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Bills Provide Federal Dam in i mm Hells Canyon WASHINGTON (UP) - Thirty senators and four representatives Tuesday introduced legislation vto authorize federal construction of a high dam at Hells Canyon on the Snake, river between Oregon and Idaho. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and 29 other senators, mostly Demo crats, co-sponsored the bill in the Senate. It would authorize a fed eral project to take the place of the three low dams in the same area for which the Idaho Power Co. is seeking a Federal Power Commission permit. Companion legislation was intro duced in the house by Reps. Grade Pfost (D-Ida.), Don Magnu- son D-Wash.V Edith Green D- Ore.) and Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) Sen. Alben W. Barkley (D-Ky.) pledged h's support o the ""en- eral idea" but would not -com mit himself to details of the mea sure until he studies it Mrs. Gresn told the House that the administration would be com mitting one of history's "most colossal blunders" if it scuttled the long-talked high federal dam for three privately-run projects She said the chief argument of opDonents that federal funds can not be spared "is sheer fiction planted by private utilities. Mrs. Green Opposes " Protesting that the administra tion's ultimate objective is "the destruction of public power," Mrs Green said: "If the government should scut tie Hells Canyon and allow the Idaho Power Co. to build three private profit dams on sites which rightfully belong to the people of the United States, it will be one of the most colossal blunders ever committed by any administration. 3 Low Dams i In speeches prepared , for delhr ery, Morse and other sponsors de clared thdt the Idaho Power Con pany s development plan, now pending before the Federal Power Commission, would develop only a part of the river's resources. It calls for three low dams. Morse called the high dam in dispensable for flood control, nav igation, irrigation, recreation, and for power to feed the industry of the Pacific Northwest. "Without it," he said, "the United States will consign 13 per cent of its land area and oven 40 per cent of its water resources to incomplete, haphazard under development." "Aggressive Use" Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.) said the proposal for priv ate power development is wasteful end contrary to the public inter est. Magnuson said the Idaho Pow er Company's tactics "have includ ed aggressive use of the present administration." ; . The Interior Department, which wo Udj build the 357 rallies sdaJlar ; multi-purpose dam under the bill, has withdrawn its opposition to construction of smaller power wires along the Snake by the Ida ho Power Co. Magnuson said the power com pany's "underdevelopment" plan w:;uld "produce less than two- v thirds of high Hells Canyon out put, and at a much higher cost, to be used primarily in the com pany's own service area." Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D- Ore.) said the bill raises the ques tion of whether the Columbia River and its tributaries "will be tapped for the public or for a favored few. "Will the power sites in the Columbia Basin be used to full capacity or to merely a fragment of their possibilities? he asked. All Water Rights Said Protected by Hells Canyon Dam WASHINGTON W Rep. Grade Pfost 'XD-Idaho) said Tues day that legislation introduced Tuesday providing for . a federal dam at Hells Canyon protects not only existing water rights but those that may become .valid in the future. ' "I would not support any bill that did not absolutely guarantee the' priority of the use of water for irrigation and domestic con sumption over the use of water for power production, Mrs. Pfost said in a prepared statement. She referred to bills introduced In the house by herself and three other northwestern representa tives, and to similar legislation in troduced in the senate by Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). with the backing of 29 other senators. Mrs. Pfost said that the people of the Northwest actually need have no fear that there will not be enough water for both irrigation and power needs. A. Ti. (mi) ROEBUCK MlDCO ( A REMEMBER w"'Bl I (I r3 H0LDS THE nm 0F 1 U J, I'm M i S , ! 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