Show r ins f 5 Critis Crik f t t HINGTON L Special Special- Special Call Call Call- rater Call from the thc Colorado gain in Utah s last available a for for or state slate development dc Ir k r Arthur V V. Watkins CR R r om a Senate speech Tuesday if td at the opponents of the I Ij j river river storage and reclamation project I He said a misleading and inI insistent insistent in in- I campaign is is is- being carI carried carried car car- I ried on to defeat the development development develop develop- I ment of the Upper Colorado River Storage and Reclamation I project project The Senator read only the introduction introduction introduction in in- of the speech from the thc Senate floor then received consent consent consent con con- sent to put the remainder of the text in the Cong Congi Congressional Record A sudden request by G 0 O P Plead Plead- leads lead lead- s i ers for him to make a speech on the troops for Europe issue caused the change in plans i I I am referring he said in his iris remarks on Utah water problems to various articles by well well known known authors in national magazines I This campaign uses the guise of conservation to accomplish its purpose purpose i The Senator said critics are I trying to stop the plan to build I two o dams in Dinosaur park in Utah and Colorado I These two dams must be built he said to insure fulfillment fulfillment fulfill ment under the commitments made of the Colorado river compact compact com corn pact in 1922 the Mexican i treaty I and the upper Colorado river I compact I He said the main arguments of the opponents of the two two dam dam damI j I See Ia Page c 2 Column 2 Z I Watkins I Project foes Continued from Cram Pa Page e One project is that the construction would desecrate a wilderness area However the Senator added that the construction of the dams has been a range long project of the federal government and that the Dinosaur park has been expanded expanded expanded ex ex- from 80 acres to more than acres in the past few decades Senator Watkins answered the argument that the thc dams would I mar the rugged scenery I lived in this area for many years I have seen the canyons from the mountains above It is a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- and majestic area I want all ll people to be he e abl able to enjoy it it I want to be able to enjoy it At the present time I am unable to do so Park Area Remote He pointed out the park area is not accessible to the avera average e tourist Even if the park departments department's departments department's departments department's de de- de- de plan for development is brought to completion he added it Hit would necessitate a hazardous and grueling boat trip for hundreds of miles to see the park He said however that if the dams in question are constructed everyone will be able to see the wonders of the canyons in all their splendor It is my belief and it is supported supported supported sup sup- ported by various reports that the construction of the dams will twill make the area more valuable as asa asa asa a scenic and recreational center However the senator added even even more important is the fact that the Echo park and Split I mountain dams are the key dams I in a vast storage program for conserving conserving con con- serving the water supply of the upper Colorado river I Last Water Vater Supply He pointed out the supply of I water from the Colorado river riveris riveris is the last water available for formy formy my mv own state of Utah All other supplies have been completely used No new homes or industries or farms can be established without this additional addition addition- al water He said for years ears thousands of ot Utah's young lOung men and women have been forced to go to other states and areas to find employment employ employ- employment ment and make their homes because because because be be- cause of lack of facilities and opportunity If the upper Colorado river development of which Echo park parkis is the key dam is completed Utah will have hae ample opportunities ties to double its population It would provide for the great development development development de de- de- de of the upper Colorado states and at the same time make available to the masses of the average people of the nation the awesome and w won wondrous o n d r o 0 u s scenery of the great canyons of the Y Yampa mpa and Green rivers Without these projects he concluded there will beno development development de do- and only a fc few v men with means and stamina and courage to endure dangers willever will willever willever I ever be able to see and appreciate appreciate appreciate the grandeur of these Rocky Mountain 1 canyons |