Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1928, Page 6

BOULDER DAM BILL GOES T0 PRESIDENT Plan Must Be Ratified by Six | States Before Becoming Effective. By the Associated Press. Boulder Dam, after loitering about | the halls of Congress for several years, pas moved over to the White House.| When 1t left familiar walls specula- | tion began about the President's dis- posal of it. ne of the supporters of the bill, notably Senator Johnson of California, have said they believed he would sign it. Others are dubious. In the first week of the session, after listening to the President's message to Congress. &er Norrris of Nebraska said he | the measure would be vetoed ent Coolidge’s mention of Dam in his message is his ic statement about the matter gress opened. He did not re- wv particular proposal by name, recommended that Congress a bill to construct a dam for ir- POst on the Colorado River “which Il protect the rights of the States, | scharge the necessary Government | unctions and leave the’ electrical field to private enterprise.” Secrelary Given Authority. Under the bill finally agreed on by the House and Senate, the Government | has the right to build the dam. but | the power plant can be constructed | either by the Government, or by pri- vate enterprise, the Secretary of the Interior having authority which option to_exercise. ‘The revised measure, calling for a $165,000,000 flood control, irrigation and power project on the Colorado River. | was passed in the House by a roll cgll | vote of 166 to 122 late yesterday, but not until after its chief sponsor, Rep- resentative Swing. Republican, of Cali- fornia had been given the scare of his life by a standing vote showing the | motion tp agree to the amendments to_have been beaten 77 to T71. Party lines were thoroughly shattered on_the final vote. The roll call showed exactly as Republicans were joined by 85 Demo- crats, the lone socialist member, Berger of Wisconsin, and a Farmer-Labor mem- ber, Carss of Minnesota, in favoring adoption, while 43 Democrats lined up with 79 Republicans in opposition. | 'All of the Republican leaders, in- cluding Tilson of Connecticut, majority floor leader, Chairman Snell of the rules committee, Chairman Hawley of the ways and means committee and Representative Wood of Indiana, rank- ing Republican on the appropriations committee, voted for the amendments. Confer With President. Chairman Smith of the irrigation committee, who moved adoption of the amendments, together with Mr. Swing, conferred with President Coolidge at the White House earlier in the day and | sald afterward they were hopeful that the measure would be signed. As finally passed, the measure pro- poses construction at the Black Canyon site in the Colorado River of a huge dam to provide water for irrigation in the river basin. A power plant also would be built at the dam to furnish electric power to scores of localities of the West. Flood control works for the pro- tection of Imperial Valley in Southern California and an all-American canal to be built across this region for valley irrigation purposes also are proposed in the bill At least six States in the basin area must ratify the Colorado River com- pact before the measure can take effect, even with the President's sig- nature. Arizona and Utah have yet to approve the compact, while Colorado, California, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico already have signed. $10.9 Swans Reduced to... $ 5.00 Swans Reduced to. $ 7.00 Parkers Reduced to $12.00 Sheaffers Reduced $5.00 Waterman Reduced to many Republicans in favor of the re- vised bill as against. Seventy-nine 1225 Penna. Avenue N.W. FUNDFOR COLLEE NEAR SSDSDOMARK |Workers in Lutheran Drive Report New Contribu- tions of $5,072. The campaign of the Lutheran Churches of Washington for $100,000 to erect a 189-acre tr2~t near Wheaton, Md., on a national Luiheran college for women, neared the halfway mark today, it was announced by Rev. H. E. Snyder, campaign director. Additional subscriptions totaling $5.072 were reported at a meeting of the cam- paign workers and leaders last night in the Luther Place Memorial Church, bringing the fund to $48,580. Dr. Snyder expressed copfidence the re- turns of campaign workers mot present at the.meeting would raise the fund past $52,000. The new contributions ranged from $1 to $2,000. The largest amount was reported by Mrs. James J. Davis, wife chairman of the campaign committee. Mrs. Davis formally opened the cam- Over-Stocked Fountain Pen and Pencil Sale Conklins, Parkers, Sheaffers, Watermans and Swans $10.00 Sheaffers Reduced to..$4.00 $ 7.00 Conklins Reduced to..$5.60 s $4. Full and Complete Line of Desk Sets We also have $2.75 Conklins, $2.75 Parkers, $2.75 Watermans and $2.75 Sheaffers—Greatl A full and complete line of Sheaffer Lifetimes, Parker Duofolds and Conklin Enduras in Stock JUST RECEIVED A NEW AND COMPLETE LINE OF CHRISTMAS CARDS We Make a Specialty of Fountain Richards Fountain Pen and Card Shop 22 Years in This Location Lou Harvey, Suceessor Reduced 'en and Pencil Repairing Phone Metropolitan 9241 of the Secretary of Labor and honorary:| | | paign last week by contributing $5,000 to the fund. Addresses were made at the meeting by Dr. Snyder, Dr. William J. Showalter of the campaign executive committee and Daniel Wiegle of Philadelphia, who has been conducting a membership campaign for the Chamber of Com- merce of Arigton County, Va. Dr. Snyder’ announced that a voluntary contribution of $500 has been received from a business man of Reading, Pa., who read in a newspaper of the cam- paign of the Washington churches to raise $100,000 to acquire the college site. The campaign workers were instruct- ed to concentrate on Washington busi- ness men. Contributions will be sought from them on the ground that the college will be a valuable commercial asset to Washington. Approximately 90 per cent of the fund raised thus far, it was pointed out, has come from members of the Lutheran churches. . A vacant lot in the business district of Cardiff, Wales, was recently sold for a price equivalent to nearly $1,000,000 an acre. M’NUTT WILL ADDRESS NATIONAL SOJOURNERS Officers of Local Chapter Will Be Installed at Annual Banquet - Next Month, Paul V. 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