Show CONSERVATION V OF WATER POWER Senate Public Lands Committee Reports Adversely to Right Of Federal Control j RESTS WITH SEVERAL STATES V AcCeptance or of Will U End t Pro Po I pOSt That SaU Shall j Rights flights Chicago Feb 2 special to The Tribune from Washington ss says V t The federal of t water waterpower powe power ha has been struck a j I blo bios by a brief pr prepared for tor the by bre te public lands ot of the tho senate unde under the th direction or of Seato Senator Knut Nob ot V The Tho brief holds that the te control ot of wate water for tor other than navigation rests wih with the I rather than wih with the tho tt federal err govern government V ment 1 This doctrine Is r regarded os as ehU a 11 bar to the water power Di i which WS was drawn by SC Secy and Introduced c in the bs Sona tot t r with the administrations 1 1 Ii Is Its acceptance wi will male sit an anond ond omi to tho the proposal that to the federal undertake to le lease th th water power with provIsIons to V regulate time price t to the r I Il l a reservation Cn that h te tet t time amount n f of I payment to time the federal government shall be subject to readjustment a stated This Is al all the more serious lerou for the conservation program because V Vit It I Is regarded as a I logical conclusion ot of tho th position which Senator Neb Nelson n tok took In the tha James river light with wah President The outlook 1 is that the senate committee on lands In Intha inthe the tha interest of consistency ain again wl will support Is ita chairman n as It did In the tho ame rIVer C case V I That ther there shall b be no or of orthe the presidents power to withdraw pub lie land for cn conservation anc antI the ito withdrawals In force until revoked by hm or net act or of the senate commIttee on public lands today re reported ported pored a a substitute for two or of the so aa aaI ministration bills I bi |