The Winslow mail., 1924-10-31
HAYDEN COMMENDS
HUI Mt FOR ACTION
ON COLORADO RIVER

meuudllOu IOI HIS IeCOlu VI dCAlcNc-
ment as a chief executive was voiced
by Congressman Carl Hayden in the
course of a recent address at Phoenix.
Hayden especially lauded the gov
ernor for his attempt to secure an
amicable agreement with California
and Nevada as a preliminary toward
ratification of the Colorado river com
pact declaring himself as follows:
Governors Hunts action was time
BY, and l am sure that ultimately it
Will have the right effect. No gov
error could have performed his part
better, and we should all honor him
for it. Even his enemies admit that
IN all other respects he has given this
state the best business administration
in all it's history. In view of the rec
ord he has made, certainly no demo-
crat is justified in denying his sup
port for the reelection of George w.
p Hunt"
That the San Carlos bill might
have met defeat except for the fact
that Congressman Hayden favored the
compact was brought out in the
course of his speech as follows:
Among the measures of primary
interest to the state of Arizona dur
Ing the last session of congress was
the bill to authorize the construction
of the San Carlos dam on the ella
gIrer. In order to obtain unanimous
consent for its passage it was first
necessary to remove any objection by
the congressman from California. This
was accomplished by securing the APP
prOval of the engineers who appeared
a. the hearings on the SwingJohnson
bill All of them testified that the
construction of the San Carlos dam,
in conjunction with the dams which
will later be built on the San Pedro,
the Verde and the Hassayampa rivers,
would be of benefit to the Imperial
valley by reducing the menace of
foods from the ella watershed.
It was also necessary to make sure
chat none of the congressman from
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah or New
Mexico should interpose an objection
which would have prevented the pas
sage of the San Carlos bill. I per-
sonally said to each of them that
was for the Colorado River compact,
that | believed it to be fair alike to
the states Of the upper and the lower
basins and that l had therefore and
would continue to consistently urge
its approval by the state of Arizona.
( pointed out that the Arizona legis-
Iature, by very narrow margin, had
declined to approve the compact and
said that one of the reasons why no
action was taken was because of the
fear that the compact might in some
way interfere with the right to store
water in the San Carlos reservoir.
Il explained to them that while /
was satisfied that this fear was
gr0undless, nevertheless I was sure
that the acquisition of a prior vested
Fight to water for San Carlos project
would remove opposition to the COM
pact i'll Arizona. l backed up my
argument with letters to that effect
which l received from residents of
the Casa Grande valley. Any one of
til eight congressman from the states
81 the upper basin could have said
-Mr Speaker, l object and that
would have killed the San Carlos bill.
now that such an objection would
re been made if 1 had not favored
tn compact.
IN the meantime other events were
0ccurring in Arizona. The governor
10 this state was doing everything
taat he reasonably could to reach as
amicable agreement with the states of
California and Nevada. He twice sug
g-sted that a conference be held on
this most important question. The
governor of Nevada was willing, but
the governor of California CURLY re-
fused to even discuss the matter. The
.tigle came when it was imperative
that California should know that the
people of Arizona are unalterably de-
tarmined to insist upon their fair
share of the benefits to come from the
Development of the Colorado river.
The proper official to make that
de- laration was the chief executive of
tJis state. He did not hesitate, but
Boldly and deiantly announced that
Arizona resented this rebuff from
California, and that this state would
defend every right that we have in
JnC TO the Colorado river.
on may have become alarmed at
times providing you have read Cali
ternia papers, and have feared that
the rights of Arizona would be given
to California but l assure you, and
know whereof l speak, that congress
will never pass the Swing-J Johnson
Dill and that the Colorado river COM
pact will not be settled by congress
antil Arizona through it's legislature
has determined it's policy"
Hayden launched telling attack on
sha republican national administration
and declared that the election of Coo
edge would mean four more years of
,timid indecision.
A vote for LaFollette, he said, was
vote for Coolidge, and all that La
Toilette could hope to gain would be
strengthening of the minority bloc
ia the state.