Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-01-22
NO ACTION
TODAY ON
Dam BILL.
Swing Makes Splendid
Speech in Behalf of
Measure.
ATTACKS ARIZONA
Chairman Smell States
Additional Hearings
MAY Be Necessary.

Hearings complete with magnl-
ficent speech by Swing. Smell
says will act in few days. Bank
head says will endeavor to press
decision Wednesday coming
week. Evidently effort from
some quarter to stall us to defeat
as printed hearings excuse can be
worked overtime for two or three
weeks. -
This is the text Of a telegram
received at the Irrigation Dis
tiict office shorty after noon to-
day from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Sup
porters of the Swing ohnson Bould
er Dam bill rallied to defend tn,
measure toGav before the House
Rules Committee at the closing
hearing on Il resolution giving il
privileged status in the house.
Representatives Morrow, Demo
crat, New Mexico, and Davenport
New York, urged the committee tc
approve a rule for consideration OF
the bill by the House. They were
to be be followed by Representative
Swing, Republican, California, co
author of the bill.
Morrow described the bill as
"proper legislation and said his
state would benefit from it by ad
ditional water for irrigation.
Davenport told the committee the
proposal was sound and badly need
ed in the west. He said the govern
ment should control distribution OF
power from the dam. He warned
that private control would result il
regulation through so-called "polict
control. -
Should Utah remain outside the
Colorado River Compact, Davenport
said he believed the bill could be
amended to make the agreement
operative upon ratification by five
states.
Outlines Bill
Swing, following Davenport, gave
a brief history of the project and
said California had ratified the
six states compact cenditionally.
"The resolution of ratification
Swing said, "was drafted in tho
upper basin states and sent dowr
for us to approve. Before we rati
fled the compact conditionally we
mqualifiedly ratified the sever
state compact
If the bill is passed, Swing said
California would again ratify the
compact Internationally.
Swing refuted newspaper report'
that supporters of the bill had re
fused to consider amendments pro
posed by Utah representatives.
While the bill removed the pro
iect from control of the Fedora
Power Commission, Swing stressed
that it ought to be under the Fed
eral Water Power act.
"California stands ready NJ
said. "to agree to accord AriZon;
any reasonable amount of water O.
power it needs or will need in tn
future. -
Swing attacked Arizona for oppos
ing the bill.
"Sixty thousand citizens of Cali
fornia,' he said, care in danger o
losing their lives and all their be
longings.
Through the all-American cana
provided in the bill, he said TIN
"manual flow of the river cOul,
be controlled. He insisted passage
Of the bill would hasten agreemcn
between the United States and Mex
leo over the river rights.
"Undcr the bill the government
is not undertaking to dispose Of
state water rights" Swing said
"There is nothing in here that put
the government in conflict with thu
water laws of Arizona, Utah o
any other state. I place this mat
ter before You as one of cXtrem'
emergency.
Chairman Smell of the Rules Com
mittee, announced that it would b.
several days before a decision wa
reached ON the request for a rule
He said it was possible that the
committee would call on prepayment
and opponents of the measure TO
additional information in executive