Show LETTERS LEnERS TO TOto TOI THE I EDITOR decision to support MY DIY DIYe use e Bill which among e Ler her ber things provides funds If I federal construction of the r ans mission lines for the lorado River Storage Pro Pro- ti I been made on the 3 t has not moment moment- Rather Jr Sir of the Us is the result of a study and r lis all the material ale of pliable all able to me together with testimony and hearings e etore House r tore ire re the and the determination of e intent of the Congress eich ich first authorized the I in 1956 The Ahe most controversial item t the he bill and the one of most kern cem to us is an ii of million to be used Department of the In- In the t Dior for planning a 2000 lines to transit trans trans- 1 le Ie network of it t power from the Colorado ver er Storage Project to five Stern states This power will 3 available starting in 1963 fhe e b big g question was ether hether a private or a public tern tem of transmission II s 5 s would best serve the ins in- in rests of the people of the ite te of Utah e original bill passed by byn ingress gress n ess provided that the 1 leral eral era government was to tract these transmission s. s The authorizing legisla- legisla in n contained the following vision fi Sec Sec 7 The hydroelectric and i an J. J lines authorized by this r ct t to be constructed oper- oper id d d and maintained by the shall be operated f conjunction with other deral prest pres- pres t and potential so as to tor r educe duce the greatest e hIe amount of power andu andt and u t ergy gy that can be sold at r power and energy 11 tes tes 5 bold face mine his ils bill was signed by 4 ident Eisenhower on the day of April 1956 In after extensive studies by Bureau of Reclamation by qualified enering enering enering en- en ering committees the Sec Sec- ry of the Interior Fred Jon ton iton a Republican ap- ap ved ived the recommendation le e by the Commissioner of that the private Ity y proposal for of most of or the lines for the Project be beM M ted hereafter ere after on February 3 EC Secretary v of the Interior 11 reaffirmed this position ejected the private th tb private and public Fer er er interests have submit- submit I voluminous material reg re- re 0 ng g to this complex and foal ical matter I have been ible hIe to reconcile the dif- dif aces ces between them but I r the firm opinion that e the tiie end it will be for for both groups to work PIer ether for the full fuU the power generated ad hoped that they could lve lye their differences be- be now o view of all the facts I Ier er rely believe that the best rests ests of the people of theof the of Utah will be served ugh federal construction 5 the transmission lines I Ie Ie Ie e studied comparative cost coste e taxpayer cost of power i to the consumer the speed and efficiency with which the network would be built and other factors vital to the issue is is- is sue The production of or power is important to reclamation because the sale of electricity provides the funds to pay f for far r the entire project My concern is that sufficient funds will be available to pay for the construction construction construction con con- of all the units of of the project on a sound fi financial financial financial fi- fi schedule For these reasons I have decided d to cast my vote in fa favor favor favor fa- fa vor of the Public Works Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Ap Ap- bill as submitted by the Committee I also wish to point out that the bill In Includes in in- eludes over 10 million for reclamation projects in Utah other than the Colorado River Storage Project In so casting my vote I am firmly convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that I am supporting a reclamation project for acres of otherwise wasted western land together with the benefits to be had from irrigation irrigation irrigation gation flood control soil conservation conservation conservation con con- and the production of electricity This drought- drought ridden summer is stark evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of our complete dependence dependence dependence dence upon full utilization of all water facilities The destiny of Utah depends de depends depends de- de upon the future availability availability availability avail avail- ability of water and power and I consider it my duty as your Representative in Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress to utilize every proper means and encourage water development for our great State i M. M r. r BLAINE ELAINE PETERSON September 12 1961 Dear Sir A lot of water has passed under the bridge since I last saw Manti l and I doubt if very many people remember me but since I did complete high school there quite a number of years ago now I thought of you first in asking for some assistance in a project we have here The men of my unit are supporting an orphanage and we are quite well able to keep enough food going into the orphanage but we are unable to procure sufficient clothing due to the fact it is just not available to us here Enclosed are several pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures of the type children who find there way into the home and they range in age from a afew afew afew few months to 15 and some sometimes sometimes sometimes times 16 years old With winter winter winter win win- ter coming on and the weather er is somewhat colder as a arule arule arule rule than I was used to at home the need for warm clothing of any type and of any size for both girls and boys will be needed badly The articles need not be new but they should be serviceable serviceable and should any anyone one atall atall at atall all desire to send discarded clothing of any type that will help keep a child warm The packages should be addressed to BATTALION CHAPLAIN 2nd Medium Tank Battalion Armor APO 7 San Francisco Calif I have taken quite a number number number num num- ber of pictures of the Korean countryside also of some of lof the culture here though it is limited and quite ancient there are many interesting sights to be seen If you would like some of these pictures I would be glad to send them to you Sincerely JIM ADAMS |