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<br />RELEASE - April 7, 1943
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<br />Nb'V;S OF YOUR CAPITOL CITY
<br />By your Congressman William S. Rill
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<br />At the invitation of the Irrigation and Reclamation COmMittee of the Senate,
<br />r presented testimony in behalf of the Republican River Compact which was being
<br />considered by this Committee last week. This Compact has been approved by the
<br />state legislatures of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, and must nm' be ratified by
<br />Concress. Mr. Clifford Stone appeared before the Committee as Director of the
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board. r made the followinG statement to the Committee:
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<br />"This is a very important compact and I aro in favor of the Congress. ratifying the
<br />agreement which ncw{.has been approved by tho legislatures of the s~ates affected,
<br />Colorado", Kansas, and Uebraska. T'hc najor purpose of this compact" is to provide for
<br />-che most officiont use of the \'18.ters of the Re:,uc,lican River Basin. This vlater
<br />has been allocated betvlOon the throe states. It is believod that the. compact
<br />equitably ai'portions the avera[e availa"l;, water sU~1ply of this basin in such a
<br />L~nncr and in such amounts as will protect all existinG USGS and that the availablo
<br />water sUi'Ply, whon reQllated by storaGe works, ,,!ill udoquately mOct future require-
<br />ments for do~~stic, irri[ation, industrial and recreational purposes. This eempact,
<br />by its recognition and cordation of thG inherent rights of the signatory states
<br />e.nd the Foderal Govurmnent, provides a sound and constructive basis for the regula-
<br />ti on, control and the most beneficial use-s of tho vmtors of the Basin."
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<br />One of the most controvorsial issues to como boforo the- Rouse this session was
<br />actod on last we~k, resultinG i:1 the defeat of the Rum-Carlson lncoroo Tax Bill
<br />and the recommitting of the Cor.uni ttee Tax Bill advocated by the -;jays and Means
<br />COQmittee. The suc~orters of tho Ruml s~~p~a-year tax plan contended that by tho
<br />adoption of this bill we taxpayurs would becone current ~nd b8 relieved of the
<br />burden of ~aying two ye-ar's tax from one ye~r's income. They contended that the
<br />avurago taxpayer Vlould be roarticulo_rly benofi ted in bein,; able to pay his taxes
<br />.currently and by -so doing would be ;:>rotected from the excessive tax burden during
<br />the ~eri od of th~ transition from Vtar to peace-time employment. Farmers would
<br />als 0 be protected against the sharp fluctioIlS i'l their income caused by drouGhts,
<br />floods, crop failures, and fluctuatinG pricos by the adoption of this plan. The
<br />small businessJilun, who is now in a particula.rly precario.us position, would be
<br />protected against the possibili ty of beine; forced to pay a hi~.h income tax assessed
<br />-C;ii-'the lnCome 01' a prosperous yearhn which he had little business because of the
<br />I scarci ty of merch,mdise. The Thlml supporters also sllOwed that due to the. in-
<br />\ creased revenue fron a pay-as-you-go tax plan the Treasury would not suffer a loss,
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<br />I~ an address bofore the House last woek I made the follmnnG crnrument:
<br />1I~.1r. Speaker.. I received a rvira this rlOrninc from our state di!'ector of the Agri-
<br />culturc.l :C:xtension Service inquirin~.' \'Then he might "D0 [.bIc to 1,:nO\1 ":::hat we vrere
<br />Going to do about this farm-l@,bor.shortaGe. ,Ihat are we :;oinS to do a:Jout it, r
<br />ask you? On J.larch 17 this House lORssed Joint Resolution 96, and 2 '"eeks aftervrard
<br />we laarn that it will be at leas'c another 2 weeks before this rosolution will be
<br />passed by tho other body, and then, t!r. Spe:akeT, it will be s!1ot.her 2 ~'18eks before
<br />our farrr. people will l::!10Yl vlhat our plans nrG for the orGanizatio!11;!6 2.re ::>repo.ring
<br />to assist them in j501ving their critical r.\an:?ower short(q;o. Pla:.1tinc, season is
<br />here now; it is time for i!I'U';lcuiate action. 'A serious situE!.tion fUCEJS us; time is
<br />of the essonce and not a siaGle day should elapse "'.L thoutc. s~rious pffort beinG mdo
<br />by Ollr leaders to solve tbs farm-labor shortage. The tine fo~ :to:1k_ is passed,
<br />-c;na- "aU-on is absolutely'.necess,\ry. The 1abor- is -needod nov,--todc_y. Unplanted
<br />crops can never be harvested or used to supply starvinc people,"
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<br />Tile Comi ttGC on ACricul ture in the 110usc )1cld two mGeti!1:';S recently, one with
<br />the l.oaders of tho carmine industry "nu the- other wi th a group of locr,l consumer
<br />organizations on the plan of the Office of Price Administration to rcquiro Grade
<br />labclinb of cans for 1943. AlthOUGh brade l,,-boling has some o.dv~ntages there is
<br />somG doubt.as to the foasibility of orderinG tho can:1in::; industry to reorganize and
<br />use grade labeHngs in canning the 1943 cro;:>S ",hen the scarci to' of food products
<br />is so i~inont and tho need of great ~rDduction is apparent.
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