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Show City, Civic Groups, Clubs, Individuals, Urged fo Write Congressmen In Favor of Proposed Echo Park Dam "If we are to get our portion of the waters of the Colorado River, we must have the help and support of every city, civic group, bank, water user's association variety of strategic materials in the nation. That inland and protected as it is, the section is one of the best defense areas of the North American Ameri-can Continent. That it has splendid transportation transporta-tion facilities of all kinds. That industry can produce much more and at a lesser cost than elsewhere. That farms of this state have teen divided inta such small acreage acre-age that the owners are compelled to have supplemental employment to live. More than 30 per cent are less than twenty (20) acres per farm. That only about 10 per cent of our high school and college graduates grad-uates can find employment at home and must move elsewhere. That at any time one of our present industries is closed for any reason, it results in serious hardships to our economy and thus all our people. That the project will pay back to the United States -.Treasury all its cost with interest; as have all reclamation re-clamation Dl'Oiects within the vation director of the National Wildlife Federation and further stated that opponents of the Echo Park Dam includes millions of members of the Wildlife Federation Federa-tion including the Utah Wildlife Federation, the General Federation Federa-tion of Womens' clubs and garden clubs throughout the country. They-object They-object to the project, he said, because be-cause it would flood a portion of Dinosaur National Monument. Those in favor of the project here state that it would not cover the national park. ana individual, umer stai.es warn, to put our share of this water to "beneficial use" before we can (thus obtaining title), and are doing do-ing everything possible to delay the approval of the Echo Park, Split Mountain and Glen Canyon Dams. Our chance is now, but we must act quickly." The above statement was made by George D. Clyde of the Utah Power and Water Board in an urgent ur-gent appeal this week to Springville Spring-ville groups and individuals to send letters or resolutions giving their reasons on why this huge river storage project should be approved. State of Utah. That quite a portion of the initial ini-tial phase will be1 paid back to the Treasury of the United States with interest before money for the final phase is spent. That additional taxes and addition addi-tion to the country's economy will materially pay for a large portion of the initial phase before money is spent for the final phase. That Utah, beingan arid land, with the greatest potential defense possibilities of the nation, can do little in expanding these and other possibilities without more water. That the people of Utah are overwhelmingly in favor of the project. If a sufficient number of re-' re-' quests in the form of letters or messages are received from Utah groups and individuals, it would undoubtedly have some weight on the future of the project, Mr. Clyde believes. He urges that the letters be mailed to him immediately immed-iately by the city, civic clubs, and all individuals. The type of letter and points of reasoning which might be used in letters to Mr. Clyde and congressmen, may be found in the following letter composed com-posed by Greater Utah Valley, Inc., a copy of which will be sent to Washington officials.. "This is to certify that I am a member of the National Wild Life Association; that I am a landowner land-owner and belong to the Spring-ville-Strawberry Water Users Association As-sociation of Utah County, Utah; that I am well acquainted with the needs of Utah's valleys and the results to be accrued in the development of the Colorado River The letters should be forwarded to Mr. Clyde at the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City before January 10. He will present them to the proper officials in Washings ton, D. C. Individual letters and resolutions should also be sent to congressmen immediately, before January 10, and a copy forwarded to the 21 County Committee at Vernal, Utah, and to Greater Utah Valley, Inc., Provo. . California interests are determined deter-mined that the project will not go through and thereby give them an opportunity to use the water. From Washington, D. C, this week came the report that the Eisenhower Eisen-hower administration is "in for a whale of a fight," if it persists in including the Utah Echo Park Dam in the Upper Colorado storage stor-age project. The statement was made by Charles Callison, conser- That inasmuch as it will take fifty years or more to accomplish this project that it behooves the Congress of the United States to approve it at the earliest possible moment and develop it as conditions condi-tions prevail and funds can be made available." Storage Project; tnat x am luuy acquainted with the features of the Colorado River Storage Project; Pro-ject; that I have run the Green River with engineers and advisors and ridden and hunted the areas through which the Colorado River Storage Project is to be developed and, as such, wish to state in fact my findings and firm belief: That most acreage in Utah under un-der cultivation has an inadequate water supply. That every municipality in Central Cen-tral Utah is short of culinary water, though each has had to take most of its supply from producing land. That industry has had to buy water rights from agricultural production and or drive wells to gain water for operation, thus lowering the water table. That electrical energy is needed for municipal, rural and industrial development. That other Western States and especially the larger cities az'e in need of added electrical energy. That ten thousand acres of valuable val-uable land, now inundated part of the year, creating a serious health hazard, would be made suitable for cultivation. That the process of development would form, without added expense an excellent flood control for the Provo, Spanish Fork, and Hobble Creek Rivers. That 200,000 acres of fertile land would, in the final phase, be brought under cultivation. That the Central Utah Project, a primary participating part of the Upper Colorado River Project, would supply all the above for a long time to come. That the project is too large and expensive for private industzy. That by this project is the only means of the Upper Colorado River Basin states getting their portion of the waters of the rivers, the sources and supply of which are all within those states. That from a sportsman's standpoint, stand-point, this project will materially increase wild life and recreational facilities. That the area has the greatest |