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Show Boulder Dam Goes to Now Congress Washington Leading advocates of the Louldor dam bill a teach end of the cn.nitol admitted that the bill is doomed and cannot become a law before be-fore Maich 4. Senator Hiram Johnson issued a prepared statement saying: The Swing-Johnson bill has been held up so long by the house rules commit-1 tee I hat. I am exceedingly doubtful if it can be passed through the various parliamentary stages at this session of ron;-ross." Representative Smith of hbho, chairman of the house Jrriga ti-m committee and foremost house advocate of the bill, offered in thf. house lobby to "bet a hundred dollar? the liouldcr dam bill is reported by the rules committee before this time next week." Asked if he would bet the sjnie or any amount that the bill would become a law this session, Smith replied, "I would not make that kind of a bet." I |