1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 28, 1942

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 2 TO 30 INCHES

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ANNUAL PREC PITATION 30 TO 80 INCHES •

U. S. Weather Bw.r64U

Vol. VI

DEDICATED TO THE TASK OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE WATER FOR A PROFITABLE AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN AMERICA-TH! CREATION OF NEW HOMES-THE STABILIZATION OF DROUGHT AREAS. THIS WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONGI

1119 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 28, 1942

BUREAU OFFICIALS BEING

Truu~SFERRED

An order was issued last week by Secretary Ickes to transfer 60 of the 130 Bureau of Reclamation employees in the District of Columbia to Denver for the dura- tion, in order to malee office space available for war agencies.

RECLAMATION AUTHORITY LEAVIHG CONGRESS FOR BENCH

At least two prominent members of the House subcommittee on Interior appropria- tions expressed apprehension as to what would happen to the reclamation program in the future when Congressman Charles H. Leavy of Washington resigns to accept his appointment as United states District Judge because, as they say: There is no one on the committee, or in Congress, so familiar ,or with such a complete grasp of the whole reclamation question, or so capable of presenting reclamation needs, as their beloved colleague, Judge Leavy. Mr. Leavy's appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. He is staying on in Congress just to help the reclamation program along.

'.rhe West owes him an undying debt of gratitude for his unequalled support of the reclamation program while in Congress.

HOUSE SUBCOM11ITTEE ON IJ.'ITERIOR APPROPRIATTONS COMPLETES WORK - REPORTS BILL TO

HOUSE SECURES PROMPT PASSP ... GE - - - - -

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The Interior subcommittee on appropriations, composed of Johns.on, Oklahoma;

Scrugham, Nevada; Fitzpatrick, New York; Leavy, Washington; Sheppard, California;

Rich, Pennsylvania; Carter, California; and Jones, Ohio, which has been holding hearings on the Interior bill since late in February, on March 24 reported the bill to the Committee of the Whole Appropriations Committee and then to the House floor for the consideration of Congress.

The subcommittee reshuffled several

recl~lation

items. Probably the biggest change from budget recommendations was nade when the Conrnittee cut, and the House sustained, $15,723,000 from the Central Valley Project item - $5,000,000 of which was earmarked for the construction of a steam plant at or near

A~tioch,

California

to firm up Shasta and Keswick hydro plants - and 010,723 .. 000 was for the construc- tion of transmission lines.

Other amendments approved by the House include: (1) a provision to pernit the Secretary of the

Ir~terior

to use the labor of enemy al iens and .American-born

Japanese in the construction of water conservation and utilization projects under the Wheeler-Case Act. (2) $800;000 more for the Contra C o sta Canal. (3) $1,000,000 for the Friant-Kern Canal of the Central Valley project. (4) $1,000,,000 for the Coachella branch of the All-American Canal.

OFFICERS

O. S. WARDEN. PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY. FIRST VICE·PRESIDENT ROBERT W. SAWYER. SECOND VICE·PRESIDENT J. A. FORD. TREASURER

F. O. HAGlE. SECRETARY·MANAGER

HUGO B. FARMER. YUMA. ARIZONA J. R. FAUVER. EXETER. CALIFORNIA CLIFFORD H. STONE. DENVER. COLORADO N. V. SHARP. FILER. IDAHO

E. PORTER AHRENS. SCANDIA. KANSAS O. S. WARDEN. GREAT FALLS. MONTANA

DIRECTORS

H. D. STRUNK. MC COOK. NEBRASKA A. M. SMITH. CARSON CITY. NEVADA E. W. BOWEN. TUCUMCARI. NEW MEXICO HARRY E. POLK. WILLISTON. NORTH DAKOTA FRANK RAAB. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA

ROBERT W. SAWYER. BEND. OREGON W. D. BUCHHOLZ. NEWELL. SOUTH DAKOTA R. E. BASKIN. SEYMOUR. TEXAS ORA BUNDY. OGDEN. UTAH J. A. FORD. SPOKANE. WASHINGTON PERRY W. JENKINS. CORA. WYOMING

Eu 116 t in No. 4 - 2 March 28, 1942

Comparing what the Interior bill carries for Federal reclamation projects, as it passed the House, with last year's appropriations am with the budget estimates for the fi scal year 1943, we have the following

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state

Arizona Colorado Idaho New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon Utah

Washington Wyoming

Project

Gila

Big Thompson Anderson Ranch Tucumcari Lugert-A1tus

*Owyhee Provo River

*Hyrum Roza

*Kendrick

*Riverton

*General Investieations

*Administrative Expense Arizona-Nevada Davis Dam Arizona-Calif. Parker Dam California Central Valley Washington Grand Coulee General Investigations

Administrative Expense

Ariz-Nevada Boulder Canyon California All-American Canal Colorado River Front Work

Colorado River Develop. Fund Water Conservation & Utilization Montana Fort Peck

Protection of Project Works Totals

$

Actually Appropriated

FY 1942

3,000,000 3,250,000 1,200,000 350,000 200,000 1,250,000 500,000 265,000 100,000 500,.000 575,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 37,750,000 17,000,000 1,000,000 845,000 6,900,000 2,000,000 50,000 250,000 5,000,000

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50,000

$93,155,000 ,

* Appropriated from the Reclarm. ti on F n'd

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o In additi on e180,OOO from Army Flood Control

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Budget Estimates

FY 1943

$ 250,000 4,830,000 2,250,000 300,000 100,000e

33,000 1,287,000 6,000 400,000 20,000 75,000 500,000 200,000 4,000,000 1,940,000 48,769,000 19,175,000 750,000 500,000 5,000,000 50,000 200,000

500,000 400,000

$90,885,000

-

Provided in Interi or Bill as passed House

$ 250,000

4,829,100

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2,249,970 - ³⁰

299,925 - ^7.5

99,975 -

^").$

25,000

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1,286,760 LI

1,000

- Sot) 0

399,940 ^bo.

