NATIO , NAL RECLAMATION ASS01 CIATION

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RESOLUTIONS

RECOMMENDED BY THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE AND ADOPTED BY THE

NATIO , NAL RECLAMATION ASS01 CIATION

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETINC DENVER, COLO., NOVEMBER 15-16-17, 1944

NATIONAL RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION

OGDEN, UTAH WILLISTON, N. D.

SPOKANE, WASH.

BEND, OREGON 1119 National Press Bldg., WASHINGTON, D. C.

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FOREWORD

On November 15, 16, 17, 1944, more than 800 official delegates from the arid and semi-arid states of the West met in Denver, Colo., to attend the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the National Reclama- tion Association.

These water representatives came from the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The delegates in attendance represented irrigators, irrigation districts, water users' associations, state reclamation associations, state reclamation officials, state water conservation boards, agricultural, com- mercial, and civic associations, individuals, business firms, and corporations. Every phase of western reclamation interest was represented.

The resolutions herein were prepared for submis-· sion to, and approval of the Convention, by a Resolu- tions Committee composed of 17 men- one from each state-chosen by the delegates of the respective states at pre-convention caucuses. Each resolution was unanimously approved. We believe the resolutions represent the will-of-the-west on water matters.

We invite you to lend a hand in helping to translate these expressed hopes and aspirations into action and reality for the benefit of the West and the nation.

Respectfully submitted,

NATIONAL RECLAMATION ASSN.,

ORA BUNDY, President.

F. O. HAGlE, Secretary-1'vIanager.

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Resolution No. I

Again Urges Forest Watershed Studies to Develop Increase of Usable Water for Irrigation WHEREAS The National Reclamation Association

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and all water users in the Western States are vitally interested in the maximum development and use ~f western water resources; and

'i WHEREAS frequent water shortages have been and are now experienced throughout the irrigated lands of the Western States, and will grow in severity with future expansion of irrigation agriculture; and

WHEREAS of all the water yielded by the great rivers rising in the Rocky Mountains, over half flows from the National Forests which are managed by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS current studies show that the yield of usable water from high-altitude forest-covered watersheds may be substantially augmented by carefully managed timber cutting; and

WHEREAS large areas of depleted watershed present serious problems of soil erosion and siltation, to which a solution can be obtained only by an intensive program of research and remedial action; and

WHEREAS up to now these useful investigations have not been sufficiently extensive to permit general recommendations for the proper management of such watersheds: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That the officers of the National Recla- mation Association are authorized and requested to promote the early expansion of investigations by the Forest Service into the management of National Forest watersheds for maximum yields of usable water, including research on timber and range management and forest utilization; to give their full support to this program of watershed research; to take all necessary steps to advise members of Congress of the importance of these investigations; and to urge adequate appropriations for their full development.

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Resolution No. 2

Associations Officers and Directors Requested to Pro- mote Water Investigation Program of Bureau

of Reclamation and Geological Survey WHEREAS the reclamation of the arid lands is

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assuming an increasingly vital role in the post-war program, through the creation of homes for returninrr veterans and the increase in food production to reliev~

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\i\THEREAS the ultimate success of the Bureau of Reclamation's plans for further reclamation depends largely upon the fullest utilization of the nation's water resources, which in turn requires complete information regarding such water resources; and

WHEREAS in order to enable the Geological Survey to collect and compile adequate information pertaining to the quantity and quality of the surface and underground waters required in the planning of the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Reclamation Association has in the past and desires in the future to assist and support the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey in every way possible in these water investigation programs; and

WHEREAS the continuance and extension of the stream-gaging program is essential to planning the development and administration of irrigation enter- prises for the division of the waters of interstate streams between states, by compact or otherwise; for assuring better understanding between water users;

and for promoting a more complete and effective use and control of water: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That the secretary-manager, officers and directors of the National Reclamation Association are authorized and requested to encourage and promote the water investigation program of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, including the installation and maintenance of stream-gaging facilities to the end that funds be provided to meet the increasing needs of the Bureau of Reclamation's expanding investigations, further to take all steps necessary properly to advise members of Congress of the importance of projects now in course of development, and to urge adequate appropriations to carry these programs into effect.

