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THE ENTERPRISE,
FRIDAY, MAY lO, 1946
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charged to date* 8* per wni here returned to
work with the company and other veterans nat
previously with <?PL hove otto been employed.
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maintaining Its high standards at dependable
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Published Every Friday
S. E. TILTON, ____________________________________ Editor and Publisher
'MRS. S. E. TILTON_____________________________________ Associate Editor
Entered May 22, 1941, as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office
it Mercedes, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Rogers Kelley to
Run for Re-Election
Senator Rogers Kelley of Edin-
burg, State Senator of the 27 th
Senatorial District, a veteran of the
tee was due to make its report on
the appropriations bill which in-
cluded funds for beginning work on
the first Rio Grande dam. The
other four bills were introduced by
Representatives. Ed. Izaac (D),
John Phillips (R), Chet Hollifield
(D), and Carl Hinshaw (R), Cram-
er stated.
All of the bills refer to the
handling of water on the Colorado
River, Cramer pointed out, but it
was his opinion that they endang-
ered the Rio Grande treaty because
they refer to matters already set-
tled by the treaty. He called atten-
tion to the fact that Mexico con-
sistently refused to negotiate con-
cerning waters of the Rio Grande
until the United States consented
to negotiate concerning waters of
the Colorado, in which the Califor-
nians have a direct interest, since
Colorado River water is used by Cal-
ifornia. Since both rivers are cov-
ered by the treaty, Cramer assert-
ed, any section involving either of
them must automatically be of in-
and City Corporations. j terest and importance to both Tex-
Kelley led the fight in the Sen- as and California,
ate for repeal of the 7,000 lb. truck “These bills,” said Cramer, “seek
load limit law during the 46th and to change or modify the actual pro-
47th Sessions of the Legislature? visions of the treaty itself, which
and was successful in repealing this) has been ratified by both govern-
law during the 47th Regular Ses-]ments These bills propose taking
Texas Senate and of World War II, sion in 1941- The passage of_ this considerate control from the Amer-
announced today that he has filed | ! ^_can action of the International
applications in the 18 Counties of
his District for re-election to the
State Senate.
Kelley has often 'been described
as representing the most difficult
district in the Texas Senate. His
18 Counties comprise a vast area
which include the entire Rio Gran-
de Valley, Corpus Christi, Laredo
and the Winter Garden area. At
the present time this district has
an estimated population of 650,-
000 people—itiore population than
the entire State of New Mexico; it
includes most of the 13th and 15th
Congressional Districts and is larger
in land area than the States of
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island and Connecticut combined A
Legislative struggle. He has also j Boundary Commission and placing
been a vigorous leader of the fight
in behalf of Legislative Redistrict-
ing during his 8 years service in
the Texas Senate.
During the recent war Kelley
served three years with the Army
Air Forces although he was not
subject to military service. He
served as an Air Combat Intellig-
ence Officer with the 73rd Bomb-
ardment Wing stationed at Saipan
in the Central Pacific, the first
Wing of giant B-29’s to blast To-
Crjamer Says Water
Fight Mot Yet Over
Expressing the belief that Cali-
fornia has not given up its attempts
to embarrass the Valley’s water pro-
gram and possibly delay construc-
tion of the three international
dams on the Rio Grande which
would provide the Valley with its
first permanent and adequate wat-
• er supply, A. L. Cramer, of Elsa,
President Of the Water Conserva-
tion Association of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, said here Saturday
that five bills have been intro-
duced and still remain a threat
to the dam construction program.
Cramer said passage of the ap-
propriation hill making available
about $8,970,000. for the first of
kyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and oth-f the three dams proposed under the
er industrial areas on the Island $85,000,000. project does nothing
of Honshu.
Following his separation from the
Air Corps last July, Kelley was
appointed Chairman of the Veter-
ans Committee of the Rio Grande
Valley Planning Board. He has
taken an active part in Veteran®
affairs as well as in the American
Legion and the Veterans of For-
eign Wars.
During his 8 years of service in
the- Texas Senate, Kelley has serv-
ed on every important Committee
in that body. His Chairmanships
have included the Education and
State Affairs Committees, two of
the most important in the Senate.
His present Committee member-
ships include: Aeronautics, Civil
Jurisprudence, Criminal Jurispru-
dence, Finance, Highways and Mo-
tor Traffic, Interstate Cooperation,
Privileges and Elections, Senatorial
District, State Affairs, and Towns
to remove the California opposition,
which has been in evidence every
. time the dams, are mentioned in
Washington.
The five bills were introduced by
three Democratic and two Republi-
can Congressmen from California,
Cramer said, and he asserted that
all of them concerned the hand-
ling of matters covered by the U.
S.-Mexico treaty. One of these bills,
House Resolution No. 5945, was
introduced by Rep. Harry Sheppard
(D), Calif., and was introduced in
the House on March 29, barely a
it in the hands of the Secretary of
the Interior. This, of course, would
change the treaty.
‘‘In another place, one of these
bills would specify the standards
governing the Secretary of Interior
in making findings and determina-
tions with regard to excess water
and problems relating to its use.