10,000 - / v,

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65,000 - .

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250,000 -

:lSD, 00 ()

100, 000 - I

b 0, 0 0 0

3,999,475 - 5"1.~

1,939,400 - ^{{,a o}

36,840,750 - It. QJ8-;).:;-o 19,172~675 -

:l,3~S

500,000

^sQ,

450,000

^~-o.

4,999,750 - :<Sl>

I, 000, 000 -\ /,

^{D () 0,} tI 0

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47,895 - 2.

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(J5"', 150,000 -

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499,475 6"~

400,000

$77,866,090 - 12. , tLY91b .

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As the reclamati on program passed the House, it calls for approximately $13,000,000 less than the budget estimates.

As the demand for an increase in acreage develops upon which to produce the neces-

sary food and fiber required to win the war - possibly while this bill is before

the Senate -- we hope that a large part of this

~13,OOO,000

will be distributed

among other projects nearing completion. With such additional appropriations, these

projects could add, within the next few years, substantially to the agricultural

productive capacity of the West. If your project can justify additional appropria-

tions, we recommend that your case be carefully presented to the Senate Interior

subcommittee on appropriations which will probably start hearings on the Interior

bill the first week of April.

BUlletin No. 4 - 3 Iiarch 28, 19L~

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s outhwest }!:igate~ Land Soug~~or .. Rubber !lant

Guayule rubber is now to bec o me a new irrigated crop in the Southwestern states. Congress has just bought out the experimental operations of the Intercon- tinen tal Rubber Company which, for thirty years, has been experimenting with its cultivati on on its experiment station nef:l .r Salinas, California, and at scattered p oints in Arizona and Texas. It is estimated that the government will require from a m illion to two million acres of irrigated land for this new crop alone within· the next two or three years. The plant requires a hot, dry country.

Anti-Speculation Bill Is Far-Reaching

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He arings have been going on before the House Irrigution and Reclamation Dommit- tee f or seve ral weeks on H. R. 6522, which would amend the Anti-SpeculatiDn .1aw designed t o protect the ul tima.te project farmer on the Columbia Basin .. l.andswhich are t o be watered by the Grand Coulee dam. The amendments proposed gi--ve ·· the Bureau wide powers, n ot only to stop speculation, but to doprac.tical1y anything' necessary t o aid settlement on a grand scale which establishes a new high .. .for the: Bureau· . in . this field.

Case-Hheeler Fl ood Control Bej:lefi ts

, On March 7, Pres iden t RoO-sevel t s.igned 11. R . .. 4,648 which ...amend. ad the Case- . W heeler Act permitting a deduction . of up to· $500,000 for flood c·ontrol benefits .•

This means another half million dollars on many a .. pl'Oject that can not be charged - up to the project water users.

This Association is advised th at CCC camps assigned to work on various'J3Ul'-ea:ll of Reclamation projects will be· continued throughout the 1943 fiscal year· -un1.ess·~·

curtailed- by furth er leg islation as follows by states and camp . numbers : .

Colorado: 22, 23 and 93 - Washington: 58 and 66 - California:. 34-' ^Wyoming:

51, 1, 61, 101, 102 and 72 - Arizona.: 13 - Texas: 39 · - New 11erico: .3 - 110ntana.-:. 69 and 95 - utah: 61+ - Idaho: 56, 21. h .. · 42 and 110 - Oregon: 77 and 88 - south Dakota!

2 and 99 '- North Dakota: 97 • -

Ropublicrul River Compact Up To President

The Republican River 'Compact· .pas· sed by the legislatures of Colorado.,

'Ne~ska,

a nd Kansas, dividing the waters of t h e Republican Ri-ver- among the ··three sta· tes, has been approve d by Congress. The compact " states tha t the Republican · . . is :hot· a · navig- able stream. It now awaits preSidential . approval or · veto.

Reclam ati on Items for 0 & Ii for 1943

Only sl ight . cuts -were made by the .House in 0 & Ii items . f.or ·Bureau· pr-oje-cts ... ,

However, . the amount ·· for adminis tra ti on · -was '· ' cut from $54,400 ·to . ~34, 855----'

Bulletin No. 4 - 4 March 28, 1942

The House cut Indian irrigation construction appropriations for the next fiscal year below budget estimates as follows:

Colorado River:

Navajo:

Salt River:

Southern ute:

Flathead:

Carson:

Pueblo:

Miscellaneous Garden

From $50,000 From $85,000 From $15,000 From ~lO.OOO

From ~~ lO,OOO

From ~~25, 000 From f:~15, 000

to $35,000

to :)75,000

to ~10,000

to _f~ 9,000 to nothing

to _~~13, 000

to ~lO,OOO

Tracts: From ~) 50,OOO to 048,000 Surveys, Investigations

and Administra-

tive Expense: From $147,750 to ~~ 122, 000

~I1ineral~_ and, .Powe:t:. pevel,?pment Act Propose~

S. 2378 by O'Mahoney of Wyoming would promote m i neral and power development thro ughout the West as required for war purposes.

The second draft of a bill to further coordinate the work of the Corps of Army Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Agriculture, as a means of m aking unnecessary any "regional authority" r.leasures, has recently been released for study and comment of' those interested in the subject. It is understood that representatives of the three agencies above referred to are contemplating

confer~

ences with the Hope of working out plans for improving the services which these agencies jointly might render the Nati on during the post-war reconstruction period.

Hearings have not been called on any of the "regional authority" bills to date.

F. O. Hagie, Secretary-Manager

NATIOJIAL RECLAl1ATION ASSOCIATION