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<br />'..::.1'.. <br /> <br />OOZ4,~~ <br /> <br />Shoals Ahead in the Senate <br /> <br />The Phoenix Gazette wasn't quite as optimistic. In a spec- <br />ulative piece by Bill Werley, the Gaz'ette said the bill-even if <br />passed by the House-probably would not get through the <br />Senate in that session. For one thing, wrote Mr. Werley, it had <br />taken so long to reach that point in the House that there simply <br />wasn't time. The bill wouldn't reach the House floor until early <br />September at best, and Congress was driving for election-year <br />adjournment October 1. Secondly, U.S. Sen. Carl Hayden (D- <br />Ariz.), whose power was needed to get the bill through the <br />Senate, had been hospitalized because of illness. Finally, be- <br />cause the legislation was so controversial, senators might be <br />loath to tackle it in the closing weeks of the session, which <br />would be hectic at best. "Should the Senate not act on the bill <br />this year," concluded Mr. Werley, "the legislative processes <br />will have to start all over again in the new Congress in January. <br />Arizona is at a crossroads-and it appears there is no water <br />there, either." <br /> <br />Another discordant note was struck by Gov. Cliff Hansen <br />of Wyoming, who said the bill included "something for every- <br />one except Wyoming." It contained projects for Arizona and <br />Colorado which, he said, would consume all of the remaining <br />water in the Colorado River. The governor promised to say as <br />much to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs <br />when and if the bill was taken up by that committee. <br /> <br />Rather surprisingly, in view of the, fact that they were on <br />record in favor of it, the Navajo Indians also came out against <br />the project. Their tribal council adopted a six-page resolution <br />condemning the two dams as "a waste of public funds." It said <br />Marble Cany'on Dam, which would be located within the Navajo <br />reservation, was planned without consulting the tribe and would <br />"partially destroy one of the greatest resources of the Navajo <br />people," namely, the scenery in Marble Gorge. Coal deposits <br />on the reservation would provide cheaper "base power" to <br />finance CAP, said the tribal council, and nuclear power would <br />provide cheaper "peak power." The resolution criticized both <br />Udalls for ignoring "the property rights and interests" of the <br />Navajos and charged that they had won support from the <br />Hualapais by providing for a $16 million payment to that tribe. <br /> <br />Newspaper stories conjectured that there was a connection <br />between the Navajo resolution and a feud between Secretary <br />Udall and Norman Littell, counsel for the Navajo tribe. (Shortly <br />after the appearance of the Navajo statement, seven other <br />Arizona Indian tribes took an opposite stand. They sent a letter <br />to Congress supporting CAP and Hualapai Dam. "Indians who <br />have made their homes in the Southwest have lived in constant <br />fear of a diminishing water supply, as others now have in other <br />parts of the country," the letter said. It was signed by leaders <br />of the Salt River Pima-Maricopas, Papagos, Gila River Indian <br />Community, Yavapais, Colorado River Tribes, White River <br />Apaches and Hualapais.) <br /> <br />...; .....:. <br /> <br />. . ..... <br />.. , <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br />...:. .... .'. <br />