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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Pfcg Four FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1959 ( Mayor, Commissioners to Meet With U. on Auditorium Project Commissioner L. C. Romney this week said a proposal that Salt Lake City and the Univer-sity of Utah jointly construct a multi-purpos- e civic auditorium on city owned property near the university will be further ex-plored next week. Commissioner Romney said he and Mayor Stewart would meet next week with Dr. A. Ray Ol-pi- n, university president, to dis-cuss the plan and determine if a joint venture satisfactory to both parties could be worked out. Mr. Romney is in charge of city parks and public property. The university's board of re-gents has taken no official action on the proposal but has author ized Dr. Olpin to discuss the matter with city officials. Mayor Stewart and Commis-sioner Romney said they feel the utilization of the site by the city and an agency of the state for civic purposes would be a proper use of the property. Both denied that the city had agreed to sell all or part of the property to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. The mayor said that "no sale of any portion of the tract is being discussed or is contemplated." The Commissioner said that regardless of outcome of talks with the university president the city would retain the property for some civic or recreational purposes. The triangular tract of about 36 acres is bounded by Hemp-stead Road, Wasatch Dr. and Foothill Blvd. It was acquired by the city in 1948 from the fed-eral government at a cost of $35,000 but currently is valued by Mayor Stewart at many times that figure. Since the tract was acquired two small parcels have been dis-posed of, one to the American Red Cross and another to the Boy Scouts of America. THE SALT LAKE TIMES 1 Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News (eirleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second : iHdipeBdent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, HeVSpaper 711 South West Temple Telephone EM 64 I 1 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price 13.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 , Number 44 Moss Introduces Bill to Protect-Wes-t Water Rights A water rights law designed "to do the complete job of pro-tecting the state and individual water rights from federal pre-emption" was introduced in the U. S. Senate by Senator Frank E. Moss. The new Senate bill acknowl-edges the authority of all states relating to control, appropriation and use of water within their boundaries, whether on federal public lands or not. In seeking to acquire and use water, it puts the federal government in the same position as any individual. The bill specifically prohibits federal departments and officers and employees thereof, from in-terfering with the exercise of any water rights acquired under state laws or recognized by the decisions of state courts. The federal state controversy over water rights arises chiefly when lands are withdrawn by the government for federal proj-ects. It has been greatly accele- - rated the past few years, as more federal projects have been built in the west, and as court deci-sions have failed to recognize in full the traditional western doc-trine of state authority and vest-ed use water rights. In introducing the measure the Senator said: Mr. President, during the 84th and 85th Congresses efforts were made to enact legislation de-signed to end the controversy between the states and certain agencies of the federal govern-ment with respect to the pro-tection of established water rights in the western states. Hearings were held, but noth-thin- g beyond that was accom-plished toward ending this con-troversy. Several of the federal agencies that weal with western public lands agreed on a bill of their own which was pre-sented to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in May of 1958. That bill, with several amendments, was intro-duced under the sponsorship of Sen. O'Mahoney of Wyoming. I was one of fifteen co-spons- ors of S. 851. At the time of introduction it was understood that S. 851 did not go as far as many advocates of western water rights wanted to go, and that its language did not give complete protection from federal pre-emptio- n. It was necessary, however, that a legis-lative proposal be presented to Congress that moved in the right direction. And S. 851, though limited, accomplishes that ob-jective. Many individuals and organi-zations over the, entire nation nation are interested in legisla-tion to do the complete job of protecting state and individual water rights from federal pre-emption. It is my belief that the interests should be heard and that the entire wtaer rights prob-lem should have full considera-tion by the Congress. Mr. President, I introduce for appropriate reference, a bill to provide for recognition of the authority of all States relative to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water and ask that it be held at the desk until the end of the day, Friday, Mar. 20, to accept additional sponsors. Total construction in Utah for the first two months of 1959 was off 23.8 per cent from levels of last year, it was reported this week by the Utah Construction Report of the Bureau of Eco-nomic and Business Research of the University of Utah. Southern 'Bolt' Mostly Talk (Continued from Page 1) Democrats go head and get out of the parry. In light of this it is interesting to note a dispatch from the deep south from the Christian Science Monitor. The Monitor reports from Mississippi that while some of the Souths representatives in Congress in both the house and the Senate breathe threats of a bolt, those southerners at the bedrock of the region's political strength, the county courthouse, are singularly unmoved. . c'j These county politicians come into more intimate contact with southern voters. Their political