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Show 4 - : ir'rembii Wednesday, A-S- -- : 7.. ;949 ,TH,t matt NEWS Reclamation . , . : .ominissioner 3ays ttatLite s Obsolete ties' strtho--ri- r.5 . , pinif Turning from conlicieration of thi proposed revision of the rechmation law at the Close of his talk, the commissioner gave a bref report-o- n 'three important yardsticks of our program" as z,e . - . 1 STATES PICK -- T Third , Last year the value of crops raised on federally Irrigated Flag tree H. 111. 4771 acres In ,ilates totaled Mr. Straus ended his appeal 8534,623,5 your -- - the, third year 'dor modernization of reclamation laws by . asking for pamge' of straight regardless of declining agricultural prices, that recla.,M. IL 1770. mation, crept have exceeded "The greatest of our problems the --present a single year :S ! vast and accelerated reclamation Last year therow44,558,755 program and run it propel!, in the turbulent economy of 1050 acres irrigated b federal tor : video is- reclamation - - caucumbi of delegates Recla- , . . '' 'model legal chasii,':' Commisdonee Strati told the sssembled ' .. delegates. is my belief "It reciamsi ton can make Its surest and . fastest strides', by Jiberalizing , -- accord general legislatioh.:-11- -, with western requirements but 'rec.-without abandening-Aeui- c ,'''' lamation beliefs. a la Bade Agreement : Noting that the , Bureau of Reclamation and the 1411A. are . basic agreement as to what In -'weeds to be done. Commissioner - Straus said I "","H.' R. 1770 is no revolution. 4 , types - It 1 , of allocations at the expense of 1 snultiple-purpos- e non- " ' 'reimbursable, ituchprojects as those for . recreation. sediment control, fish i : and wildlife, natkmal defense. or . transportation. and recognizes them as general national bene' hitfits and not special burdens : ,posed upon water- users and power COTISUIllert Tito are not ; beneficiaries but whose backs smut be bowed by those burdens - smtil this legislation (H. it 1770) takes it off their necka and puts it where it belongs. .. ides Net New , out that Idea of benefits is not, new and that benefits to navigation have been I for t i - -- a--, full century, and ,flood ion- trot benefits have been so reeI !lofted for a dozen 'rears.: 4 t "71se truth Is." Mr. Sirius i tcontinued, the general seriatimtics law has become so anti- gusted th at the remaining de-Tetonsent pouibilities if the t Wed are not, by and large. feed-; tat under this general law:" Be pointed out that Congress ',!'it eery practical , body.' ' has . tacitly recognized this fact by : I --- -- : "proceeding by the very simple expedient of ignoring the general --,,law and ordering such projects as it felt should go forward to ' do fa under individual leglsla. tic.) approved by the executive, which makes provisions for in. Aividual projects almod Menti. ell with the general terms which 1' would be , provided the whole r '.1.West under H. B. 1770." ' rietemeal liandline.. -- - ' The commisdoner noted that oath piecemeal handling can , I . , prove - satisfactory neither to the West,- to the president per to I I the bureau. i ' ", We want clear recognition Of t , the needs by general legislation; staking out, beyond challenge, , .., tit - - . -- crop value of $11316 per acre. During the last fiscal year, there poured back Into the treasury from reclamation power revenues i total of 632,039,665, as -compared with 1245,Mil911 for that,year 'All of these yardstick read inga arerialog." Mr. Straus C01- 3eluded. , 'Reclama lion is on the high' road, rolling to its destlArr - IL Wallace, Salt Lake City. Utah; - - ')E07:ti-t-s7.'cilJi07..0.- ' merely-makes-certa- in- Ft.át-':..-S0-60.01:tE'i- . l '- , , .- - A i - . rational policy." Ate declared. "Enactzeent of IL R. 1770 Will , not I i solve - of reclamation's problems-- no single measure or action wi3 do that hi any such ;t t . dynamic operation is the West's reclamation program. But pas; t ' . sage of:legislation meeting the ! ,''. :problems set forth in this till -&L arosdd be. ibegrestesti single ,11 ',1 ott'magy l''' ' - ' ' - , ,,,,, sU- :7 your difficulties. that I lee at the moment-a- nd am convinced 2111tat this goal la attainable by a ' united effort-1-1' - :,, , 10-Ut- .) are some of the highlights from the speech delivered. Wednesday by Reclamation Michael Commissioner Following Charles L Kaupke. Fresno, Calif.; N. V. Sharp, Yiler. Idaho; it, C. Bricker. Great Fans, - Morttretrus- Pet:erson:11-- coin, Nell, and Clareoce Burch, Oklahoma City. Okla , ah - ,To)CF0 -T- - s (!f -- -- Nip '''t o oil Piblz.;-,opprit- t paling asouicoord allikg. 