Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-17

in the future no such unfor-
tunate situation may possibly
arise. With the sincere appre-
citation of the courtesies eX-
Riverside, we regret that
present conditions require us
to take this action"
After the statement was pre-.
scented to the convention, a dele
cation representing the Chamber
of Commerce of the City OF Los
Angeles appeared and interested
themselves in attempting to bring
out a satisfactory solution of the
situation but not being able ia
control their own delegates, their
efforts were of no avail. About
that time a gentleman from Oak
land, Calf, delegate to the con-
vention above named, by the name
of Fred C. Reed who was chair
man of the State Realty Board, APP
peared and started a movement to
bring about reconciliation in the
convention. At his suggestion,
each state appointed two dele
gates to meet as committee to
see if resolutions could not be
agreed upon which would be sat
isfactory to all the states. This
committee met on the morning of
the 10th and proceeded to its
work. California was represented
by a delegate who was the real
leader Of the municipal ownership
1Annn1a al Az
delegate who was working with the
Edison people.
BY the noon hour we had draft
ed a set of resolutions which were
agreed to by all the delegates of
this committee, including the dele
gates from California. At that
time we had great hopes that the
situation would be alleviated, that
the convention would not break up
and that some real good would
come from it's efforts. However. at
the afternoon meeting and while
we were waiting for a redrafting
of the resolutions, the delegate
from California, representing the
municipal ownership people, with
no notice whatever to other mem
bers of the committee, repaired to
the convention hall and put
through a motion to adjourn the
convention. This act prevented
any possible reconciliation between
California and the other states
However the resolutions which
had been adopted by this commit.
tee were given to the press of Cali
lfornia. | am leaving with your
secretary, paper which contains
Il Gsa-- OF these resolutions.
After this condition arose the
states outside of California gave
out a statement to the press setting
forth their position in the matter.
The statement was published by the
California papers. That statement
follows:
owing to the dissension
mat arose in the convention of
the League of the Southwest,
we think it proper to state our
position. , When the delegates
arrived from the outside states
they were ignorant of the pur-
poses of the convention. 1t did
not take long to determine that
the entire matter had degen-
Grated into a local fight be-
tween divergent interests of
the Southern California as to
whether the Boulder canyon
project shall be built by pri-
waite capital. Also the question
of the relation of the city of
Los Angeles with the project
was another serious bone of
contention. Realizing that this
dissension was "a matter in
which the other states were
not concerned. and having as
certained that, growing out of
this fight, action would likely
be taken inimicai to the rights
of the other states. and ascer-
tanning also that the state of
California had an overwhelm-
ing majority of. the votes of the
convention, by reason of the
large local attendance from
southern California, we refused
to participate in any matters
relating to the nOlicies or the
platform Of the convention,
unless each state was accorded
equal voting strength. This
position was agreed to by all
the states outside of the state
of California.