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Favors Public Land Policy Giving Proper Consideration to Rights of the States

WHEREAS the National Reclamation AssociatIon

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has, by resolutions adopted at its conventions in 1939 and in 1943, expressed its attitude on public land policies: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That the Association reiterates its views heretofore expressed and recommends the establish- ment without further delay of a public land policy.

which will give proper consideration to the rights and privileges of the states.

Favors Restoring Interior Department Division of Power to Bureau of Reclamation

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\VHEREAS until about 1939 the Bureau of Recla- mation had charge of matters relating to the generation and sale of electric power from facilities constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, primarily for irrigation purposes; and

\VIIEREAS many of said matters, including the dis- position of such power, have now been placed in the Diyision of Power of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, acting independently of the Bureau of Reclamation; and

\YHEREAS such change has interfered with the Bureau in the formulation of plans, intensified inter- departmental conflicts, delayed the construction of projects, divided responsibility, increased the cost of reclaiming land, and has been detrimental to the best interests of reclamation: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That in view of these conditions, it is the belief of the National Reclamation Association that the functions of the Bureau, heretofore trans- ferred to the Division of Power of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, should be restored to the Bureau of Reclamation, and the officers of this Asso- ciation are directed to take all proper steps to bring about such restoration.

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Resolution No. 5

Favors Federal Loan Agencies Releasing Interest Bear- ing Bonds at Not to Exceed Par and Accrued

Interest to Districts in Position to Refinance Bonds at Lower Interest Rates

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WHEREAS under Acts of Congress designed to afford relief to financially overburdened lands de- voted principally to agricultural uses, certain agencies of the United States Government have acquired and now own the interest-bearing bonds of many drainage, levee, and irrigation districts; and

WHEREAS at this time and from time to time certain of such districts are and will be able to refinance their indebtedness at a lower rate of interest through the issuance and sale of their refunding bonds if the Government-owned bonds are made available without premium to the districts for such purposes; and

WHEREAS it is the conviction of this Association that either under the terms or the spirit of the relief acts authorizing the acquisition of the bonds such

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districts have such right of redemption or should be accorded such privilege: Now therefore be it

. Res.olved) That when any drainage, levee, or irriga- tIon dIstrict whose inte~est-bearing bonds are held by any agency of the Umted States Government, is in position to refinance its indebtedness at a lower rate of inte:-es.t throug~1. the issuance of its' refunding bonds, It IS the opmlOn and recommendation of this Association tha~ such Government agency should, upon s~ch showmg, release such bonds at a price not exceedmg par and accrued interest; and be it further Resolved) That if such right is not recognized and accorded by any such Government agency, the Con- gress of.the United States should enact, immediately, appropnate legislation assuring and implementin^o^. such right of redemption; and be it further ^b

Resolved, That the members of Congress be and

th~y are hereby requested to cooperate with such dis- tncts t? the end th~t such right or privilege be either recogmzed or obtamed for the affected districts.

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Removal of Excess Land Provision

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WHEREAS the provisions of the reclamation law

~ere enac~d to apply to conditions on projects involv- mg matenal areas of public lands and to afford a water supply to undeveloped arid areas; and

WHEREAS there is little public land in present pro j ects under contemplation or construction by the Bureau of Reclamation and the larger part of the areas to be served consists of lands in private owner- sh.ip for w~ich only a supplemental water supply WIll be furmshed: Now therefore be it

Resolved, That the National Reclamation Associa- tion urges the removal of the excess land provisions of the reclamation law for lands in projects of the Bureau of Reclamation already having partial water supplies, whether from surface or undero-round sources; and be it further ^b

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion urges the accomplishment of the above purpose by means of general legislation in order that the need for a large number of special exemption acts for individual projects supplying supplemental water may be avoided; and be it further

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion urges the immediate enactment of the so-called Elliott Amendment to H. R. 3961 exempting the Cen- tral Valley Project from the excess land provisions of the reclamation act as well as legislation so affecting

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other like projects in order that this project may secure the relief it requires without being delayed until general legislation may be enacted.

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Approval of O'Mahoney-Millikin Amendments

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VVHEREAS President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his letters to Senator John H. Overton, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Sub-Committee, and Repre- sentative Joseph J. Mansfield, Chairman of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee, has proclaimed sound national policy in stressing the prior rights of irrigation and other beneficial consumptive uses to the waters of the arid and semiarid regions of the 17 Western States on the principle embodied in the O'Mahoney-Millikin amendments; and

WHEREAS Secretary of the Interior Harold L.

