Show new river bill BM introduction unwise wise sen watkins claims in washington Washing tOll sen arthur V watkins said wednesday he does not favor the introduction of a new upper colorado storage bill for the coming cuming congressional session 1 I think the bill introduced should be amended on the floor of the house or in conference he said referring to the measure already pass passed d by the senate and awaiting house debate in january 1 I also think it would be unwise to send the bill back to he the house interior coan committee attee has already passed it sen en watkins said the senior utahn arrived in washington wednesday morn hg by train from salt lake city ity sen watkins also expects hat that the state of colorado gov ed johnson md and rep wayne aspinall will go fo along with the results of the recent denver conference on he the upper colorado projects project A 1 when the conference com corn millee called on gov johnson he ie said he was in agreement with what had been proposed aid said sen wathina Wat kina 3 rep aspinall was not on land hand but he is understood to support whatever gov johnson continued on page vage 8 new river bill continued from pace page I 1 approves the senator laid said son sen dakins declined to bay say how ho he expected the house bill to bo be arneria d 1 he raid 1 ld however that the denver deriver meeting had agreed upon navajo glen canyon flaming gorge and darns as a essential to the project watkins also said ined that the nevajo irrigation project would probably be amended to provide the tile federal construct on nn independent of 0 power revenue that li 14 because that project Is n federal responsibility than the lity of the people in the area he said we intend to pee see it built he lie declared under tinder tho the levitt act provisions the utah legislator said the upper colorado participating projects hud had been supported in III the conference and that they will bo be loft left in the bill with construction schedules cither either included or inserted into tho conference report |