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Show 220 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER If the senators from California had not known it before, they knew then the extent of their defeat to come. All amendments offered by Knowland and Downey were defeated. All committee amendments were ac- cepted. "The question now is," said the Vice-President, "shall the bill pass?" "I ask for the yeas and nays," said Senator Knowland. As the Senate clerk called the roll, and the senators responded, it was clearly apparent that Hay den had done his work well behind the scenes, or, as they say, in the cloakroom. Using his powerful positions on the Appropriations, Rules and Patronage Committees, Hayden had welded together an unsurmountable vote for the Central Ari- zona Project. An analysis of the votes by geographical sections of the country reveals only one thing: trading in cotton, water, cloture (the limiting of debate to prevent filibusters), such social legislation as the fepc, and patronage. Fifty-five senators voted for S. 75. Twenty-eight voted against it. Thirteen did not vote (includes pairs). (Appendix e.) Of the 55 senators who voted for S. 75: 22 were from southern states. 19 were from western states. 5 were from eastern states. 9 were from midwestern states. Patronage was wampum in the hands of any senator, and no senator could enjoy the patronage privileges he wanted without an okay from Hayden. "Senator Hayden relied on a strictly political ap- proach," said Newsweek magazine. "He made a deal |
