honest belief that the project was not entirely sound now you vou openly place olace I all the tile cards on the lable face up and tell us Is that the colorado river rive r project is a threat to Sout southern herfi call California forn aas swater wa tar supply that we in the upper r basin are stealing ealing sf bour water in basil attempted a t let apted raids if wo wt undertake to to develop that share of the C colorados I 1 andos water which I 1 is right I 1 fully our and which wais a nl I 1 located to us by compact F even though 90 per cent of the colorado drainage originates in the upper basin hasin states vou have the temerity to tell us to keep keet hands off and lck 4 th the water flow to the lower end bend of the basin basil because it is yours your let us suppose thai that mv was vas reversed and that the major portion of the tile water originated in ill nour region reRi oll and that the topo graphy was such hat that this water wate r flowed down to us you frel feel notified in saving that we had an unmitigated gall in tit trying to prevent you from front using our sharo of the water so that all of it would flow down to it 3 it may interest you to kno know w that this la is exactly the way we feel about you and the thel unrealistic at that your section of the lower basin is assuming no one has adv objection to bour attempts to prock product ct your our legitimate water rights bj but we certainly resent your trying to claim one drop or more than is rightfully rightful Iv yours you have said that colorado river is our lifes blood md and we must protect it that is iq precisely tile we way way we feel at the up upper r end of this vital arter artery which h also serves us we certainly cera certainly see eyo eye to eyt on this phase of the river As om well know the waters of the colorado river have bet bedi ai divided by bi compact and the upper bissin ln states have ro no designs wi I 1 single ingle drop which ii s not lawfully further irmer hey have tern pledged hv by agreement to sec ser that the lower basin kals Ms its rightful share alist if there enough nou Kh water foi both of us vu boll set get ours anyhow and we ie get ge what is ts left that is why it might r rv quire TO years lo 10 fill the th pr reservoirs irk ir the tile UPP upper desir it is 11 1 1 because bause w would 0 honor the agreement to deliver your our share of the water according r tr to compact COMP act if we shut off the tile water aa n you vou infer those r rr servo irs would fill murli faster but we have still another sod good reagor reason fop for seeing that nou ou get ct to imi beides ps beng jg compelled ti law e we have no water development in the upper basin along the green and colorado with its at agricultural and industrial expansion a large pere percent tnt ao arloof of aur citizens mist leave the area 30 in utah to seek a livelihood elsewhere thousands of these dispossessed people now live in Sout southern bern california you need have no fear that hat we arc are going to abut off your water even if we could because by doing so we would be harming oar ovir awn rinji friends ondi and relatives who are living in your area pen II 11 would stem seem only logical that if it the lower basin intends to live up to its half of the corn com pact and is satisfied with the ample share of water already al to it it 11 would IM he the fatt t to support upper basin stream because it would understand tha t thi this Is the only no possible Dos sible means by which we can guarantee tee tho unfailing ailing delivery of y your our share of t the he water we haveis store it in flood years so that we ca can all 11 be assured 0 of f our allocated portions during dry years this seems so ao self evident that there brems little room for argument self preservation of both the ippei anaf lower basin basins leaves no other piter alternative native the charge that th the Ce colorado lorado river storage protect contains 1 hidden hilden subsidy is without foundation thero ther is iq in this project th hat at imposes any taxpayer whether in th the basin or outside out ade of it see george D excellent statement its time to rail call A X A spade T construction in the uppa dasin bain is proposed sed under th flu same rules which aich havi already gaven the lower ras ilas n so much of its needed development andover and over holcli no hue and cry erv was raised we do not believe in ki 0 ot rules oneto apply in one cottron pottron of the basin and another set for the other what has been considered fair in the lower basin should appl with equal justice in the upper basin without beim being made a subject of suspicion aej invective if those in california who so violently violent lv oppose development of the upper colorado spent as much effort in getting the surplus plus waters of their own state developed as they spend in at tempting m ofle ting to thwart construction in 1 I the upper basin they would have no water problems to worry about the klamath river alone is reputed to discharge into the pacific ocean annually I 1 more water than the entire colorado carries this is new now a total waste which hach could be ut utilized I 1 lazed without any grat great engineering difficult difficulties tes and diverted to southern california without be ing an insurmountable project this thi would gave you your own supply without having to in ft f t dge upon the legal and agreed upon rights of your distant neighbors you make one statement which we can call all apala applaud u d without reservation when you Y ou say water is the most important natural resource of the west and we must all work together r to do everything we can to conserve it and make the best possible use of it A look at any western states map will remind you that the upper basin is abio aldein in the west andee and we heartily aar apr adrove ove e of the entire west working together fr the best int interests crests of all and not for the special privilege of adv preferred section may mav we invite vou into this union of western states inhere we can all work together for oue our common good G E |