Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
Report of Swing
ON Boulder Dam
Given Dis trict
Continued from uage u

lie said tha- 4 could not be em
phasi2ed too strongly that the bur
dent of taxation, once the bin be-
comes law, viii be determined en-.
tirely by the vote Of the PEOPLE
themselves. '.It has been falsely
rlmored that some high government.
official, the secretary Of the depart
mcnt of The Interior, or other fed
eral man, may swoop. down on the
district after the bin is made a law
and impose burden of S25,000,00
upon the peaple whether they Wilt
or no. Such a statement is utterly
without foundation and no lawyer
who knows anything about law will
be able to say that there IS amy
truth in such supposition he
declared. "After the bin is made
a law the people of this district
will he the sole dietatorS as 10 the
amount they viii assume in .hc pro-
ieet and what part they will rse of
the power and water that may be
derived from the building of the dam
and the All-Amcrican canal.
In outlining The history of the
progress of the bin through the
committee Mr.. Swing said that the
question of whether il were best to
repm. the bill out of the commit
tee by a unanimous affirmative vote
if il were hold over until the fall,
but that there WIS every likelihood
of there being four votes opposed,
if it were pushed to report this
spring.
Arizona Holding Back
The issue of tie compact, which
is being considered by Arizona, is
thought to be the only obstacle to
the favorable decision by the com
he said. Arizona Legislators
in Washington were anxious to get
the compact ratified before the bill
was reported out, believing that
their constituents would be easier
to convince If the two issues were
not pushed at once.
Whether the compact is ratified
or not, | believe the bin will pass,
Swing said. "lts ra-
viii help the bill, but it |
viii not matter 4 great deal wheth !.
ar the compact is killed or not.
Leatherwood has said repeated i
v that his only intcrea. in the bill
S the protection of the water con- !
sumers in his state and that once
heir preferred method of securing
hat protection is made certain, he
will accent tho bill
The untimelv death of the late
President Harding and the with
lraway from public life of secreta
Y Rail and Davis, all three avowed-
Y in active support Of the proiee',
vas declared by Mr.. Swing to have
,een a great delay in getting, the
ill before congress, because the inn
,ortance of its passage had to be
explained all over again to those
Who replaced the three Officials.
Sen. Johnson Aided
Senator johnson gave the bill 4
.reat impetus by his speech before
he Senate just before it closed IL
which he gave notice that he |
would demand that the bin lave a |
on me IioCf OF 'thc oth"tS
'ro mthe dav it convenes until the
learing is granted, Mr.. Swing said {
Senator McNarv, until recently
opposed to the bill, told the Cali
ornia senator and Mr.. Swing tha
le had been converted and that he
would lend his support to its pass
lgc.
Mr.. Swing said that the fight
would be taken up in the eommi
ee on rules next fall TO secure a
pecial rule setting aside a day for
he bill to be heard in Congress.
I'VE have several friends on that
ommittee, who have already prov
d themselves friends to the bill and
; 80 confident that we can get
he bill set ahead for carly action
n the session.