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. 11 or1 51 I", " WOUID BE CLOTHED WITH FULL P01IER But it is n.}V/ proposod, undor tho provisiona of tho AVA bill, that this program sh~ll bo changod. In ita pl~co tho sponsors of that legisl~tion would substitute ~ new fedor~l agency. This agency would be controlled by threo men, ~ppointod by ~nd sololy responsible to tho Presidont of the United St~tes. They vrould bo clothed with power to oontrol the pl~nning, oonstruction and operation of ~1l project developmont on the river. They llOuld be authorized to issue 150 million doll~rs in bonds fully guar~nteed by the United St~tes government, and one provision of the bill is that they may issue up to 50 million dollars for anyone dam or faoility necessary in such develo~ment, indic~ting there is not even this 150 million dollars limitation. . These three men, in their discretion, could ignore the states in any plan of development, ~nd they would have projeot authorization pOl~r even without further congressional sanction. No compaot for the division of water among states could be made without their approval. No dam. appurtenant works. bridge or other' object affecting, in the judgment of the authority, navigation. flood control, public lands or the property of the United States, could be constructed, operated or maintained (if now built) over or in the Arkansas River or any tributaries without the approval of the authority. Judioial questione dealing with water of the basin, where the authority is involved, would be subjeoted to the federal court where the principal offioe of the authority is located. The Bureau of Reclamation. the Corps of Army Engineers and other federal egenoies would participate in the program of development only at the behest of the authority. Reclamation by irrigation, under terms of the bill, will be confined to public lands oven though, in this state supplemental water supplies are primarily needed, not for additional lands. but to save serious crop losses on privately awned lands. ~, I", 1. , i '. PIAN TO DIVEST STATES OF CONTROL . In order to give the authority the sanction of law, all development, including irrigation, must be subservient to those improvements vmich are classified as aiding commerce among the several states, suoh as the safegaurding of navigable waters, flood control and power development. Thus, under the guise of navigation, flood control and power development, supClorted by the conunerce clause of the federal Constitution, subtle methods are Embraoed to divest the states of control of the appropriation, use and distribution of water lIIIong their oitizens. The records disclose that !'!UIIlflrOUIJ flood control and other projeots in the Arkansas, White, Red,&St. Franois basins, included in the bill have been either oonstructed, under oonstruotion, authorized by Congress or favorably reported by the oorps of army eng in eers, t ..3-