Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-10
WHITE-MADDOCK
TN WASHINGTON
ON RIVER BILL

PHOENIX, Dec. 9.--R--Judge Sam
uel White and Thomas Maddox, for
mer state engineer left tonight for
Washington, d. c., to appear before
the house committee on irrlgation and
reclamation at the behest of Governor
Hunt as the special committee, to rep-
resent the state at the hearings on the
Swing johnson Boulder Canyon dam
bill.
The decision to send the pair to rep
resent Arizona was made following the
receipt of kilograms from Senator Ash
urst and Congressman Carl Hayden,
calling attention that every effort was
being made by California td obtain
passage of the Boulder Canyon bill
during this session of congress. Sena-|
tor Ashurst described the situation as
critical"
Governor Hunt has asked the house
committee to await its hearings until
the Arizona delegation arrives in,
Washington. The committee is sched-
uled to meet Saturday morning.
Arizonas committee will arrive att
the capital city Monday
In accordance with a suggestion Of
Congressman Hayden that no members
of the. Arizona Colorado river commit
tee come to Washington so long asI
there was possibility of reaching a
tri-state agreement with California and
Nevada, kilograms today were dis
patched to Chairman Ralph H. Swing
of the California river committee and
Chairman Charles p Squires of the
Nevada river committee, asking that a
meeting of the three bodies be held
before December 1S. At this meeting
it is proposed to try definitely for a
concrete agreement with the three
lower basin states as signatorlec.
F. A Reid president of the Salt
River Valley Water Users association
and member of the state river COM
mittee appointed by Governor Hunt,
has been in Los Angeles for the past
few days comforting with officials of
the Los Angeles bureau of light and
power, member of the advisory com
mittee of the California river commit
tee, relative to the proposed agree
ment.
The conferences have been devoted
to the question Of power revenues, one
of the major points on which the COM
mittees are divided in opinion. Reid
has advised Hayden that the California
representatives are loath to hold a tri-
state conference, particularly if there
is any danger that such a conference
would delay action on the Swing-John-
son bill.
Arizona's congressman wired Reid
that if Arizona and Nevada commits
soners cannot get California to agree
with them, they should inform Chair |
man Smith (of the house irrigation and
reclamation committee) that the two
states are in accord and that Califor-
mia is responsible for the failure to
reach an agreement. The prospect of
an agreement among the three states
lis the best argument that can be made
to hold the Swing Johnson bill in the
committee.
Reid last Sunday stated that the
three committees were nearing an
agreement and that only one or two
matters remained to be settled, the
chief one being that of power reve-
nues.
/ In the absence of Cleve w. vanI
Dyke, chairman of the Arizona river
IlChlJ .. MCSluShSyI lOIF-
mer secretary to Governor Hunt and
secretary to the river committee, re-
piled today to a telegram from Chair
man Smith of the congressional com
mittee asking for an expression re-
garding an agreement among the lower
basin states.
McCIuskey telegraphed Smith that
he believed substantial progress had
been made in clarifying the situation
during the past few months and that
he was confident satisfactory adjust
ment could be made in the event con- J
gress insists that all the states in the
basin are entitled to protection before
development is undertaken.
He characterized the pending legis-
lation as almost exclusively for the |
benefit of California and indirectly
redounding to the interest of Mexico
and definitely blocking future develop
ment in this state. I believe thatl
there is not only possibility, but a.
probability of the ability of Arizona
and California to iron out their diff
culties if California is given to under
stand that she cannot obtain develop
ment of the Colorado river under the
plea of flood protection, which will
automatically give her everything she
wants irrespective of how it affects
other states"
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