Ickes has staunchly supported the President's position on the O'Mahoney-11illikin amendments and has advocated before Senate Committees that the differences between plans of the Bureau of Reclamation, of his own Department, and the Corps of Engineers, of the War Department, for the Missouri River Basin, be removed by joint action of the two agencies which has resulted in a reconciliation of the two reports on the Missouri River, in keeping with the President's views for coordinated plans for river basin development to protect the use' of water for irrigation and other beneficial consumptive purposes; and

WHEREAS the Water Conference at Chicago on September 7 and 8, composed of representatives of 29 states endorsed the O'Mahoney-Millikin amendments as a means of assuring to the individual states a voice in the control of their waters for beneficial consumptive use and members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, from the West as well as other states with water problems, have taken the leadership in supporting this principle: Now there-

fore be it '

Resolved, That the National Reclamation Asso- ciation commends the statesmanship of the President and the Secretary of the Interior, the forward-looking view of the Chicago Water Conference, and that of the members of Congress who have taken the leadership for a solution of this vital problem; and be it further

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion wholeheartedly 'endorses the action of the Chicago Water Conference and urges the adoption of the O'Mahoney-Millikin' amendments with anv further changes consistent with their principles. ~

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Resolution No.8

Proposes Study to Determine Ways of Assessing Irri- gation Benefits Against all Beneficiaries, and

Favors Amendments Permitting Water Users to Enter into Either Limited

Liability or General Obliga- tion Contract

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\ Y HEREAS it is generally recognized that irrigators, power interests, Federal, state, and municipal gov- ernments and other interests directly and indirectly receiYe benefits from irrigation and reclamation projects; and

\VHEREAS many irrigation and reclamation projects are impossible of approval or accomplishment if irrigators are called upon to repay the entire cost of such projects; and

\VHEREAS it is fair and equitable that all interest:;

directly or indirectly benefited by irrigation or reclamation projects bear their just portion of the cost of such projects according and in proportion to the benefits derived by them and in accordance with their ability to pay measured by the benefits derived by such interests; and

WHEREAS some projects may be found to be more practical if the liability of water users be under an individual contract as distinguished from joint liability contract and on a revenue bond basis: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion recommend to the Federal Government, the Department of the Interior and to the United States Bureau of Reclamation that an exhaustive study be made of proposed projects to the end that all interests directly or indirectly materially benefited by irrigation or reclamation projects be called upon to bear their just proportion of the costs of such projects in proportion to the benefits derived from such projects and to the end that the irrigator be called upon to pay only his just proportion of the costs of such projects measured by the benefits derived by him and his ability to pay; and be it further

Resolved) The Association recommend that the present statutory law governing the repayment of that part of the construction cost of a project or a division of a project allocated to irrigation be amended to provide that, in the alternative, a contract for repayment may be either a general obligation contract with a water users' organization satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, or a contract with such organization or other Government agency based upon its revenues without joint liability of the water users.

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Resolution No.9

Association Again Favors Local Operation and Main- tenance of Federal Reclamation Projects upon

Completion, in Compliance with Rec- lamation Law Requirements

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VVHEREAS the Reclamation law and acts amenda- tory thereof and supplementary thereto provide for the delivery of operation and maintenance of fed- erally constructed projects or divisions thereof to the properly organized bodies of water users in such projects or divisions when certain conditions pre- scribed by that law have been complied with; and

\i\THEREAS such delivery of operation and maintenance is in the interest of the water users and the reclamation program in general; and

\lVHEREAS it has been called to the attention of the National Reclamation Association that there are instances wherein the Bureau of Reclamation has failed to deliver operation and maintenance" to a district for many years after it had complied with all legal conditions and had repeatedly made formal request for a delivery contract; and

WHEREAS this Association, by Resolution No. 14, adopted at Denver, Colorado, on October 29, 1943, declared that, in view of the above premises, it was the opinion of the Association that operation and maintenance of all projects and divisions thereof, constructed under the above laws and being operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, should be given over to the properly organized bodies of water users at the earliest possible date after they have complied with all legal conditions; and

\i\THEREAS it has not been observed by the Associa- tion that any change of policy has been made by the Bureau since the adoption of said Resolution No. 14:

N ow therefore be it

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion does hereby reaffirm the principle declared in said Resolution No. 14 and does hereby respectfully request that the Bureau of Reclamation correct its policy and initiate action to conform to that principle;

and be it further

Resolved) That the Secretary transmit certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation with the request for a state- ment of the views of the Bureau.

