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Show CITY SHOULD HAVE WATER Senator Chamberlain Expresses View on San Francisco's P e t i t ion For Hetch Hetchy Site Smoot Opposes Fa- 7 " 1 " s tiiui v luuais uii Measure Washington, July 9 At a conference confer-ence today with those interested in the Hetch Hetchy bill, grnnting San Francisco a water supply in the Yo-semite Yo-semite National park, the senate public pub-lic lands committee decided not to grant hearings on the measure but to acl upon testimony taken by the house public lands committee Former Representative Needham of California, on behalf of the Turlock Irrigation district, asked for a hearing if the committee should decide to exclude ex-clude from the compromise bill the conditions imposed upon San Francisco Fran-cisco for furnishing water to th" Modesto and Turlock Irrigation districts dis-tricts "I don't propose to allow congress to say that anyone has a right to go into a statp and make an agreement between parties as to the distribution of wnter,' said Senator Smoot, "If I can help it." "The prospect of this committee acting on the bill this session depends upon what the house committee does, ' said Senator hambrlaln "We will not take up the bill until It acts." "I don't believe this bill will go through the House with the condl tlons of which I spoke in it," volun teered Senator Smoot. Senator Chamberlain replied that if the people of San Francisco needed the water and were entitled to It, they ought to have It at once. nn |