1933 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 901 palities to refinance debts at lower rates of interest, to deal 2, regular session, Eleventh Legislature, State of Arizona., entitled " Relating to the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve ", all of with holders of city bonds with a view of cutting the in­ which is shown by the original engrossed copy on file 1n this terest thereon, and to permit cities to borrow from a govern­ department. mental agency at rates of interest lower than existing rates; In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed to the Committee on Banking and Currency. the great seal of the State of Arizona. Done at Phoenix, the capital, this 9th day of March A.D. 1933. 203. Also, petition of Edmond C. Fletcher, requesting that [SEAL} JAMES H. KERBY, the House of Representatives prefer articles of impeachment Secretary of State. against Hon. Fenton Whitlock Booth, Chief Justice of the House Memorial 2, relating to the Grand Canyon National Game Court of Claims of the United States; to the Committee on Preserve the Judiciary. To tne President and the Congress of the United States: Your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, respectfully represents: SENATE In northern Arizona, north and west of the Grand Canyon and within that large area of public land known as the Kaibab TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1933 National Forest, is the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve, almost 1,000,000 acres in extent. (Legislative day of Monday, Mar. 13, 1933) The said Grand Canyon_ National Game Preserve was created under the authority of the act of Congress approved June 29, The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration 1906, by successive proclamations of the President dated Novem­ of the recess. ber 28, 1906, June 23, 19'08, and June 3, 1909. Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Mr. President, I suggest Said Grand Canyon National Game Preserve was created while Arizona was yet a Territory and under Federal supervision for the absence of a quorum. the purpose of protecting and fostering the wild life within the The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. boundaries of the area set aside, and it was a beneficent and The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators beneficial act, resulting in the increase of game until the area has become one of the best-stocked game preserves in the Nation. answered to their names: During the territorial period and until the State o! Arizona Adams Costigan La Follette Robinson, Ark. became properly prepared to protect its wild game the arrange­ Ashurst Couzens Lewis Ro blnson, Ind. ment was most satisfactory, and has the euthusiastic approval Austln Dickinson Logan Russell of the citizens of this State. Bachman Dieterich Lonergan Schall Bailey Dill Long Sheppard Arizona has developed and for some years has had a creditable Bankhead Duffy McAdoo Shipstead body of laws designed for the protection and fostering of the wild Barbour Erickson McCarran Smith life of the State and a department of government known as the Barkley Fess McGill Steiwer " State game and fish commission ", which 1s well able to and does Black Fletcher McKellar stephens efiiciently administer said laws and is able and prepared to ade­ Bone Frazier McNary Thomas, Okla. quately administer them within the said area. Borah George Metcalf Thomas, Utah However capable and eftlcient the administration of the area Brown Goldsborough Murphy Townsend may be under Federal officers and employees, the dual adminis­ Bulow Gore Neely Trammell tration thereof, under the laws of the United States by the Byrd Hale Norbeck Tydings o:mcers and employees thereof and also under the laws of Arizona Byrnes Harrison Norris Vandenberg by its omcers and employees, is altogether undesirable and un­ Capper Hatfield Nye Van Nuys Caraway Hayden Overton Wagner satisfactory, entirely unnecessary, and unproductive of good Carey Hebert Patterson Walcott results. Clark Johnson Pittman Walsh The area is splendidly stocked with wild life, particularly deer, Connally Kendrick Pope Wheeler and constitutes one of the principal resorts of Arizona sportsmen. Coolidge Keyes Reed White Arizona claims the right to administer the area with respect to Copeland Ktng Reynolds the protection of the wild life thereon in accordance with State law, for the reason that the State owns in its sovereign capacity Mr. REED. I announce that my colleague the junior as one of the natural resources of the State all of the wild life Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. DAVIS] is still detained from within its borders. the Senate by illness. This announcement may stand for It would be highly beneficial to this State, and 1n no manner the day. or degree prejudicial to the interests of the Federal Government nor to the cause of wild-life protection, for the Federal Govern­ Mr. BYRD. I wish to announce that my colleague the ment to relinquish its jurisdiction over the said Grand Canyon senior Senator from Virginia [Mr. GLASS] is unavoidably National Game Preserve. detained. Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, respectfully urges that the President of the Mr. LEWIS. I wish to announce that the Senator from United States rescind the said proclamation by which the Grand Ohio [Mr. BULKLEY] and the Senator from New Mexico Canyon National Game Preserve was created, and that the Con­ [Mr. BRATTON J are necessarily absent. gress repeal the authority upon which the said proclamations Mr. HEBERT. I desire to announce that the Senator were based, upon condition that the State of Arizona by legisla­ tion or otherwise undertake to afford adequate protection to the from Vermont [Mr. DALE], the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Wild life of the said area. HASTINGS], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. KEANJ, and And your memorialist will ever pray. the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. CuTTING] are necessarily Adopted by the house March 7, 1933. detained from the Senate. Received by the secretary of state March 7, 1933. The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-seven Senators having The VICE PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate the· answered to their names, a quorum is present. following resolution of the House of Representatives of the INVITATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE State of Arizona, which was referred to the Committee on ON COMMERCE Commerce: The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter STATE OF ARIZONA, from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of cor­ OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. UNITED STATES OF .AMERICA, respondence relative to an invitation from the Secretary State of Arizona, ss: General of the International Parliamentary Conference on I, James H. Kerby, secretary of state, do hereby certify that the Commerce to the Congress to be represented at the eight­ within is a true. correct, and complete copy of House Resolution eenth plenary assembly of that organization at Rome, be­ 3, regular session, Eleventh Legislature, State of Arizona, entitled "Protesting the extension of certain Federal reserved areas within ginning on April 19, 1933, which, with the accompanying Arizona," all of which 1s shown by the original engrossed copy on papers, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. file 1n this department. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afiixed PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS the great seal of the State of Arizona. Done at Phoenix, the capi­ The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the follow­ tal, this 9th day of March A.D. 1933. ing memorial of the House of Representatives of the state [SEAL] JAMES H. KERBY, Secretary of State. of Arizona, which was referred to the Committee on Agri­ House Resolution 3, protesting the extension of certain· Federal culture and Forestry: reserved areas within Arizona STATE OF ARizONA, To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Congress of the United states of America in Congress assem­ UNITED STATES O.F AMERICA, bled: State of Arizona, ss: Your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the Eleventh I, James H. Kerby, secretary of state, do hereby certify that the Legislature of the State of Arizona in regular session convened within is a true, correct, and complete COPY. of House Memorial respectfully represents: 902 _CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MARCH 28 Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States has decided STATE 0? ARizoNA, that the Colorado River is a navigable stream and that the Hoover OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY, Dam is being constructed for the purpose of improving naVigation; UNITED STATES 011' AMEluCA, and State of Arizcma, ss: Whereas the reservoir to be created by the dam w1ll extend up­ I, James H. Kerby, secretary o! state, do hereby certify that stream Within the State of Arizona 115 miles, permitting the the within is a true, correct, and complete copy of House Joint development of commerce between a heretofore inaccessible min- Memorial 13 of the regular session, eleventh legislature, State of eral district and railroad shipping points; and • Arizona, entitled "On the Allotment of Lands in the Colorado River Whereas the creation of this reservoir Will provide the oppor­ Indian Reservation and the Reclamation of the Said Lands", all of tunity to develop fishing; and which is shown by the original engrossed copy on file in this ·Whereas the people of Arizona,· in which is located more of the department. river affected by the creation of the Hoover Dam than all the other In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the States combined, desire that no more Federal restrictions be im­ great seal of the State of Arizona. Done at Phoenix, the capital, posed upon commerce and fishing on the Colorado than on other this 15th day of March AD.