Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
LONG BEACH IS
STRONG BOOSTER
FOR DAM move
Mayor Points to Fact that
Colorado River Belongs
to People

That the water and water power
resources of the Colorado RIVER are
the heritage of all the people and
that Southern California commune
ties should organize to support Los
Angeles in her present fight for
participation in ther iver s benefits,
was the declaration of G. II. Wine
/ ham, city manager of Long Beach,
in a statement Just issued.
Mr.. Windham, formerly mayor of
the beach city and member of
the executive committee of tho
Boulder Dam Association, urged that
Southern California citizens call
upon their congressional representa-
tives to support the Swing-Johnson
bill now pending at Washington. Mr..
Windham said:
"The city of Long Beach has of
ficially Joined Los Angeles city in
Los Angeles fight for participation
in the water resources OF the Colo
RADIO river.
Long Beach realizes that the re-
sources of the Colorado river belong
to the people. They are the peo-
pie s heritage. They should be de-
veloped for the benefit of ali the
people geographically located to
participate IN them. -
"When Los Angeles builds her
proposed aqueduct she will open the
way for ali Southern California to
enter upon the ColOradO's benefits.
Belongs to People
"'The people $ fight for part OF
of the river g resources has been and
still is opposed by private power
corporation interests. This oppo-
sition has been bitter, both IN the
halls Of congress at Washington and
IN Southern California. Bal the
yeople's rights are paramount and
il is unthinkable that these water
and water-power resources shous;
be granted otherwise than to The
people.
Long Beach may need a portion
of the waste waters OF the Colora ,!o
river TO insure her future Tel|-be
ing. Che tremendous expansion Of
our city, like that of Los Angeles
depends upon our ability to secure
for all time an adequate supply of
,--oter for cur needs. Los Angeles
Will, in the next eight years or so,
have q population that will Tux her
present water supply to its limit. #
Los Angeles begins building her pro
posed aqueduct this year, the new
water probably will not arrive be-
fore It is needed.
Municipal ownership enterprises
in Los Angeles have been shown by
certification by nationally-famed
accountants to be successful. MUM
cipal ownership enterprises in other
parts of the southland should be
started to give the people there the
benefit of the low water and water
power rates now enjoyed by Los An
geles. The southland should take
heed of the menace of the private
power corporation interests which
seek the resources of the great river
for themselves. The power inter
ests are well organized all over the
southern part of the state.'
Labor Head Endorses
Seth r. Brown Of Los Angeles,
president Of the State Federation OF
Labor of California, in a statement
Just issued by him, declared him
self and his organization as heartily
favoring the Boulder Dam project
on the Colorado river as provided
in the Swing-Johnson bill.
"Los Angeles has no intention of
taking more than an infinitesimal
fraction of the waste waters of the
Colorado; only n sixteenth part, /
understand.
1.-THE people of all Southern Cali
fornia should get behind Los Angeles
and other communities and boost for
the Swrng-Johnson bill. They should
organize municipal ownership bodies
to aid in this support. They need
to do this to combat the opposition
they are certain to encounter from
the private power corporation in
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