Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-18
UNITY rs ESSENTIAL

1t is probable-has been considered probable for
weeks by those behind the scenes-that the Swing
johnson bill will not be reported out OF the house COM
mlttee IN time for its passage this session.
With that probability IN view the fresS some days
ago called upon It's readers to be Ygant, to overlook
no opportunity to drive home upon the valleys repre-
sentatlves others II Washington from PresI
dent down that this great Boulder Dam project must
those responsible for It's delay be recorded as
untrue their curatOrS of the public vel
fare and safety.
For some time there has been evident upon tDe
part OF several men connected with the effort depIor-
abe tendency to make party measure OF the matter
Such action cannot help but 1t may antagonlZe men
who sympathetic toward the measure, or at worst
indifferent.
Mr.. Childers as reported in Yesterdays Press says
that practical lmpossbllty OF getting action at
this time due TO Congressman Hayden Of Arizona,
who has succeeded IN pIedglng all the Democratic men,
bers OF the committee to take no action on the bill at
this time. Very likely Mr.. Chlders Is correct IN his
diagnosis. We citing instance of the partl-
of events that unfortunate.
On the other hand we have the statement Of Repre-
sentative Pat Garrett of Tennessee that there has been
effort the part of the Democratic organization OF
the House to block consideration OF the Swlng-John
son BILL but conflicts of opinion, not partisan char
acter, have brought apparent mpasse. Garrett also
pointed out that two Republican members from Utah
opposing the bill for the that Repre-
sentative hayden OF Arizona, tIghtlng II, because
they believe that 1.-The rights and material interest OF
their state will not only be violated but outraged by
it"
This all goes to show that there is unfortunate
tendency make party fight out OF a measure that
is the greatest project the benefit OF humanity that
has ever come before the American people Unless
exclude all party politics from this great effort avoid
all chance of anagonizng any whose aid may be en-
listed and in the future, will be further ham,
pered in the fight for the dam building that is newt
able only uncertain the actual date Of its begin
ming.
Dwight B. Heard, outstanding Republican of
Arizona publisher of the states largest newspaper
holder Of acreage in that region according TO
a Washington report published in todays Press, says
that the ripe for agreement between Callfor
nia Nevada and Arizona, based friendly coopera-
ton.
That, indubitably, is the spirit in which all those
involved should work. Petty political pickering and
recrinnaton got anything anywhere, it certain
ly will not get this immense Boulder Dam project
complished
And this sputtering of partisanship perhaps is
kept alive if not actually fostered, by the powerful
lobby kept in Washington by powerful Mexican land
interests, whose selfish ends lie in thWarng construc
ton of the all-American canal. They can be fought
and defeated only by united front When the states
OF the southern basin compose their differences and
go at the matter with mutual desire of accomplish
ment, the sinister crew who have long fought the
Swng-J ohnson bill will not last long.