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Show THE THREE-RING CIRCUS 221 with the Southern Democrats who opposed any change: his support on the rules (cloture) fight in exchange for theirs on the Central Arizona Project. A similar log- rolling agreement was made by Hayden with the recla- mation-hungry Western senators - Hayden's cloakroom tactics paid off." Fepc, other so-called social legislation, and cotton were issues of major importance to Southern senators. The support of Hayden and McFarland in battles over these issues was wanted and sought by a majority of the members from Dixie. They could well afford to give their votes for an Arizona project in return for this support, especially a project over which there was great controversy, and one that probably would never be built. As one senator from the Deep South put it: "My vote was not a vote for the Central Arizona Pro- ject. It was a vote for Carl Hayden. The project stinks, the worst I ever heard of. But Carl asked me for my vote, and I wouldn't like to refuse him. It meant a lot to him." Only one Southern senator voted against S. 75, and only two Southern senators paired against it. Silver, other mining, water and power were issues of major importance to western senators. They, too, could well use Hayden's support. Among the nineteen westerners who voted for S. 75 were several senators who would support any reclamation measure, be it good, bad or indifferent. They wanted appropriations for their own schemes to be approved, and they needed rules to get their schemes before the Senate. Only five westerners voted against S. 75 - and two of them were from California and one from Nevada. |