Show colorado river j following an extensive I 1 made liy by the library of congress declamation lecla mation leaders in the west awakening to the realization that C cc proposed arizona irrigation ini gation project ie presents a wave bave threat to new developments in nil rill other western states that was the statement issued liy by ben bell ll 11 griffith secretary of the colorado river association headquarters in california the government report griffith said discloses the startling fact that the amount of federal funds arizona is asking for its project ii gials als the total amount spent in all 17 reel reclamation arnat ioa states stales including in arizona and C california alifornia during 1 the past 11 years 1 griffith continued preliminary estimates of the bureau of reclamation give the central arizona project cost as this is for the initial develop only added features including cl tiding an 80 mile tunnel arees are es cs timatea to bring the total outlay for arizona to OGO against this whopping sum for just one state is the total that hai been appropriated over an eleven year period for hll all reclamation projects in 17 states it is this comparison griffith chained chat ged that has brought expressions of concern from farm leaders iton supporters and public officials biais close clofe attention is being paid by these interests in washington to senate bill 75 and house resolution the Ari arizoma zoina legislation that eliat seeks to get co ress ional ap of the unprecedented expenditure for a single state griffith said the colorado ri river ver association is a citizen 1 i tion lion that has bee been formed for two primary objectives 1 to protect i I 1 Cali fornias water rights in the colorado river and 2 to sup j poil feasible projects for colorado river kiver water use where the water supply is available without taking water away from established pro j cited as one that did not qualify jeas ejects the arizona project was j for support |