Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-26
VICTORY rs SWEET

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AS this is written, automobiles loaded with Ell Cen
lro RESIDENTS, are starting out for parade to cele
Drate tie passage of the SWng-Jo ohnson bill by the
House of Representatives Sirens are shrekng horns
are blowing and air of jubiaton such as pervad-
eo on the first Armistce Day, is quite apparent.
Well may we celebrate. 1t has been a long road
and hard We have now reached the level spot
aIter after hard pull up the grade entitled to take short
rest before tackng the second grade and the hardest
the United States Senate.
Men who have worked hard, who have contribute
ed their time and their money in the past several
years, are entitled to blow off steam tonight. If the
Ioil was hard and tedious, victory is all the
There have been black and bitter times when even the
most ardent supporter of the bill must have despaired
In TINS moment of relaxation, the thoughts of In
perlal valley people go back to the man who
Plisned the victory they celebratethe Honorable Phil
u SWING Representative in Congress from the 11th
Callfornla District-to just plain Phil Swing of Ell
Centro TO him must go the bulk of the glory and few
there are who will deny it to him. From the first day
ne went to Congress- until the final the bill yes
terday afternoon the bill has been before him.
None could be more conscientious than he, none
more steadfast, more loyal to the duty which he
placed above everything else Beset by enemies in
Washington elsewhere throughout the country and in
deed it must be confessed here at home, he fall
tered Phil Swing is proof of the old saying, Keep
ing everlastngly at it, brings success Imperial Val
ley we'll be proud of him, California may we'll be
proud of him. Best of all Phil Swing be proud of
himself. The huskness of his voice it the
wires here yesterday afternoon testified to the emotion
under which he labored. If town should Whoop
it up and bust things open high wide and handsome,
in the real Western way it should be El Centro when
he returns here this summer.
Men closely in touch with affairs at Washington
assert that the bill cannot get through the Senate at
this session That is disappointment, but something
of minor one We have become so used to fighting
and waiting that little of it cannot harm
1t is certainty that if the Senate does not pass the bill
it will do when Congress in the Win
ter
Yesterdays victory is sufficient to warrant the be-
lief that the Senate opposition can be battered down
Arizona and the power trust went down fighting but
took terrible licking nevertheless The formers last
desperate efort-to have the bill returned to the rri
ntion committee, was overwhelmed 219 to 139. Al
gh no record taken Of the final vote the bill,
figures indicate the feeling of the House. Sena-
cNary's refusal to allow his rejected bill to be
filibuster against the SWing-J ohnSOn bill; the
of the flibuster against Muscle Shoals and
stponement of the fibuster against the Swing
bn BILL are other indications of weakness on the
the senate opposition.
What good does it do to have the bill passed"
kHnist inquiries. 1t will not mean great deal
Ily to US for the present. Only fool would
Otherwise By the same reasoning only fool
all to understand that the psychological effect
Valley and ell the basin states, will be tremen-
Eventually it is bound to stimulate conditions
but for the present means boIsterlng OF Tagging
spirits renewed faith in the future and determlna-
ton make the Of the opportunities winch Will
he created when Boulder dam becomes reality.
The last sentence brings to mind picture OF that
time when we will wonder II ever toIed and hoped
and waited With no danger Of drought or flood cheap
power available to the people Of an empire, and con-
slant supply of water available through canal on
American territory, Imperial Valley will indeed be
Garden of Eden and Imperial Valley residents should
be the happest people on earth
Colonel Fitzr7auricp would like become