Show v IDAHOAN TAKES UTAH TO TASK ON ITS STAND State In Position of Hold Holding ing ing Up Vast Project TIc He Says WASHINGTON W Feb 11 n By The 1110 Associated Press Press- Press Speaker Longworth today promised friends of ot the John S Ing n Boulder can an can 3 on dana dam bill to lend ICI hIs lis sup sup Port toward to obtainIng consid house at this sc session WASHINGTON Feb Ey By 11 ByTh The Associated Press Press Responsibility tor for failure of ot the th Swing Swing- Swing Johnson Johnson Boulder Doulder canyon canon dam darn bill to obtain the legislative e right o of otway way In the house was WM placed upon tIme the state of ot Utah by Chairman Smith Idaho of ot the tb irrigation committee which reported the measure Recent action by that tat state In withdrawIng from the Colorado river compact he said in a state slate statement ment mont is one ot of the chief reasons that the th rules committee has fall fall- fallet tail tailed ed et to give the measure preferred legIslative e status Meanwhile n it e pre p r e s oS e en n o Swing Republican California co- co coauthor coauthor co coauthor author of ot the bill announced that Continued on Pago lago Three IDAHOAN TAKES UT UTAH AM TO TASK T AS Continued 1 from rage Page One Its lis supporters proposed to call ou on Speaker Longworth to ask him to Intercede with 1111 the rules rule commit commit- committee committee committee tee to give the measure a chance nce to come before the house BLAME DInIC O ON ON UTAH jT Smith expressed hope that utah would change chane its attitude and reo re- reaffirm re reaffirm affirm the th compact Representatives tives Colton and Leatherwood R- R K publicans Utah have s sponsored amendments to the th bill It If Utah had not withdrawn there Is no doubt he continued that the tho rules committee would have placed this legislation on the program for tor action this session some days a o In tile the hearings bearings before the th corn com committee com committee on rules the members at- at attached at attached great reat importance to the thc fact Smith added that Utah had withdrawn on account of the tho rejection of Leatherwood Leatherwoo 1 amend amend- amendments amendments amendments ments which proposed to turn the development of power over to the tho electric hydro electric power Interests at- at although al though the th members of ot the corn com committee com committee on Irrigation Irritation were assured that the th amendments Introduced by Congressman Colton absolutely guaranteed to the upper basin states the q quantity of water sUp sUp- stipulated stipulated in the compact USES L UNENVIABLE JF POSITION This leaves Utah in the very ery unenviable position of preventing the tho enactment of legislation which would authorize authorize tho the expenditure ot of during the tho next five fhe years in the Iho Improvement of the Colorado river Smith predicted three fourths ot of tho house and two thirds of ot the senate favor favored d a 0 provision In the thc bill proposing retention of o control by the tile government over oyer at t the darn dam Failure of ot congress to enact the bill ho he add added d might result In Inthe inthe inthe the Colorado river development being undertaken by the tir fedora I water power power act which would mean the turning over o of this great resource and asset alSet of ot the to private capital tor for ex- ex ex exploitation |