Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-04-25 | Page 4 | Smoot's Bill Again Blocked in Senate

SMOOT'S BILL AGAIN , BLOCKED IN SENATE WASHINGTON, April IB Passage of the Sniuot rural homes bill, drawn to encourage the building of Irrigation projects in the wost without the expenditure ex-penditure of public funds was again blocked In the senate yesterday by Senator MoNary ot ' tregon. Joint author auth-or of the Bmlth-McNary reclamation bill. Senator McNary eldently Is fearful that the passage of the Smoot biil would minimize th chafices of pas-1 sing the Bmith-McNary bill. When the Smoot bill was call d up, Senator King interposed objection to its consideration, the senate then acting act-ing under unanimous consent Senator McNary Joined In the protest, and added ad-ded that he wished to confe: with Secretary Sec-retary Flail regarding the measure before be-fore consenting to its pas wr. Senator smoot pointed out that Secretary Fall bus favorably reported to congress on his bill, has recommended Its passage and predicted that It would, if enacted. Icod to the reclamation of more land than would be reclaimed under any other bill presontod to congress To this Senator McNary parried that the Smtoot bill "doos not entirely tit In with the proposed larger scheme of reclamation."