Show APATHY SHOWN RECLAMATION IS FOUGHT BY KING Utah Solon Plans to Appeal to President for A Action tion on Projects Their ire aroused by the apparent Indifference of the board hoard allocating reclamation and and- irrigation funds fund a group of ot western senators led by Senator William Wilam H. H King of Utah uta plans plas to appeal directly to President Roosevelt for action acton on approved projects projects' in western states state according to o special dispatches to The Te Telegram This board headed by Secretary of ot the he Interior Harold S. S Ickes has ha flatly flaty flat flat- fat ly y refused to t make a lump sum allocation alloca alca tion ton for irrigation and reclamation projects project as it did in the case of highway highway high high- way work and is i studying each individual hidE indi idi vidual application doling out cat money money in n sums sum as as small as a With Wit all al the he other work the board has ha before it t this th means indefinite delay the dispatch said Senator King also alo has ha pointed out that there is not a man on the board boad who knows kows the te first thing about un ii- ii gatlon gaton Secretary of ot Agriculture Wallace Wallace Wal- Wal lace acc a member of the board 1 is I open open- oen ly y hostile hote to irrigation and Secretary Ickes is i greatly grety influenced by him hi the solon charged Senator King Kg plans a direct appeal to President Roosevelt for action acton on several projects project and at the te same time te will wi point out what he terms term trickery in the reclamation budgeting that that on paper is i a step toward balancing the budget but in reality realy is i no saving at all The paper budget balancing is Js dope through taking reclamation money out of ot another fund already created rather than the reclamation and irrigation iri irni- irni gation fund Estimates call cal for the expenditure of ot on new Irrigation projects eels mostly those that are designed to furnish merely a supplemental supplement water supply Included in the he list lt were the Hyrum dam Ogden canyon Deer creek and Moon lake lae projects project While there are indications that the te Hyrum Hyum project will wi be included in an early list the asked aked for the work has been cut to by the te Ickes board an amount believed insufficient in i. i sufficient to complete the work work Work on the other Utah Uth projects project is Indefinite and it is doubtful if anything anything any any- thing will wi be done this year ear according according accord accord- ing to t the dispatch |