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<br />o tl'Zo'5'~~ <br /> <br />The senator took special note of the concessions written <br />into the bill in Arizona's attempt to make peace with her neigh- <br />bors and with the conservationists. Hualapai and Marble Can- <br />yon Dams were omitted and in their place a thermal power <br />plant was provided to produce revenue. A Lower Basin develop- <br />ment fund was established, Utah's Dixie Project was included <br />and California got her 4.4 priority for 27 years. "In the, 55 years <br />which I have served in the Congress," said Senator Hayden, "it <br />has been my observation that regional and sectional contro- <br />versies and disputes between individual states can be amicably <br />and satisfactorily resolved only if each side is willing to select <br />realistic goals which may be reached by cooperation and com- <br />promise." <br /> <br />A Minority Finding <br /> <br />But Arizona's neighbors were not mollified. Three Upper <br />Basin senators--Kuchel of California, AlIott of Colorado and <br />Clifford P. Hansen of Wyoming-turned in a minority report <br />charging that the bill "embodies a host of favors to Arizona and <br />three utilities." The latter charge was based on the premise <br />that the federal government would repay to the utilities $103 <br />million for building the thermal plant. This, said the three sen- <br />ators, would "make available to these utilities over one-tenth <br />of a billion dollars of federal money, interest-free save for <br />minimal interest during construction, to construct a company- <br />owned plant which will sell energy to the federal government. <br />The cost of borrowing the money would be paid by the federal <br />taxpayers or the fe,deral power consumers." <br /> <br />Senator Kuchel charged in a separate statement that the <br />bill was "truly ODe of the black marks against the Johnson <br />administration." He maintained that it would "force southern <br />California to pay the cost of its own desiccation" because <br />electricity users would have to pay 50 per cent higher electric <br />bills and higher prices for water to subsidize an Arizona project <br />taking water away from them. <br /> <br />Senator AlIott said the, bill would severely hinder future <br />development in the Upper Colorado Basin. The five projects <br />for his state, he said, were a "political sop." And he found <br />objectionable the omission of any proviso for studying a pos- <br />sible water import. <br /> <br />Senator Hansen's objection was that the legislation would <br />help Arizona "at the expense of the long-range interests of all <br />the states. . . of the Colorado River Basin. Those who support <br />this legislation refused to write into it any safeguards insuring <br />availability and returns of this loaned water when it is needed <br />by the lending states of the Upper Basin," he complained. <br /> <br />Two Uppe,r Basin -goverD{)rS, Stan Hathaway of Wyoming <br />and Calvin Rampton of Utah, swelled the chorus of opposition. <br />They issued a statement castigating the CAP bill as a "tragic <br />mistake." They said it ignored "the real issue," which was that <br />"the water supply of the Colorado is inadequate to meet the <br />future consumptive use demands." In short, CAP'de,pended on <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />'~}:St(:g~~~:~~'i~'.';:;~: <br /> <br />~ .~:.:. _.:: r;;>;~?:'~::;.:'.:", ;.;,..-' ';. <br />".' . .:..,:' .". -::~,.~. '..~'. ,." ,:' - .:', <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />;~~.j...~.~~~j2!~~ <br /> <br />.:" . <br />..- . ....., '... <br /> <br />::.'.>tx;::".;;.:>.;'.";:": . <br /> <br />'.;. ....:.. .... :--.<:; >-.;.:'-\.<<;".-::.:.:;: <br />.. - ""..:':.' .:"':'-";:.': <br />::'~ . .~.' . . <br />. .':-:.,."",:" '-..,.:~~ : -:. ." .... . <br /> <br />::?>~,::":~;;':i'::B,I:\::;)?::': <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, '.':', .;" , '. ::. ",,::,~~,;::,,:,..~.:.,,'<-':.'::.:.~.':, <br />~. _.: ..':.;/:"~.:~ .. ~;:. <br />". .' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />", <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.: .::': .~>-_. - -:;":.':".: "':~-.: <br />'~.: ~:/t~<.,:.:. :;:., . .- .. . <br />':~':':;:' (':~::"].;:;.,:;,~.~,'.' ,.:.._:;~,~.".,~,'.~,'.,',:;".D::;~ <br /> <br />:' ..:. .,~;. ,..,:;..". . - <br />~~' .. ":'(,':. :..." >~... '" "::.... -'. '. <br />'... -"-<;.:~/>'",: .~~ =,:,:-.: .~-.. <br />'-; ,.... <br />.~. ' :.;' .- .~:. . .. o. .:., .'..' . <br />