Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-13
DECLARES
SESSION IS
NOT NEEDED
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fusaI Of congress TO a"t.
''Thc cost Of special session. -
, he declared, sis small sun com
! pared to what ia at stake"
Fh" six state compact, according
! to the governor, is designed to en-
abIr the government to erect dam
! in thc ColoIa 10 river to protect I'm
pcriaI and Palo \ordc alloys from
flood to assure an odcquai, water
supply for Arizona lands. to provide
additional domestic water for Los
/ Angeles and cities of Southern Cali
/ tcruia and to develop cl,c'ri pow =.
r'3'rict Issues Statalnent
In response 10 - request by NE
! rgse for statement from tha Ia
rorial Irrigation District, on the
/ g.@oraor's action in calling u sac
. D'rl session Of thc legislature. the
following statement was i,saod by
/ \. G. Finnoy, asSociatr counsel for
the districts:
''Thc pcopo should not be footed
b. the sprrioD9 reasoning Of COY
ln.nor Richardson in his call for the
/ SI..cial session Of the !rg.Si3turr -
Wcct en- the 24nd instant Il is
! H. Noirc # the pTjvat" poWca COM
paaics speaking and they are not
/ uricyiry over any delay in the pass
AZ or the Swing Johnson Eill or
- rroriding for flood control in
the Imrcrial valley.
''rh" Ninlov Resolution, which
ratifics tine six STATE compact, not
,uiv safeguards the water rights Of
Imperial vailrv by calling for I'm
f. immors" storage Of water bv. tn
construction If high dana at or
Ecar Boulder Canyon, but il also
contains provision that the dam
! must be- constructed by the GOV
arrmcnt # the United Statcs-not
~ private power companies or 9th
." cNpjoitcr, Of the people. This is
! the provision which rXcit,s the
deadly cnnlity If the private power
companies and undoubtedly is the
real reason for summoning the leg
stature in special session.
Compact Is Efficient
l ~. ~ - Nv 'IuNNl l''il dl'OA' III
! efficiency Of tho present ratifica
] ION Of the SIX state compac'. Able
! lawyers, including the at'pr, -
general Of this state, agree in the
! opinion that il the government of
! the United States should authorize
I the construction Of the dam in ne
! ourslancc with the provisions Of the
FinncN Rcsolution. the Six State
| compact would thereby be aut0mat-
F.. ieallv ratified. At least some OF
tne attorneys Of the northern states
E.. c,neur~cd in this opinion. And ON
! own congressman has said the Fin
ncv Resolution has not deferred
action on the SWing.Johr>ou Bin in
aHE "tN f1r ooe minute. nor kept n
s'ngl" vote AWAY from thrt bill. bat
oH the contrary, ir-haS afforded ii,
the one ami only means Of bringing
! the upper stream states 40 cur sup
port Surely it is NOT the friends Of
t,.c Swing 4-Johuaou Bill who are
weeping over the 'FiHn,y Rrsolu.
ton and asking for its repeal and
tie ratifirat!r" OF the pact without
~ , ed lN.''' Wv Itl' 'Oll fl IL -
,1'c enemy Of the Swing johnson
LIN who is shedding crocodile tears
and in his lamentations over the
sad plight of the Imperial valley is
asking the legislature to give away
=. watrr rights end "a clear the
docks for action by the private
, lovrr ccmuau' as.
TOL-NcONT NOrTrTpn
. WASlilNUN'N, W Oct. l3.-Sonq-
tor Hiram johnson, Republican,
California, .4tomcd ON his arrival
hcr. today that Governor Richard
son had called Il spcciaI session of
The California legislature said the
governor s action WIS unnrcos-
say, premature, and, il may be,
mach moro thW mfortmato.
Tbo special session was called 10
f&tifv the Colorado River compact.
~ DO not wish TO comment at
length until / learn whether the
friends of the Boulder dam projcc
in Southern California; have con
scented 10 Richardson : action, =
Johnson said.
OGAlCllbllJ VI SA-luClO
''Thc action Of the governor in
calling. the legislature to rcsciud the
Fmucv Resolution aud approve the
SiN state Compact ncouditionaliy
is exceedingly unfortunate. The
surely docS not uu-nrstand what The
Siy state Compact Of itself means
to California in general AND Imperial
valley in particular Imperial val
ley through it's filings ON the river
and its development during the last
- ycaFS has acquired exceedingly
valuable water rights which this ar
proval would largely Give away
without considerations The action
of the upper basin representatives
last winter demonstrates beyond
question that the Fnuev Resolution
saved these rights and did not in
the slightest degree DELAY action
on the Swing Johnson Bill. As u
result of the Finncv Resolution an
agreement WAS reached between the
leaders ot the two basins ON the
Swing johnson bill and approval of
the compact aud the action Of the
governor Simply brings ,hcSc quoS-
tions an up anew and creates con
fusion which will not only fail 10
help the Swing-Jomson hill bat will
tend to cauS" delay, Charles L..
ChildcrS, chief counsel FOR the dis