Under the treaty, this is now in the
hands of the American Section of
the IBC. Again, this bill would
change the treaty.
“In another example,” Cramer
continued, “one of the bilks' would
change the standards for deter-
mining whether or not an extraor-
dinary drought condition exists, and
the IBC would be governed by the
findings of the Secretary. •
“Still another example i® the pro-
posed change under one of these
bills concerning the quality of water
as arranged in the treaty. The treaty
itself says water provided to Mex-
ico from the Colorado may be de-
livered from ‘any and all sources,
whatever their origin.’ The hill
would add the phrase, ‘without re-
gard to quality.’
“The Water Conservation Asso-
ciation, which ha® led the fight
for the treaty and the appropria-
tions with the able Washington as-
sistance of Congressman, Milton H.
West, Is deeply ‘ concerned about
these bills because they show a
steady continuity of attacks on the
whole Rio Grande project. These
bills are not dead. They have been
only recently introduced, and Cali-
fornia Congressmen have not chang-
ed their mind® during the few days
since their introduction.
“We believe we are rightfully
concerned that this one-sided at-
tempt on the part of our Califor-
nia friends to change the treaty
arrived at after so many years of
effort might bring about reprisal
legislation on the part of Mexico
in some similar way concerning the
Rio Grande. If we change a treaty
to suit latter whims, they should
have the right and privilege to do
the same.”
Cramer said there is ample evi-
dence to show the danger which
could result from the continuing
California opposition. He ®aid he
had read a letter from Under Sec-
retary of State, Dean Etchison to
U. S. Senator, Tom Connally, in
connection with these hills, which
said, in part: “Immediately upon
introduction of these bills (the Cal-
ifornia hilljs referred to above,)
the Department began a careful
analysis of their provisions, as did
the United States Section of the
International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mex-
ico. Although the study is still con-
tinuing, it has gone far enough
to justify the conclusion that these
proposed measures may properly be
regarded as inconsistent both in
letter and in spirit with important
provisions of the treaty. It follows,
of course, that if either the Unit-
ed States or Mexico undertakes by
unilateral action to modify in its
favor the application of certain of
its provisions, the result may well
be disastrous for the whole treaty,
which is, by its very nature, an
international undertaken, based up-
on reciprocal rights and obligations,
and calling for a large degree of
international cooperation in the ex-
ecution of its provisions.”
Cramer pointed out that the Cal-
ifornia bills have been introduced
in the House of Representatives,
where Congressman West is a vet-
eran of 13 years and where he,
has attained the position of fourth
ranking Demcoratic member of tl^e
powerful House Ways and Meahs
Committee. Action on these bills
will be taken first in the House. .
In addition to the California bills
California in the Colorado River,
and we will discharge that duty.”
Raymond MatUhew, chief engi-
neer of the Colorado River Board
of California, wrote J. E. Sturrock,
of Austin, General Manager of the
Texas Water Conservation Associa-
tion, on April 30, saying that the
California bills covered only mat-
ters of interest and importance to
California and that Texas did not
understand their true intent. He,
too, sought backing of the Valley
Association for the California bills.
Cramer said that the Valley
group could not, and would not,
support the California bills. “Addi-
tionally,” Cramer stated, “we see
clear proof that opposition to the
Rio Grande project is far from eli-
minated, and we want to make cer-
tain that it does not take us by
surprise. Ever since he went to
Congress in 1933, Congressman
West has been our thoroughly re-
liable listening-post and our depend-
able advance guard on this all im-
themselves, Cramer has received let- portant water problem. We feel we
ters from California interests ask-
ing the help of Valley interests in
getting the bills passed, bearing out
his earlier statements that the bills
may have been introduced for bar-
gaining purposes, and that Califor-
nia opposition to Texas gains on the
Rio Grande was still both active
and insistent.
Cramer quote dfrom a letter
written to him on April 2 7 by
Northcutt Ely, Washington, attor-
ney for the Colorado River Board
of California, as follows: “. . . In
order that there may be no mis-
understanding between us, I may
say that we have a public duty to
protect the legitimate interests of
can depend upon him to take care
of our present and future inter-
ests there.
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THE DOLLARS YOU PAID US
Electric sales....... . $11,845,770.56
Ice sales........ • 3,654,455.79
Water sales........ 966,524.64
Other Income (net) . . . . . _9,967.63
Total Income....... $16,476,718.62
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WHERE THEY WENT
Wages and Salaries . ...
Fuel and Purchased Power . .
Materials, Supplies, etc. . . .
Taxes . . .......
Wear and Tear on Property—
(Depreciation) ....
Bond Interest and Other
Deductions .....
Preferred Stock Dividends . .
Common Stock Dividends . .
Retained in Business (Surplus)
Total . . ......
$ 3,286,417.27
1,085,337.60
2.781.392.00
3.871.638.00
2,084,840.31
1,142,482.69
878,289.03
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Tilton, S. E. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1946, newspaper, May 10, 1946; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098889/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.