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-27- Mingled praise and criticism of Senator Johnson was expressed by those discussing the legislation which the Senator for more than six years has fruitlessly urged upon Congress, but an impression generally prevails that a majority of the Senate is unalterably opposed to the bill in its present form and cannot be induced to support it without extensive changes and safeguards." Colorado River Board Another action of the Congress, evidencing a rising fear even on the part of many who had given their support, that passage of the measure, in its existing form, might possibly be fraught with some of the evils so graphically pointed out by its opponents, was the adoption by the Senate, on May 29, followed by concurrence on the part of the House, of the following resolution: "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board of five eminent engineers and geologists, at least one of whom shall be an engineer officer of the Army on the active or retired list, to examine the proposed site of the dam to be constructed under the provisions of H. R. 5773, Seventieth Congress, First Session, and review the plans and estimates made therefor, and to advise him prior to December 1, 1928, as to matters affecting the safety, the economic and engineering feasibility, and adequacy of the proposed structure and incidental works, the compensation of said board to be fixed by him for each, respectively, but not to exceed $50.00 per day and necessary traveling expenses, including a per diem of not to exceed $6.00