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Show HI HO, AQUALANTES 181 there was no confirmation from either the former Presi- dent or the incumbent. One report was that Mr. Hoover had made his protest on the ground that no project of such gigantic size should be approved until the water and power studies of the Hoover Commission were com- pleted. In writing about the tactics of California in fighting the crsp, a Washington correspondent of the Copley newspapers did not name Phillips, but he sent a dis- patch to San Diego saying that California "is not likely to continue getting its fair share of federal support for water development and other public works projects if California officials insist on opposing the projects of other western states." 204 Said the San Diego Union: ". . . the word has gone out unofficially to state and local officials that they must soft-pedal criticism of projects in the Upper Basin." The Union's correspondent reported Senator Watkins had warned that California could expect a fight against its own projects, and gave space to a similar warning issued by California's Clair Engle, who was chairman of the House Interior Committee which considered all reclamation projects. Engle was quoted as saying that his own state scarcely could expect to see its projects approved by Congress if it continually turned thumbs down on water develop- ment proposals of other far western states. "Engle, of course," the Union dispatch continued, "had a considerable axe to grind. He is attempting to put over in Congress the Trinity River Project in his northern California district. It made little headway this year." California's attorney - general, Edmund G. (Pat) |
