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Show County Commissioner Reports on Storage Project Senate Hearings in furthering their sham and deception. de-ception. "That the opponents of the bill are using bribes and pay-offs in furthering their interests. This is evidenced by the nuber of "name" witnesses being used to testify. "Finally that the principal weapons wea-pons used by the upper basin states in promoting the project are facts and truth. "The time is late but not too late for all of us to join the congressional con-gressional leadership in promoting this project. Considerable work has been done by some groups in contacting con-tacting of Utah people in other states. If you have a relative, friend or business acquaintance in another state, California included, please call or write them and ask them to contact their congressmen. Some congressmen told us they are affected greatly by letters from their constituents. "It has been said that the economic econ-omic stability of Utah will be secured se-cured for 100 years if this legislation legis-lation passes. It becomes the duty of all of us to do whatever we can to make the passage a reality. $ I By Sterling D. Jones After attending the hearings on the Upper Colorado Storage Project Pro-ject and after contacting many of the congressmen, there are many evident conclusions reached. "That the opponents of the bills are using every form of subterfuge subter-fuge necessary to defeat the bills, I.E. Nature lovers, wild-life conservationists, con-servationists, national park destruction, des-truction, salinity of water, and economic infeasibility. "That the real opposition is because be-cause California wants all of the waters of the Colorado River, not only her share but also the water belonging to Colorado, New Mexico, Mexi-co, Wyoming, and possibly Arizona. Ari-zona. The compact of 1922, an agreement between the upper and lower basin states, is not to be adhered to even though California would have the congress believe her intentions to be honorable. "That California interests have spent and are spending many times more in the defeat of the bills than we have spent in all of the work on the project. It is evident by the t-pe brochures printed by California Califor-nia the immense sums being spent |