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<br />29 <br /> <br /> <br />0694 <br /> <br />method they knew who they could count on for support, the <br />people who were very opposed to the bill, and finally the un- <br />decided Congressmen who might be persu~ded to vote for the <br />94 ' <br />project. Plus of course private oitizens writing letters and <br />working hard for the project. . <br />At this time, 1960-62, the Chairman of the Lobbying <br />group was Mr. Spal'ks and he l1ad the responsibility for ooordina... <br />ting the efforts of these people'working on passage of the bill. <br />95 <br />At times there were as many as 50-60 people working for the bill <br />and in the end it was the work of all these people who were pri- <br />marily responsible for getting the bill passed. <br />For the Fryingpan-Arkansas bill to be passed it would <br />have to olear the Il'rigation and Reclamation sub-committee (at <br />that time one of five sub-committees of the Interior Committee), <br />the Interior Committee as a whole and finally the Rules COmmit- <br /> <br />tee. Th3se committees are, of course, in the House and many <br />tactics were used to kill the bills in committee led .by the two <br /> <br />major opponents of the <br />Saylor of Pennsylvania <br /> <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Cong!'essman <br />, 96 <br />and Congressman Hosmer ofCalifol'nia. <br /> <br />The Senate passed every bill on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, <br />the problem was in the House whel'eit'was oontinually rejected. <br />To be able to achieve passage of the bill through the <br />House it wa.s important to have friend,. influential friends who <br /> <br />94 <br />Thoms on , p. 1 57 . <br />95 <br />Sparks, p. 1 51.. <br />96 <br />Chenoweth, p. 25. <br />