Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-11
ORGANIZATION
HOPES To AID
CANAL PLANS
Osborne Heads Group OF Valley
Men Who Seek Speed On All
American Project.
PLEA MADE FOR HARMONY
Childers Declares ValIeyites
Must Stop Fighting And Pull
Together To Avoid Delay.

Over 200 enthusiastic ALL
American canal hackers met at the
court house last night to organize
a campaign for immediate con-
Struction of the canal and to COM
bat false propaganda against the
project through disseminating
truth.
Hugh T. Osborne, El Centro, I'M
rerial county supervisor, was elect
ed president; Leo Hetzel, El Cen
tro, vice-president; Dale G.. Cooper,
HoltvIlle, secretary, and d. L. Zinn,
Ell Centro, treasurer. The group
will meet at Brawley grammar
schol at 7:30 o. m. next Friday to
complete Its organization. Present
officers will select five additional
members of the executive commit
tee from the valley at large who
will complete the advisory board.
This board will choose a name be-
lore Fridays meeting.
Charles L. Childers, Imperial r.
rigation district counsel, was the
main speaker. Childers outlined
Imperial Valleys long fight for
Boulder dam and the All-Amerlcan
canal and told his listeners that
an apathetic attitude in Imperial
Valley now could prove fatal.
1--WE seem to have lost interest
now that Boulder dam is half done.
Boulder dam is being built for I'M
perial Valley. Were it not for I'M
perial Valley, there would be no
Boulder dam.
1T was conceived here and Impe-
rial Valley waged and won the long
fight for its construction. The same
determined enthusiasm is the only
attitude that will guarantee COM
pletion of the vast project through
construction of the All-American
canal" Childers said.
Urges Harmony
Attorney Childers declared that
now was no time for pickering and
fighting between valley factions
themselves. What we need and
must have" he said, "is harmo-
nious cooperation in carrying out
the will of 81 per cent of the
people"
The speaker touched on the Goa
chella controversy declaring that
those in the valley now proclaimirg
themselves Coachella's champions a
year ago took the stand that Goa
chella was entitled to nothing.
Childers declared that there is in
reality no Coachella controversy
because the contract signed, deliv-
cred, and executed definitely set
ties Coachella's status.
He said that the small minority
opposition to- the canal realized it
had lost but was nevertheless hope
tul Of delaying the project indefi-
nitely through any method at its
command.
There has been so much false
propaganda in Imperial Valley that
the average man can scarcely dis
tinguish between that which he
should believe and that which he
should ignore. the only means of
combating this propaganda is
through placing the facts before
the people SO clearly that there can
be no misunderstanding and in
such manner that the minority
opposition cannot distort and mis-
represent them" Childers said.
Propaganda Condemned
In conclusion, Childers again
pleaded for cooperation and dy-
manic activity in the canals be-
half.
At the close of the meeting, the
group adopted a resolution con-
demning false propaganda which
finds its way into the press and
misrepresents and confuses the Ca
nal issue.
Various valley sections were well
represented at last nights meeting
Each person pledged himself to
bring at least one additional pros
pective member to the Friday meet
ing in Brawley.