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Show WASHINGTON WASHINGTONNEWS NEWS LETTERCongressman LETTER LETTERCongressman ( ( Congressman W K Granger GrangerCongress ) Congress to Reconvene ReconveneSept ReconveneSept ReconveneSept Sept 5The 5The 5 5The The ending endmg of the \ war \ ar wIth wIthJapan wit ! Japan was the means of cuttmg cuttmgshort cuttin ? short the congressIOnal recess recessthat recessthat that LlldL normall 11VA111 11A ) . > would WUlAltA have iid VC e cx cxtended CA CAtended tended to Oct 8 But now as 1 1write I IWrIte write this letter I am on my way wayto wayto wa : to Washington Washmgton where the con congress congress gress will convene Sept 5Next 5Next 5 Next to the speedy return of ofour of ofour oour our fighting fightmg forces and thei their theIr theIrgeneral theirgeneral ; ' general well being bemg perhaps thi the the themost themost most important thing thmg in thi the the themmds theminds minds mmds of Utahns is the future of ofthe ofthe o " the Geneva steel plant Ot all allthe allthe althe the war installations IDstallatlOns in Ut'1h Ut1h Ut'1htIllS Ut Utihthis ' ih ihthis tIllS this \ was \ as the most e expensive expensiveplant expensiviplant pensive pensiveplant , plant for t tze the ) .e e . government to tobUlldcostmg tobuildcosting t tbuild > , bUlld-costmg bUlld costmg build-costing build costing build - costing almost 300 million mil millIon million lIon dollars The people of Utal Utah Utahcan Utahcan , can nghtfuly rIghtfuly expect their delegatIon dolegatron dele dole gation gatron in m the national capitol to towork t < > work \ \ ork tirelessly for Geneva s scontmuance s scontinuance ; continuance contmuance as a peacetime industry in dustryOne dustry One of the first legIslatIve legIslatIveproblems legislativeproblems problems to be tackled by con congress congress gress that affects the nation as asa a'a aa ' ; a whole is the so called fuII full fuIIemployment fullemployment ful ; la employment bill While it is ofgreat of ofgreat ol great Importance and nearly ev everyone everyone eryone agrees that contmued continued contmuedmaXImum continuedmaximum continuedmaximum maXImum employment is necessary neces necrs necessary necrssary sary yet because of the mln\ mln roam mlndIfference roamdifference man\difference man difference : \ dIfference of opinion that wIII will wIIIarIse willarise willarise arIse it looks as if there will wIII Le be Leprolonged beprolonged beprolonged prolonged and vigorous debate debateover debateover over this proposed legislation legislationThe legislationThe The reconversion of or warplants war warplants \ plants back to peacetime pro productron pro.duction production . ductton ductron and the sale of 100 billion bil hlOn bilhlOn lion doIIars dollars of surplus property propertywIll propertywill will receive much attentIon attentionPerhaps attention'erhaps attentionerhaps Perhaps ' additional legislationwill legIslatIOn legIslatIOnwIll legislationwill wIll be necessary in order to dislose dls dis dlspose dispose pose of this property in an equi equiable table equitable wayThe wayThe way wayThe The closing closmg of the relocatIon relocatIoncenter relocationcenter relocationcenter center at Topaz Millard county countyby by the goveinment govelnment government is of gi gl gi'at giat gi'atimportance "at at "atImportance " ' afimportance Importance not only to 1\IIlhrd 1 IIlhrd Milhrd 1IIlhrdcounty Milhrdcounty \ Millirdcounty county but to the state as aselFhe wet wetThe \\elFhe elFhe \ \ el elThe The sale of the land and water wateracqUIred wateracquired watelacquired acqUIred by the government f fJr fir firthis fjr.his fjrhis Jr Jrthis this . project atfoids affOlds affords an onpoi ODpOl onpoiunity unity tUnIty ODpOltUnIty onpoitunity to utilize the water , < > .onand onand . on onland n nland land that will wIII be < ; suitable ultable upon uponwhich uponwhich which \ \ hlch to establish fa faims farms ! ms and andhomes andhomes andtomes andtomesBefore homes homesBefore congresscloses Before this session of congress congresscloses congresscloses closes undoubtedly additionallegislation additionallegislation addItIonal addItIonallegIslatIon legIslatIon will be passed to au authorlZe authorize authonze thorlZe thorize and appropriate mone money moneifor moneyfor for our postwar road bUlldmg building bUlldmgprogram buildingprogram buildingprogram program as well as reclamatIon reclamatIonand reclamationand reclamationand and flood projects which havealready have havealready havealready already been apnroved apDroved approved Theseprojects These TheseproJects Theseprojects proJects will require approprld appropria tIons appropridtions approprldtIons appropriations amounting to millions of ofdollars ofdollars oldollars dollars annualy to be- be bespent - - spent in inUtah inUtah inUtah Utah and will furnish employ employment employment employment ment to thousands - . |