The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02

white contract, because the treat
ment given the two obligations is
entirely different; that is, as to
the obligations under the Coolidge
Dam act.
'Now, when you get to some old
obligations, prior obligations, the
expenditures made for the benefit
of the Indians, to be repaid by the
Indians, there was not the slight
est intention when the Coolidge
Dam act said that that contrac
shall be made to repay the costs
of this protective were not talk
ing about anything that had ever
been spent.
eve did not want them tangled
up with this Coolidge Dam act.
We were not treating the Indian
obligations; we were treating the
white obligations"
At the conclusion of these hear
ings it was confidently expected
that the solicitor Woud withdraw
his opinion and the contract would
be Immediately executed, however,
in spite of the plain intent of Con-
gress as shown at the Congress
sional hearings the solicitor only
reaffirmed his previous opinion
and left the situation as nearly
deadlocked as before.
1t became evident that the most
expeditions way out OF the diff
Guilty would be through Congress
sional hearings the solicitor only
en- up with the Arizona Congress
sional delegation and with Mr..
, Champion and as a result the fol-
lowing amendment was introduced
by Mr. Champion and attached to
The San Carlos item of the inter-
ior appropriation bill:
Amendment offered by Mr..
Champion; On page 80, line %, af-
ter the word amended" inserted
colon and the following:
Provided, That with the excep-
ton of 100000 for the mainten-
ance and operation of the project,
no monys herein appropriated shall
be available unless and until a re-
payment contract, as required by
the San Carlos act (act of JUNE
7, 1924, 43 Stat ATS 76), shall have
been entered into in which repay
ment contract there shall be includ-
ed only sums appropriated after
the approval Of the San Carlos act
and such Of the costs of the Flor
ence-Casa Grande project as may
be payable as costs of the San Car
los project, due to effecting by the
secretary if the interior in whole or
part, a merger of the two projects
as authorized by theact of March
7, 1928 al Stat. ZOO"
The item was unanimously adopt
ed and the entire interior bill was
passed by the house and now a.
waits action, by the Senate. No
difficulty or even mention of the
matter, it is expected, will be ex-
perienced in the upper house.
AS soon as this amendment be-
comes law the contract will be for
warded to the field for execution.
Upper Valley conference
Other matters of project inter
ests were taken up by the district
representative including the Cool
idge Dam power contract and the
Upper Valley conference called by
the secretary of the interior At
this conference, which was attend
ed by the entire Arizona Congress
sional delegation and many others,
it was the agreed opinion that the
Gila River adjudivation suit should
if possible, be settled by agreement
rather than by protracted and ex-
pensive litigation, but that the legal
and engineering problems and in
vesigations would require further
consideration in the field: The
principle objective being that the
UpperValley lands might continue
to enjoy their former uses of Gila
River water and at the same time
fully protect the rights of the San
Carlos project.
Several plans designed for this
purpose were suggest and discuss
ed One of these plans has been
given considerable publicity in the
press, but no single plan or definite
agreements were made. = Casa
y j