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A BILL THAT reeks of a musty agreement made in years long past allocating power gener- ated by water from the Hoover Dam comes before the House of Representatl\'es (or action 'this week. Since it has todowlth water and with cut.rate power. It is heavily favored by certain Southern California interests. But It will affect us here In the North, too. It seems to us there is no reason to perpetuate the truly outmoded ways the measure embodies. This situation has been laid out tn elegant ~~~~:~:::"~~:'~:~~':\:f;~,;~;;;'::" and penetrating fashion by writer Harold GU. lIam In the Sunday columns of this newspaper. '....~ His view deserves reemphasis. The old contract provisions permit Hoover power to be sold at (ar below the market price. The original purpose of the cheap pnergy was to promote growth in Southern California, "perhaps a valid goal half a century ago," as Gllliam said, "but one that is scarcely tenable now that the region has grown to the point of strangulation." rHE MEASURE now before Congress ex. 'tends the old contract as if the past 50 years had never happened. It constitutes a munificent benefit for the original contractors and those who were in on the ground floor like the ~letro, politan Water District of Southern California, or "Met," which uses Hoover energy to pump Colo. rado River water to Southern California. Not surprisingly, some California utilities, likeSan Diego Gas & Electric that were not inon the original deal, say they would like to make a ...-....-,-;.... ," . handsome bid for some Uoover power. What strikes home is that the "Met" will be J,!cttlng the right to pump more Northern Call. rornla water south by using cheap energy from Hoover. Thus, the federal government will be In eC1ect subsidizing the draining of Northern Cali. \ fornla to further the growth of a population. bloated Southland. This shocking measure has been approved by the Senate and has log-rolling momentum in the lIouse. Hepresentati\'e Barbara Boxer. the San Francisco Demo:rat, is, however. offering . an amendment that calls for auctioning oC1 of . the power to the highest bidder. We support .' ..' .;:. ::d' RE'presentatlve Boxer In her courclgeou5 effort.: :.-....1.:~:Vt....- . ':to turn back this retrograde dam deal... ~.. ;:.;::-....._..........:_..-..-'I.:..--:~.;...;I'At I. .... .', ..' "....'i...'~....-'._-I ,,;....... ../1'.... ...-:.: .. "'j.. . ...l.....~. ;Jl. !.:.... - .".~ ...; ~f!;t,:. , , '" " ".""";1";; ., :;.: ',' '..... )~;.-.:. :0- ... ,'; .;.'jf.' ,"~';.'~.. , ~. .' '. I", ' ..-.... .l.':" ,.. .......- ~..._~..,._."'C.... !l '. _'.....:".~.'",-O......' .::'-..-.-:-:,....."~,VO'~.~-.;-. \ ',' -: J ....... t ,,'" ""'1 .. 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