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Favors Coordination of Army and Bureau Plans in Missouri River Basin

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Be it Resolved) That the National Reclamation As- sociation commends Commissioner of Reclamation Harry W. Bashore and Major General Eugene Rey- bold, Chief of Engineers, for their leadership in bringing about the reconciliation of the differences in the two reports for the conservation and use of the waters of the Missouri River Basin and for the presentation of a coordinated plan for the development of the stream and its tributaries with full protection for the interests of irrigation and other beneficial consumptive uses of their waters as set forth in their joint letter of October 25 to the Secretary of \Var and the Secretary of the Interior; and be it further

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion recommends that the pending Flood Control and Rivers and Harbors bills be amended to incorporate the authorizations for construction by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers of the projects as set forth in the joint recommendations of Commissioner Bashore and General Reybold; and be it further

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion urges that the Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers proceed promptly to reconcile any con- flicting reports on all other western river basins to the end that coordinated plans for the development and use of vital water resources may be presented to Congress in connection with post-war programs for employment and settlement opportunities on irrigated land in the West for returning service men and demobilized civilian war workers.

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Resolution No. II

Favors More Complete Use of Water Facilities, Wheeler-Case and Reclamation Acts to Supply

Supplemental Water to Small Projects

WHEREAS there are many small commUl11t1es in

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little valleys and along small streams and tributaries throughout the West; and

WHEREAS these communities in most instances, have small diversion works and irrigation systems for diverting irrigation water during the early spring months but because of a lack of storage facilities do not have an adequate supply of irrigation water during the summer months, resulting in heavy financial

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loss and in many instances making it almost impossible for the people living in these communities to eke out even a bare existence; and

WHEREAS if storage reservoirs were constructed and in some cases improvements were made in the irrigation distribution systems, it would result not only in putting these small communities representing many thousands of splendid American farm families on a sound financial basis, but in numerous instances it would result in bringing into cultivation larger areas of new lands thereby creating new homes and new wealth: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion do hereby endorse a maximum use of the Water Facilities Act, the \Vheeler-Case Act, and the Recla- mation Act of 1939, as amended, to meet the needs of these communities.

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Favors Reasonable Rates for Incidental Power Produced in Connection With Reclamation Projects

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WHEREAS the primary purpose of the Bureau of Reclamation should be the construction of projects for the irrigation of lands in the West and cooperation in flood -control projects affording irrigation benefits; and

WHEREAS the incidental generation Df power under favorable cost conditions is often possible in connection with works constructed primarily for irrigation and flood-control purposes; and

WHEREAS the cost of works for irrigation on western streams has become increasingly great in relation to the ability of the irrigators to pay therefor:

Resolved) That the National Reclamation Associa- tion urges that, where power is generated in ·connection with projects involving irrigation and/or flood- control regulation, the operation of such projects be conducted primarily for such irrigation and/or flood- control purposes and that rates charged for any incidental power generated be so fixed as to afford such revenue to assist in the payment of project costs as may be consistent with reasonable rates for electric power, and that rates for power be not so reduced as to subsidize power users to the detriment of users of water for irrigation.

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Favors Early Completion of Regionalization of Bureau With Delegation of Authority and Power to

Regional Directors, With Non-Project Expense on a Non-Reimbursable Basis

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\VHEREAS the regionalization of the Bureau of Reclamation was welcomed by the National Recla- mation Association at its Twelfth Annual Conven- tion in 1943, as a means of placing more administrative authority of the Bureau nearer to the people of the West, whom it serves, and, although manpower and other difficulties incident to the war emergency have delayed full realization of the objectives, good progress has been made toward effectuating the regionalization; and

WHEREAS the importance of sound administrative organization of the Bureau of Reclamation is self- evident for the reason (a) that the Federal invest- ment in western irrigation, power and related water projects today totals more than $900,000,000, (b) that authorized for construction are projects to cost in excess of $800,000,000; (c) that investigations are under way to form and execute a $3,000,000,000 post-war construction program to provide employment and settlement opportunities on irrigated land for men who have served their country; and (d) that the Bureau of Reclamation is prosecuting wide-flung studies looking to a comprehensive long-term program for the full utilization of the undeveloped water resources of the nation in the 17 Western States:

Resolved) That (a) the National Reclamation Association urges the Bureau of Reclamation to complete with the least possible delay regionalization of its activities, accompanied by appropriate delegations of authority and powers to the Regional Directors, and renews its recommendation that the administra-

tive expenses of non-project offices be made reimbursable only to the extent and in the same manner as are the expenses of the general administrative office in Washington, and (b) that the Association endorses pending legislation before Congress to amend sub- section "0" of the Fact Finders Act of 1924, which would accomplish this purpose.

