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ODzsns l t I f f "annual water bills would increRse the same amount whether Arizona financed the CAP or it was financed partly by the federal government through a larger regional plan. 'The cost of the water would be the same in any cRse,' the source said.") Newspaper discussion of Arizona's dilemma continued un- remittingly. Regional Editor RobertW. Glasgow of the A.I'izol1a Republi.e took note of R speech in SeRttle by Rll.lphW. Johnson, professor of law at the University of Washington and principal consultant to the U.S. Senate Interior Committee. "Our attitude should not automatically be agRinst diversion," said Professor Johnson, "but rather should be one of ascertaining as accurately as possible the exact cost, social, economic, and political, of diversion, to this reg-ion, the true needs of the, Southwest and which of the various alternatives available, including a possible diversion, might best provide the answer to these needs. We cannot simply be negative about this question. Rather we must realize the very real w"ter-relllted problems of the Southwest and llttempt to assist in the solution of those problems. This does not deny the necessity for some tough, hard looks at the . way the Southwest. is using its present wRter supply.' . . Nor does it mean to imply that a diversion of the Columbia must ultimately come about. Rather it does suggest an attitude of mutual acceptance of responsibility for a problem that must be considered as regional, and profoundly important to the whole of the West." , Mr. Glasgow did not tRke much comfort from Mr. John- son's remarks, though. While tl1e Northwest might support a bill containing no provision for it diversion study, he suggested,. California would. not. And if California became convinced that Arizona would go it alone, "would 'politicos there change their position?" "There are those," wrote Mr. Glasgow, "who feel that California's support of the CAP would be forthcoming if Arizona guaranteed to California its allotted 4.4 million acre feet. But would that be wise for Arizona? What would Arizona do during the dry cycles that beset the ColorRdo? These are the tough questions that will face those drafting the new legis- lation, questions for which compromises may be hard to find." As 1966 approRched its close, the A,l'iZOl/4 Daily Star of Tucson once Rg-Rin addressed itself to the, Question of whethe.r it WRS feRsible for Arizona to go it alone. And once again the Sta.l' concluded that it was not feasible, "daring as the idea sounds." "Yes," said an editorial, "there Rre, bondsellers eager to help the state go into debt R billion or more dollars for a state-initiated and stRte-run power project involving the Colo- rado River. But no bonds could be sold without a host of legal difficulties being cleared away. . ." Sierra Club Denied Exemption There was one other significant development in the wan- ing days of 1966. The Sierra Club lost its tax exemption. A ruling by the Internal Revenue Service held the club ineligible -37- ! L