sensibilities are more sharply attuned to the overtones and undertones of the South. None report any serious or significant disaffection among the rank and file of the Southern Democratic wing at least in the old south. , This conclusion is based, the Monitor continues, on talks with local political leaders and the voters themselves in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and northern Louisiana. These states along with Georgia and South Carolina make up the hard core of the southern Democratic wing and is the area where the 1948 Dixie revolt started. Even the revolt against the candidacy of President Harry S. Truman was not unanimous in the south. Georgia stayed well within the Democratic fold and still has not voted anything but Democratic since the reconstruction. The current political panorama in the south is confused more than usual by the race problem. Desegregation and negro suffrage have intensified the southern feeling against the north-ern more liberal wing of the party. But southerners note that this hostility often finds more expression in Congress or in close proximity thereto than back home. City Board Learns Of Soaring Cost For Access Routes City Traffic Engineer James W. Challis this week told the City Commission that an esti-mated eight million dollar cost for construction of interstate highway access routes to serve Salt Lake City from the north-sout- h freeway now appears to have soared to 12 million dol-lars. "We have been talking about eight million dollars for the high-way access routes," Mr. Challis told the commission.. "But it looks like the total is going to end up around 12 million." Streets Commissioner Joe L. Christensen informed the com-mission he would try to arrange a meeting with the Utah State Road Commission to obtain the latest information on, the free-way construction problem. Mr. Christensen said reports he had read indicate the road commission had decided Salt Lake City should receive federal aid in construction of some eight million dollars of highway ac-cess roads. It was learned the state road commission had agreed to make another plea to the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads for federal funds on the 5th and 6th South and 5th North access routes. The city commission, on rec-ommendation of Mr. Challis, agreed to appropriate $7,000 to $10,000 as its share for a new traffic and transportation study being planned. The study event-ually will cost from $200,000 to $300,000, it was reported. encouraging aspect, so far as world peace is concerned, in our present era. Other areas than the military have shown positive results. NATO has laid the foundation for increased cooperation in the economic, scientific and technical fields. . D settpihebruejenawi economic, scientific and technical fields. Despite the burden imposed by military obligations, the countries of the alliance have increased their economics prosperity and raised their stand-ard of living. In the field of scientific and technical cooperation, progress has been made. A NATO Science Committee has established the pattern for future cooperation in thes fields. Two of the biggest partners, the United States and the United Kingdom, have de-clared that the salvation of the peoples of the alliance lay not in economic and scientific independence, but in interdependence. Basically NATO is a political alliance and the attainment of its fundamental objective of peace and security is largely due to political cooperation. The member countries have de-veloped a system of remarkably close and effective political cooperation with the problems arising out of their relations with the Soviet bloc. They have learned that peace and security can not afford the risk of disagreement. NATO Has 10th Anniversary The free Western World will reach a historic milestone on April 4 when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ob-serves the tenth anniversary of its founding throughout the fifteen member nations. In our nation's capital this decade of progress in peace will be observed by a meeting of the foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's top governing body. Other cere-monies commemorating this event also will be held. This unique experiment in mutual support and collective defens has paid North Americans and our European allies many dividends in its brief 10 year history of working together toward a common goal. Most pronounced of these has been NATO's fulfillment of its primary objective: Peace has been reserved and the security of its member states has been assured. The Soviet Union's ex-pansion westward, which was proceeding at an alarming rate during the years following the Second World War, has been halted. Not one square inch of territory in Europe has fallen under Soviet domination since the signature of the Treaty on April 4, 1949 in Washington, D.C. A key accomplishment of NATO expressed in the one word unity has been manifested in the military field in a number of ways. Most important of these has been the establishment of a unified defense system which has provided NATO with a balance in strength which has thus far proved effective pro-tection. Joint defense planning has resulted in coordinated and standardized research and production with a system whereby the defense burden is evenly shared among the partners. NATO leaders believe that the community spirit which has developed within the Atlantic Alliance is probably the most 1 r.lin-n- g shcaires tflfae cos To meet school, state agency, and building requirements, the Utah legislature voted expenditures greater than anticipated revenues. This will call for more money from taxes. Part will come from plugging tax loopholes, the rest from a statewide property tax levy of about five mills. Mining will carry a big share of the increase, be-cause its assessed valuation is 28 of the state's total. UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "From the earth comes an abundant life for all" |