Show A Wise Decision Governor J. J Bracken Lee has announced announced announced an an- his intention to name a special committee to make recommendations to him and to the state on the policies Utah should adopt relative to water utilization I particularly as it concerns the Colorado river This seems to us a wise decision Water Vater is of such transcendent importance importance importance im im- im- im to Utah that we cannot afford to make any mistakes in our policies relative relative relative re re- to its use As the governor said in making his announcement there are many conflicting interests and views on water and reclamation This applies not only to strictly Utah problems of water utilization but to the problem of western western west west- ern or particularly Colorado basin water utilization The California-Arizona California conflict is is of particular interest right now There will undoubtedly be other questions involving priority of utilization in the upper basin There is much dispute dispute and and not complete complete complete com com- unanimity on the question even in Utah Utah relative relative to the construction of reservoirs reservoirs reservoirs res res- in the Dinosaur national monument monument monument ment area Decisions on these crucial questions should not be reached on the basis of politics personal bias or special interest pressure Utah's future progress and prosperity is at stake A thorough study by an impartial group of outstanding Utah citizens should be beneficial |