14g Zoe - ttf.A6 lail101aill - -- -- rid Agents ist101011 VA ---- - Iso 11101 . j i.. S . (727i. sa 406 .. vas ..z loom. your hoodoo end bousolooll goods to bonsomotinooki elh: irrvi - - dP11.01011Prillyall doo Ow doers soil rued sporioe 10300All Mi mew,' emsommi , - : eilME55! lei-vtall- 044 With Aloaognominod Atakhes 61,10fte $2.75: r aro. - 44 APP--PvtIrasiteli 4111,gir ' - Aa --- : Ili SILENT SUTLERS WeWáeieceJ - . Salt Lake Days , at ;onvention I sem VON toes - - M Straus before the eighteenth an... nual convention of the National Reclamation Association in the association; William R. Wallace, Newhouse Hotel In Salt Lake whowas second Vice president .4- Car, ot tho arsociation during its first Reclamation also has problem; convention here, and E. O. tar- which we must solve and start Ion. at present re solving at this gathering- - The of the Bureau of Reclamation, greatest of our problems Is bow 'Region IV,' who was one of the ' to operate the present, vast and original delegates from Utah . accelerated reclamation program the first convention. , and run it properly in the turbwt Memories Recalled lent economy of 1950 when It Is -- - , mounted on a 1902-moThe late Henry H. Blood, farm- legal - chassis. lorhinately, we are Scl- er goy ,mor of Utah, was also an erotic In agreement on what original' delegate at the time might be done about thatbut George H. Dora was lovernor. were agreement between us Is - Mr. Done said the association not sufficient. We roust see that was originalle formed by the what can be done is done. western states to get the gova e ernment ta meet tho emergency ThBtirtaicf Rechunstion, In of western- - retiatnetion-which the 12 months which we entered was left out of the National Re- July 1 of this year. shall pert- covery ornozwest-wide a grand total The present convention is the - " . program equivalent to that which third Weser of any convention was authorized and financed by held in Salt Lake City, accord- the Congress In the fint 32 of Mg to aamber of Cormorrat te fie121. W'lliant E. Welsh, Secre- the 47 years of its exisisoce. 10. of the rsa.mation , We have not been blind to the association. ny a it la the largtei . revolution Which reclamation has reclamation meet ever held by -': --undergone sh4, scope, and the ititiiiiiititni.----velocity. We have an admhastrat. A New Recent . . ive- chaseis that can carry . with burdens even though the ' delegate& legal !hassle must be remodeled. their wives and guests number , I But we must be zealous to see more than 2E0 this yea, setthat there la no failure anywhere. ting a new record in the recta-That la your responsibility , as motion hulloes& welt al mine. The west must Thursday night daring a spemake no demands for unjustified cial banquet, special tribute will - ' Prolects. The bureau will present he paid tii the founders of the to the no uniustified association, especially those who -- 7.-projects. We are trusted becausel are still, attending conventions of past performances and we and taking an active- part In recto therish that trust. lamation prub!em&--- Mr. Dane will be toastmaster at , , But I do not want to come to - . believe that these appropriations the banquet and Sen. joseph C. . ' represent arrival at reclamation's 0Mahoney of Wyoming will be .. t goals. .-Wttave notatachectlhose would be rash to say &ice as that of the nervous Nel- goalswhen reclamation will reedit Its lies who fled from the automozenith, but I will say that we are bile 'business in 1924 under the delusion that gasoline advocateof abundanct-..n- ot 'Wart Orifircill tation had attained Its saturation at lemporary and scattered sur- 9 , is time of distzibupluses tion and disrupted world stirInactrnent of ER.- - MO will bets would be as slily a perform not - solve all of - Reclamation's , problemsno single measure or ', action will do that In any such dynamic operation as the West's reclamati'n program. But passage of legislation meeting the problems set forth in this bill V would be the greatest single ae-A tion to smooth out many of your - 4 ma, difficulties that I see at the convinced that imentend I that goalIaottainable by a . united effort - -- 01 .010 J .1 0 ZIT fitER) Wit t4, ""."..'P o-s- . 40 TIC , '' ; . - , tt - , ' ', '- 4-,'...;'-' , , J.- ,,,, 1,-- s cs - s;';:;'.1,:":,:',7, ' 4. .. - , , . ;t : , r- , - SIZiS - - "1 ": , J. t 3 TO 7 ) A , - tary-mana- ,, ,- - . - - - , , . - 0. ; - - It s - , 41, itr J", 10," A t: 't JP A - 4e7.