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Association Asserts Equal Concern in Irrigation and Flood Control in West-Procedure Suggested

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WHEREAS at the time of the organization of the National Reclamation Association and during the

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earlier years of its activity, the main work and interest in the Western States related to irrigation; and

WHEREAS in recent years Federal policies and activities in flood control have been materially changed and expanded; and

WHEREAS the best development of the water resources of many western streams requires the construction of flood-control projects, either separately or in combination with use for irrigation and other purposes; and

WHEREAS these conditions make it essential that the National Reclamation Association be concerned with all Federal water development interests in both flood control and irrigation in its member states and that the Association declare its position and policy in relation to flood-control projects on western streams: Now therefore be it

Resolved, That the National Reclamation Associa- tion adopt and direct its officers and employees to support the following policies:

1. The National Reclamation Association asserts its equal concern in both Federal irrigation and flood control on western streams.

2. \iVhere proposed flood-control projects may be useful to non-Federal irrigation systems and lands the respective benefits to be afforded to the flood- control and irrigation features involved should be determined by the Corps of Engineers, the United States Army, after local irrigation interests affected and agencies of the state in which the project is located have been advised and consulted during all project investigations and given an opportunity to present data and make recommendations as to the proper allocation of project costs, which data and recommendations, if afforded, should be attached to the appropriate reports submitted to Congress.

3. Where proposed flood-control projects may affect the irrigation of public lands or Federal irrigation projects operating under reclamation laws the respective benefits afforded to the flood-control and irrigation features involved should be determined by cooperation of the Federal agencies involved without unnecessary duplication of investigations and reports and without competition for authorization to con- struct. Such determination should be made only after affording opportunity to agencies of the state in which the project is located and to representatives of the lands irrigated or to be irrigated to advise and consult during all project investigations and to present data and recommendations as to the proper allocation of costs, which data and recommendations, if afforded, should be attached to all appropriate reports submitted thereon.

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Proposes Integration of Army Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation in Place of Proposed Regional

Authorities

WHEREAS there have

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been introduced in the Con- gress bills proposing the creation of valley authorities for the purpose of undertaking, among numerous other things, the development, utilization, and management of waters of the several valleys named in the bills, generally referred to as authority bills; and WHEREAS the enactment of said measures would result in the elimination of the Corps of Engineers as the agency carrying on flood control and naviga- tion work in said valleys and the elimination of the Bureau of Reclamation as the agency carrying on irrigation and related activities on the valley lands and the substitution of a new organization to perform the functions presently assigned to these old established agencies; and

WHEREAS the Corps of Engineers and the Burean of Reclamation are long experienced in making sur- veys and plans in their respective fields and supervising their execution and are fully competent to continue; and

WHEREAS authorities provided in proposed legislation are Government corporations, vested with un- limited powers, clothed with governmental immunity from responsibility for their acts, free from ordinary congerssional controls, beyond the jurisdiction of the General Accounting Office, established by Congress for supervising the expenditure of public funds;

would deprive the states of jurisdiction over the distribution and use of waters within their boundaries;

prevent compacts between states relating to such waters; drastically interfere with and seek to control the economy of the affected states; unreasonably and unwisely centralize in a Federal agency powers ann duties more appropriately lodged in and efficiently performed by the states; bring into public ownership large segments of privately owned property displac- ing tax revenues and thus increasing taxes on remain- ing property, and finally build unwholesome and undesirable Government monopolies; and

WHEREAS this Association at its meeting in Phoenix in 1941 expressed its opposition to the enactment of regional or valley authority legislation. in any manner curtailing or destroying the functions of the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclama- tion, by tending to transfer them and their projects to other governmental agencies, which position was affirmed at the 1942 and 1943 meetings of the Asso- ciation; and

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WHEREAS for the reasons stated the Association is of the opinion such authorities are unnecessary, unwise, and undesirable: Now therefore be it

Resolved) That this Association, in regular meeting assembled, does hereby reaffirm its position on the several matters covered by the resolution adopted at the Phoenix meeting, designated as Resolution No. 17, and does hereby declare its opposition to the enactment of regional or valley authority legislation for the rivers of the Nation, of the type and character contained in proposals now before Congress; and be it further

Resolved) That a copy of this resolution be sent to the governors of each of the states represented at the Chicago Water Conference on September 7 and 8, 1944, and members of the Congress, and the officials of the Association take all proper steps to defeat all such measures.

