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<br />C.;.~.. , <br />I...v_'i <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />- THE EL PASO TIMES-- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~..nddY. i\lay LS, 1947 _ <br /> <br />11 olls~Grolll; <br />., <br />Proposes <br />IBWC Change <br /> <br />By SARAH )feCLESDOS <br />TI...... Wad.h..IOII c.n"......'."1 <br />WOl5blnJion - Govemment agen- <br />cles bilve bten eonJidefln, here <br />the question of a trans.fer of Intc.r- <br />national BoundarY and Water Com- <br />miS$lon from the State Department <br />to the BUrl'au of Redamatlon. <br />The question arose when the <br />Hause Appr'Oprlntlons Sub-Com- <br />mittee.. on the State Department <br />recommended In passing on the <br />Boundary Commu:don's budget tor <br />the next fiscal year that Ii'll, com- <br />mission work.ing with Mexico and <br />others working with Canada aq.>1 <br />the PhiDpplne Rehabilitation CotiJ.- l <br />missIon be divofC('d from the Stale . <br />~partment in. view of 115 expany..' 1. <br />109 heavy dutIes. l <br />The committee report stated:'Jt <br />might be- well for the .de~tn:et!t <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.. Rep. Ewing ThomllJOn or tl U <br />) PaiO. &lite<! what he thouaht of. <br />r the poafbUit7. issued a blast, at or <br />) the c:cmmltt~ for even entertain- A <br />Ing !Uzh an Jdea. Thomason <br />termtd such a lIlove . "r!dieuloUl ~ <br />and outra(eOus." <br />"'l'be c:cmrnlJ$ion b" It. 'Very te <br />nature is International" he saki. fe <br />"It's attain would have to be U <br />r handled by the State DepllrtmenL Ie <br />.s Wbat Is more, to. interrupt IU m <br />s pl"f'sent ~ratlonJ by'-" transfer m <br />II would prove very detrimental now III <br />to the dellcllte relationship with <br />'. Mexico and the good wlll 10 weU tr <br />.~" buJlt up aU these "ean by Com- !l <br />II) mis.~ioner Lawson of El Paso, <br />m ""'I"hf! Bureau ot Reclamation III a <br />os a construction outfit-It could not Co <br />handle the Inurnatlonal problel11J b <br />n- ot the Boundary Corrunisslon whlth tJ <br />Id the'"Sbte Ikpartment now directs." Jao <br />19 ~nllilr Canna II,., It was learned, b <br />t1 hd. !'t(lheduled some conversation, I. <br />wlth;;Stafe Department oftldala this b <br />It- wePk when he wm ask that the 01 <br />cd. proposed dlvoreement be not a)_ ~' <br />!re 10wM. 0 <br />'St. The Howe eommit~ report <br />, . stated tb8t the commlssion busl. <br />...r- n~ whUe bastd on t~aty can- a <br />n. not IUI It is carrled on now be ae. t. <br />!lO. tuaUy considered a tunetion oj' the ~ <br />er~ Stale Department '"within the con. II <br />y', cept ot the legislation creating the S <br />lCS department'" e <br />to. "Furthennore the work ot the tl <br />m- aepartment has 50 Intteased and 1 <br />~ed become 01 5Uch importance as to S <br />make it essen~131 tOT the depart- <br />ment to devote an itS energies to 01 <br />10- the ever changing international vi <br />~r: scene." ~ <br />