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Show ARIZONA GOVERNOR ASKEOJTOEXPLAIN HOUSE IRRIGATION COMMITTEE WILL ASK FOR EXPLANATION OF CHARGES MADE Governor Hunt Must Explain Statement State-ment That Secretary Work Is Favoring Colorado Dam Interests Washington. The house irrigation committee has voted to request Governor Gov-ernor Hunt of Arizona to testify in regard to charges by him that Secretary Secre-tary Work is "utilizing his position" to favor Colorado in the proposed Boulder canyon dam development on the Colorado river. In a telegram to Chairman Smith, Governor Hunt said the "proposal of Secretary Work and California officials offi-cials to nationalize the river as proposed pro-posed in the Swing-Johnson bill is insulting." The secretary's report to congress urging nationalization of the nyer, he said, "attempts to further fur-ther the aims of Colorado." "Arizona will not ratify the Colorado Colo-rado river pact," he said, "as it is a. proposal wholly unfair and unjust to this state. The people of Arizona who hope to see the river developed and who are opposed to the compact have been opposing it in a manner to create as little bitterness as possr-ble. possr-ble. "We are just beginning to fight the compact and desire as little friction fric-tion between states as is possible-when possible-when the compact is dead." Governor Hunt added that in hearngs before the committee, "California "Cal-ifornia lobbyists and representatives as well as power trust officials seem to consider Arizona interests in the Colorado river as unworthy of consideration con-sideration and the people of Arizona are becoming weary of the imperialistic imperial-istic designs of some neighboring states. The attitude of Colorado, secretary of the interior and California Califor-nia representatives will not be helpful help-ful to future negotiations." H. B. Howland, representative of the Arizona high line reclamation service, told the committee that the study should be made of conditions in Arizona before any developments of the river were undertaken and the state's claim to water power should be considered. |