Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-12-04
BOULDER DAM


reference to the Colorado River:
For several years the Con-
gress has considered the erec-
tiOn of a dam on the Colorado
River for flOOd-cOntrOl, irriga-
ton, and domestic water pur-
poses, all of which may prop
erly be considered as Govern
ment functions. There would
be an incidental creation of
water power which could be
used for generating electricity.
As private enterprise can very
well fill this field, there is no
need for the Government to
go into it. 1t is unfortunate
that the States interested in
this water have been unable to
agree among themselves. New
ertheless any legislation should
give every possible safeguard to
the present and prospective
rights of each of them.
The Congress will have be-
fore it the detailed report of a
special board appointed to
consider the engineering and
economic feasibility of this
project From the short sum-
mary which 1 have seen of it,
/ judge they consider the en-
gineering problems can be met
at somewhat increased cost
over previous estimates. They
prefer the Black Canyon site.
On the economic features they
are not so clear and appear to
base their conclusions on many
conditions which can not be
established with certainty. So
far as I can judge, however,
from the summary, their con-
cIusiOns appear sufficiently
favorable, so that l feel war
ranted in recommending a
measure which will protect the
rights of the States, discharge
the necessary Government
functions, and leave the cleo
tricaI field TO private enter
prise.
FARM RELIEF
For farm relief, Mr.. Coolidge
reiterated his suggestion for thu
creation of a federal farm boarC
In order that the government
might aid in promoting orderly
and in handling sur
oluses clearly due to weather anC
,aozo.o1 oo,,Ji+io,,r IIa c11onoCt
ed a revolving fund from govern
ment money, until producers as
sociationS had erected StabilizlnG
10 finance them
selves through regular credit in
Temporary eXpedlenceS, he said
though sometimes capable of ap
0easing demands Of the moment
cannot permanently solve the sur
plus problem and might seriousl!
aggravate it. Hence putting thu
government directly into business
subsidies and price fixing, anC
the alluring promises of pOlitica
action as a substitute for privat,
should be avoided"
FIFTEEN CRUISER BILL
Following the lines of his Ar
mistice Day speech, the PreSi
dents message repeated his de
sire for passage of the fifteeI
cruiser bill now pending in tht
Senate.
The bill before the Senate with
he elimination of the time clause
should be passed" he said, referr.
ng to the section which provide!
hat the ships must be laid dowr
within three years.
"I wish 10 repeat again for the
benefit of the timid and the
said the President
that this country is neither mill
artistic nor imperiaistic.
Many people at home anC
abroad, who constantly make thi;
,harge, are the same ones who are
wen more SOlicitouS to have Us
.Xtend assistance to foreign coun-
.rieS. When such assistance is
granted. the inevitable result is
hat we have foreign interests
For us to refuse the customary
and protection of such
interests would be in derogation Of
he sovereignty of this Nation. Oul
argeSt foreign interests are in the
British Empire France, and Italy
Because we are constantly solicit
JUS for those interests, I doubt il
anyone would suppose that those
countries feel we harbor TOWARD
hem any militaristic or imperial
site design.
"As for small countries, we GER