- - ,, 11; "4: - - -- Ibee - t. 4 - " 41. I) ' 1- a - -- t s',-,'- , , - - . . Con-mat;a- c ,,,, OLE T ARO r del ys I .....) . (if ird ?-- 1 AR , 4,, , B 47 D - , , - lk 4 , FOR Brown Jr, 20, San- Saba, Tex,: was found dead in a drainage ditch near Camp Bake& Batorda1..k S. y-the Eighth Army-provo-st marshal at Fukuoka said - Reclamation min Who are fill- - featured- pesker. lila topic will in the Newhouse Hotel some 1be Tao Deoeloorneot of Curl w ednesdaY, Aa autopsy at: 1209 Itmnt 'thil-Iveeprovide lieved to have Impew:accidentat a strong contrast to the gt deleI of convention first to the gates , Asthe National Reclamation sociation held in Salc Lake City - . - '.,- - in 1932; . A few of the original pioneers of the WesiS reclamation pro- grants show up prominently , among th throng front all parts of the United States who are in the city this week. Among the earlier pioneers' of reclamation are Marshall N. ' . Dana, editorial page editor of r414 a pm., loWli Fairalii . the Oregon Journal, . and the . . first president of the reclamatioa '. Ildfimers - -- VALUE EVENT Drowns in Ditch - Bc0:E.hliii-Sióhé- - 4- - cind Elbert. D01Mahonei left, , attend sessions of the Notional Reclamalion :Association at Newhouse Hotel, where the Wyoming senator hit sharply at attempts to establish "valley authoritier in the west, He insisted that such agreements as the Upper ,ColOradc; River Basin Compact could handle issues. tors Josiph Thorns - -- MEETSena- - :- AT RECLAMATION WESTERN SENATORS ki- T. .. the recl;;;t1"'on Of In reply to a question, the Wyoming senator stated that he thought there was "nothingch, could be accomplished by a vid- ley authority which cannot bet- ter be accomnlished by voluntiu7 : Those-chosen- bow-to-oper- ate- - break up the responsibilities ( It the Interior Deparinumt - by fransfering suPerviainn at Vas' leg te the Dellertinent ce Agri. culture, mmm.ercial fishing le the Department of ;Commerce,' etc, and favored the building. of as sit an innterWrb,....dePertinent. ''''' attending the mation Associotion' s eighteenth annual convention Wednesday reelected directors for their states. 0 . " State Natio-Ca- . ' es a- - pro- - '7,,,otrist.4, law.r.said that re--' ,1, , this bill would not be brought; up ag..aency.. 'Most viestern states came hit tmtil an..rtu"ca'' had disposed first thing 'we 'seed ja the Union under. agreements of the committee Hoover Corn- hearings en-t- he which definitely placed ownepublic discussion rof the reorganon mission. teport reotg;nizattoo, isation PrnPnia1911-Seilatershii of rights- - within like the pepartment of the Inte-- honey sakl.:"Let-the indIvidual. experts tify and tell how they reached "However in general, the adOpposes Report their' decisision, let the nubile ministration of interstate 1rater like interstate The ,senator 'said he was 0P- then form an, informed ledges 'developments ment and IPie shall have some. macommerce--- is the 1prov4nce of posed to the commission's would thing solid to go on, the ,federal government." report,-Which, jority -- cites Agreements -- Abe. nationInteirest ..........be '''' - agreement among states such as has been reached in connect ion nith the develor3ment of the Upper 'Colorado River name Sinatoe Olialsoney, wbbse committee On, internal affairs will bolt heaxinEs on H in to 1 r --- - will not nation AssociatiOnatk Its tradiValley worlt in western states. 01 the tional bIllnuet Thursday night to sea. joseftwac 011,17, the Newhouse Hotel. WednesdaY told newspapermen that be 1. t J"-- J . would consider it 'definitely onL'w'7 scheduled wise to take from people of the , Sftnistor Oldahoney, l West authority over their water to address the eteeeute-ratuaconvention of the National Reda- - rights." " (Continued Prom liege ' by thebMions and is still spend- -, ". urinate than ills lie rebuked the kind of 'trading" in Congress that has led orsetern congressmftr-- to trade for measures detrimental alley uthorities in olopQpposes : Like t;tty, Solt 7; 'ref ,w .1.- .4 : - , A, 2, k, It , - d 4 5 r 1: 1,, - - J.,. : ,ai 4 -- 4'7- , ... 1. w, .tr 0ft - : , le-te- nd ,0 L EA:0 0 ES ODA 1- 1 ti . Q. cj alTr, . T ' - , : bl-th- 1 I . , z iI3IIL1Lflj 4 I t Flies to Washington- - - L , S. Ambas klAKILA (AP)--- 11 sador Myron Cowen left by plane II for Washington Wednesday on what was destrbed as an unpin-- . ' cal visit. El returned Monday ' night bun a Singapore meeting of the Economic Commission tort. 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