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Association Extends Thanks and Appreciation to All . Who Contributed to Very Successful Meeting Be it Resolved) That we,

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the members of the Na- tional Reclamation Association, in convention assembled at D~n~er, Colo., at the 13th annual meeting- of the ASSOCIatIOn, extend our thanks and appreciation to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and its personnel, the Denver Convention and Tourist Bu- reau, the individual members of the Denver Conven- tion Committee, the newspapers and radio stations, the hotels of Denver, to those who have contributed to the program through their personal appearance.

and ~o all others who have assisted in making the meetmg a success, including, in particular, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming; Senator Ernest W. McFarland of Arizona; Senator Euo-ene D. Mil- likin of Colorado; Congressman Jed b Johnson of Oklahoma; Congressman Francis Case of South Dakota; Congressman Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska;

Congressman Frank Carlson of Kansas; Congress- man J. Edgar Chenoweth of Colorado; Congressman Robert F. Rockwell of Colorado; Congressman Wil- liam S. Hill of Colorado; and the three eastern members of the Continuing Committee of the Chicago Water Conference, Attorney General Alban J.

Parker, Mr. Philip Shutler of Vermont, and Mr.

James H. Allen of Pennsylvania.

We also desire to express our thanks to the people of Denver for the excellent manner in which all matters pertaining to the meeting have been handled

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in the face of war conditions, which of necessity must receive first consideration.

The convention particularly extends its thanks and appreciation to the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, its officers and staff who have given the best possible service in handling the affairs of the meeting, and to the Bureau of Reclamation Auxiliary which has entertained the visiting ladies.

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Expression of Gratitude for Nine Years of Tireless Service by President O. S. Warden

Be it Resolved) That the National Reclamation

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Association meeting in Denver, Colo., in its thirteenth annual convention, by this resolution expresses to it.s retiring president, O. S. Warden, its deep gratitude for the tireless and efficient service he has given to it since his first election to the presidency in 1935.

He has presided over its meetings with tact and grace.

He has been constant in his attention to the work of the Association and the interests of its member states.

He has brought the Association through difficult years,' to its present position of influence and high standing. He has promoted the cause of reclamation and in so doing has served not only the states of this Association but the Nation itself.

With this resolution go to President Warden all good wishes for the future.

The secretary of the Association is hereby in- structed to deliver a copy of this resolution to President Warden.

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NATIONAL RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION 1 1 19 National Press Building

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OFFICERS

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ORA BUNDY) President, Ogden) Utah.

ROBERT W. SAWYER) First Vice President Bend ..

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HARRY E. POLK, Second Vice President Williston)

N. Dak. '

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A. FORD, Treasurer, Spokane, Wash.

F. O. HAGIE, Secretary-Manager, Washington, D. C.

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RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

ROBERT W. SAWYER, Chairman, Bend, Oreg.

GRIEG SCOTT) Phoenix) Ariz.

CHARLES L. KAUPKE, Fresno, Calif.

GEORGE CORLETT, Monte Vista) Colo.

E. H. NEAL, Aberdeen) Idaho.

JOHN E. KISSELL, Portis, Kans.

H. L. BUCK, Billings) Mont.

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^PETRUS^PETERSON,^Lincoln)^Nebr.

A. J. SHAVER) Las Vegas, Nev.

FRED E. WILSON, Albuquerque, N. M ex.

R. A. H. BRANDT) Minot) N. Dak.

HALLIS ARNETT) NI angum) Okla.

RAYMOND F. LUND, Rapid City) S. Dak.

E. B. NEISWANGER) Corpus Christi) Tex.

Gus P. BACKMAN) Salt Lake City) Utah.

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^SCOTT,Grandview) Wash.

ALLAN H. GEDDES) Laramie, Wyo.