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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-03-07


    • Bonneville dam legislation due.

    • 1937

    • Bonneville dam legislation due. - Rivers and Harbors hearing set for Tuesday. - Hearing on Bonneville dam legislation have been called by chairman Mansfield of the House Rivers and Habors Committee, for Tuesday.
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-03-07
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-03-18


    • Law is lacking on dam projects

    • 1936

    • Law is lacking on dam projects. - Ickes asks legislation for administering Grand Coulee and Bonneville plants. - Enactment of legislation at this session of congress for administering the Grand Coulee and Bonneville projects on the Columbia river...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-03-18
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-05-12


    • Composite legislation will not affect Coulee dam.

    • 1936

    • Composite legislation will not affect Coulee dam. - Following a White House conference, Senators Bone (Dem., Wash.) and McNary (Rep.,Ore.), started work today on a composite bill to provide administration of the Bonneville project by army engineers...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-05-12
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-01-20


    • Columbia basin bill must wait

    • 1926

    • Columbia basin bill must wait. - State delegation in congress tells business men time not yet ripe for irrigation aid. - More data are needed. - Conference today will be held to map out legislative program for future. - The Columbia basin...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-01-20
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-03-16. p. 1.


    • Columbia basin bill is scorched

    • 1926

    • Columbia basin bill is scorched. - Cramton of Michigan stops consideration of pact between northwest states. - Suspicious of it. - Feels U. S. would be obligated to build if $25,000 for final data is given now. - The Columbia basin irrigation...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-03-16. p. 1.
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-03-16. p. 2.


    • Columbia basin bill is scorched

    • 1926

    • Columbia basin bill is scorched. - Cramton of Michigan stops consideration of pact between northwest states. - Suspicious of it. - Feels U. S. would be obligated to build if $25,000 for final data is given now. - The Columbia basin irrigation...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-03-16. p. 2.
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-12-18


    • Want basin bill to bide its time

    • 1926

    • Want basin bill to bide its time. - Senate and house irrigation chairman urge delay until next congress. - Agree on school lands. - Western representatives accept Secretary Work's outline of state title legislation. - Chairman Phipps of the senate...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-12-18
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1928-08-13


    • Corkery pledged to basin bill

    • 1928

    • Corkery pledged to basin bill. - Points out that such projects are Hoover's specialty. - Columbia basin legislation will have the active support of Thomas Corkery if he is nominated and elected to congress, according to a statement issued today by...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1928-08-13
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-14


    • Columbia basin battle reopens

    • 1929

    • Columbia basin battle reopens. - Summers plan another attempt to get passage for next Monday. - Right of way over all other legislation is to be sought for the Jones Columbia basin bill in the lower house of congress under suspension of rules on...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-14
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-20


    • Basin and farm issues linked

    • 1929

    • Basin and farm issues linked. - Two legislative matters to come up together at special session. - Columbia basin and farm legislation will be linked for consideration in the special session of congress under President Herbert Hoover's...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-20
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1932-05-14


    • Make new drive for Coulee dam

    • 1932

    • Make new drive for Coulee dam. - Wenatchee chamber of commerce and Columbia basin forces broadcast appeal. - Ask aid over state. - Want business men's and other groups to request congress for construction bill. - Groups of business men and allied...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1932-05-14
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1936-05-15


    • Columbia projects puzzle Roosevelt

    • 1936

    • Columbia projects puzzle Roosevelt. - Washington, D. C., news agencies report that developments came thick and fast early last week regarding possible legislation at this session of congress as to whether there shall or shall not be a single...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1936-05-15
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-03


    • Pierce authoring Bonneville bill. - New measure to be given to Congress today.

    • 1937

    • Pierce authoring Bonneville bill. - New measure to be given to Congress today. - Representative Walter M. Pierce of Oregon will introduce his own Bonneville legislation tomorrow.
      Pierce have been meeting nights with E. H. Foley and other young...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-03
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-24


    • Hearings on Bonneville dam recessed--fight on.

    • 1937

    • Hearings on Bonneville dam recessed--fight on. - House hearing on Bonneville dam administrative legislation were recessed indefinitely as discord developed among Oregon officials over power policies.
      Gov. Charles H. Martin, Rep. Walter Pierce...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-24
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-24


    • War over Bonneville project. - Bitter word battle waged between Martin and Pierce as hearing adjourns.

    • 1937

    • War over Bonneville project. - Bitter word battle waged between Martin and Pierce as hearing adjourns. - House hearing on Bonneville dam administrative legislation were recessed indefinitely tonight as discord developed among Oregon officials over...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-24
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-07-07


    • Bonneville bill action deferred.

    • 1937

    • Bonneville bill action deferred.
      Steiwer offers amendment to clarify language.
      The Senate Commerce Committee deferred today action on Bonneville dam administrative legislation after Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon submitted an amendment...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-07-07
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-06-30


    • Speedy action on Bonneville.

    • 1937

    • Speedy action on Bonneville.
      Senate Committee to approve measure with amendments in few days.
      The Senate Commerce Committee, after executive hearings today, promised speedy action on administrative legislation for the Bonneville power and...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-06-30
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-08-12


    • Bonneville dam bill agreed on.

    • 1937

    • Bonneville dam bill agreed on. - Congressional legislation to authorize completion and operation of Bonneville dam reached the final stage of approval today when House and Senate conferees agreed upon the terms of the bill.
      Senator McNary...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-08-12

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