Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-21
New Cold Wave Brings Death and Suffering in East
B0n1bnrd Capital
With Protests on
Work Delay, Plan


Determination to force Secretary
of the Interior Work to send the
Swing johnson bill back from his
department to the arid lands com
mittee CT the house of representa-
tives, is the purpose Of b.,rra2"
of kilograms which supporters Of
the bill i'll the valley have aIvocat-
cd today.
Incensed at what is termed a
deliberate attempt by the SecretH-
rv of the Interior to delay the bill
to such an extent that it will not
be reached 1T lie present session
Of congress, has united the advo-
Gates of Boulder Canyon dam and
the All-American canal as they
nave not been before and leaders
here are today urging every munich
palitv and civic organization to Join
in sending the kilograms.
While a united action by the pco-
pie Of the valley is the object here
splendid cncouragem2 was rcceiT-
ed from the valley deleg@.lon a.
Washington today, in the form OF
telegrams from Messrs. Webster,
Rose, Hartman and Buck, telling
of new support promised the bill.
Possibly the most encouraging
phase Of the telegrams is the state
ment that Senator Ashurst OF Ari-
IONA and Senator Shortridge of Ca
lifornia promised their full slpport
to the Swing johnson bill, and other
congressional leaders promised to
lend. their aid in inducing Secreta-
" Work to return the Swing! .!ohn-
son bill to congress.
The statement of Representative
Little of Kansas, vice chairman and
ranking member of the arid lands
committee, that the power interests
are the only enemies of the Swing
Johnson bill and that Secretary
Work should be summoned to answer
before the committee if he fails to
icturn the bill within a reasonable
time, brought out another strong
supporter for the bill.
Here Are kilograms
Following is the complete text of
the two kilograms received:
"Whole delegation much encour-
aged after dinner given to congress
sional party which took western trip.
Two senators 80 congressman present,
Shortridge and lisnurst committed
themselves to support bill in senate.
Bankhead, Little, Campton, Raker,
Alleood and others assured support
in house. Little of Kansas, wee
chairman ranking members arid
lands committee, emphatically de-
clared power interests only enemy
of bill and stated if Secretary of
Interior failde to report immediate
ly, committee would summon see
retary and find out why. Also made
urgent appeal to colleagues present
to have courage of conviction enougi.
to go on floor and make open fight
for people s rights, especially refer
ring to our project. His appeal met
with hearty applause. Champion,
chairman subcommittee interior ap-
preparations committee, committed
himself for first time to project; al
so bitterly assailed methods of in
terror department to kill bill by de-
lay. Allgood of Alabama, new mem
Der of arid lands committee assured
sympathetic support. Bankhead re-
firing ranking member on arid lands
committee made :mpasioned appeal
to new members on same committee
to support cause he has so earnestly
championed in past.
80 far so good, but all obstacles
by no means overcome. Real task
ahead to get bill in and out OF com
mittees onto floor. Situation chang
ing rapidly, hard to send definite
daily report but fight seems to be
rapidly approaching show down with
chance to win which will require ev-
cry ounce of energy here and at
home. Delegation here stands as one
man, all diplomatic pressure possible
to be brought to bear on secretary
of interior in ease he fails to act.
Have reasons to believe direct APP
peal to present bill meet favor.
'We think as last resort as sug-
gested by members of committee at
dinner not impossible to get bill be-
fore committee withcut report and
get favorable hearing, Enthusiasm
at dinner demonstrated clearly that
money spent by district in bringing
congressional party to see project
first hand not spent in vain. Trust
ing hearty support at home Will con
tinue we assure you we will leave
no stone unturned here. Send copies
of this message to legion and farm
bureau.
Webster, Rose, Hartman, Buck. -
''Stated confidential at congress
siona party dinneY before all pre-
sent that he had information which
could be verified that Secretary
Work does not intend TO report on
bill if he can avoid it. Stated he
was satisfied that the only reason