Show A TION'S I VA VALUES LUES CITED i AS FACTOR F ACT 0 R IN INi INU U S PROGRESS i Engineers Ell However U See I Broad Stud Study of Problem I I HOW illOW TO FIX COSTS i Free of Political Influences Is hell Held Essential t ia I WASHINGTON W Jai JR-i 16 Fy 16 l Th The Associated Ires A A Pres i A thom thom- ough and Impartial itu study ly of oC the th whole reclamation reds reclamation problem and adoption of oC a fixed policy which would eliminate I Influence influence ence ence was urged in a r rt- rt re report port of ot the reclamation of or the American council In session her Declaring that that wide of ot opinion demands H a policy tha that can be L e adjusted to the changing ecOnomic requirements of ot the na- na nation lion tion tb the report leport set forth that the tho reclamation policy policy should embody the principle that any Iny must justify the ti th cost ot of ol construction and aull maintenance b by either direct or tt returns 01 both o nd nd those sharing the whether bona tide Clde occupants occupants pants of ot the land the national government or political divisions thereof shall all beat bear tho th entire cost thereof in proportion to the tue respective benefits obtained The hc study advocated ad b bv tile the ih committee pointed out the follow follow- lug ine specific points which should be Investigated First the the fundamental Ie Involved In a fixed policy of oC federal Second it should consider an ai administrative plan looking to- to toward to the creation of ot u L federal corpora corporation controlled by a small board of oC directors authorized to t administer and enforce acts acta relating tv to t Lion Third development o of a a land lan 1 settlement plan which which may bl b al under such corporate I Asserting A that there Is a 1 real need for tor or the continuation of II a J reasonable fixed policy or of recia- recia reel reel-matlon matlon the report declared that thai i reclamation had J be been on an Import Import- Important Important tint ant factor in iii the development de oZ ot oZI i oti I the agricultural resources o of the I United Unite States Tho Tha federal reclamation poll poll- poll cle des cles of oC the pest it continued I I I ha have e held closely to the principle plo pIe that the tho land should bear the thi I entire cost of ot reclamation without I reference to the ability ab of ot the theland I land to meet such This had led lell to deferred pay pay- payments payments payments I ments reclassifications of oC land hand federal supervision of ot land set set-l set set- settlement I and probable probable- writing off of f I by the government of ot many mil mU- lions of unpaid accounts The future policy polley of oC federal reclamation should embody the thel l principle that previous pre to the In- In iq- iq aug of ot an any project there ther shall be ascertained the producing 1 capacity o of the tho land the ability of the land and the project to I meet the th cost of oC construction opI op op- op I oration and maintenance and the I practical occupation of the th land landby 1 b by responsible settlers This committee believed ed that I the success of federal reclamation reclamation i tion depends depend upon continuity ot of policy In the and enforcement of ot congressional acts relation thereto and that such administration and enforcement should be bo independent or of direct t political Influences Influence The report was wall presented by Professor H 11 B Walk r of the University of oC Kansas Kansa and was I referred to the councIls council til th committee with power to I act an |