The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-09-02

first session of the Bath Congress
arrested and reversed a do-noth-
ing program regarding Federal
water and power development.
The traditional policy of Federal
fostering of this vital work has
been re-established. Now there
remains the task of re-instituting
a policy of driving and dynamic
advance.
The largest Western Reclaim
alton program during this ad-
ministration was provided and
financed by this Congress in its
first session. Included were five
long delayed new construction
starts on public power projects.
They are Hardin Yellowtail in
Montana, Yakima-Rosa in Wash
ington, Provo Utah), Cougar in
Oregon and Ice Harbor WaShing-
tonO all of which the Congress
independently initiated.
The Trinity division in Califor-
mia was authorized as an addi-
ton to the Central valley pro-
ject under Reclamation public
power law. The Congress indie
pendently appropriated funds to
initiate construction of this mai
or multiple-purpose project
Five additional new starts on
water projects recommended by
the Budget under earlier auth
orization were financed for new
construction starts, thus complet-
ing the break through of a par
alyzed program. The five addi-
tional new starts are Palo Verde
California and Arizona,) Santa
Maria California; Michaud Flats
QdahoD North Unit Deschutes in
Oregon and Foster Creek Unit
Chief Joseph Washington
The Tennessee Valley Author
ity was preserved. The great Nj
agara power site along the St.
Lawrence site where construction
OF public power generation has
started were reserved. Many leg
lslative actions supporting and
lmplementing the historic water
and power functions of the Fed
eral government were completed.
The task remains of consolidat-
ing these gains and launching a
further program that for a gen
Grafton ahead will bring our re-
sources to the service of all the
people.
The material for this victory is
at hand. The House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate have con-
sidered, reviewed, refined, and
advanced toward authorized five
major projects which will firm
ly fix far into the future the
Federal privilege and respons-
Utility for resource development.
These projects are the Upper
Colorado Basin storage, Ventura
in California, the High Hells
Canyon dam on the Snake Riv-
er, WaShinta in Oklahoma and
Fryingpan Arkansas in Color
ado. All were favored and ad-
vanced by hearings, reports by
subcommittee and committees,
votes in the House or Senate, or
both, making them pending pri-
GRITTY matters for prompt dispos-
al in the reassembled and CON
tlnulng Bath Congress-
AS Legislators committed to this
purpose and policy and interest
ed in these projects, we mutu-
ally pledge ourselves to make
common cause. regardless of af-
flliations and without prejudice
to other proposals, 10 carry this
backbone authorization program
through TO completion.
AS chairmen Of the reSpons-
Utility committee and sub COM
mittee OF the Senate we know,
from our intimate contact with
our membership as well as their
majority votes already register
ed for these individual projects
in both House and Senate, that
this joint mutual and reciprocal
effort will attain It's objective
and serve the public interest All
like thinking persons are in
vited to JOIN in our endeavor
Therefore principal positive
program for the final session of
the Bath Congress is to secure
authorization for and start con
structiOn on these five outStand-