Show Funds Urged By Sen Wallace Bennett I SALT LAKE CITY Sen Wallace F. F Bennett Utah R-Utah today urged President Johnson John son to Include between il 11 m million n a and d 6 million In the fisc fiscal l Ye year 1966 budget request re request request re- re quest for development of the C National Park ParkIn In Southeastern Utah Sen Benett wrote to the President urging the sion of the funds In the budget budget bud bud- budget get which the Bureau of the Budget and the various agencIes agencies ag ag- ag- ag I are now formulating for submittal to Congress in In January The goal should be set high to provide for the very earliest possible development development development develop develop- ment Sen Bennett told the President H The ine people people of 01 OJ t President H The ine people people of 01 OJ Utah are giving up the greatest greatest greatest great great- est potential mineral wealth in ill the country so that the people of America Ameri Ameri- ca might be able to preserve it for Its aesthetic and scenic qualities It seems only fair therefore that construction of roads and visitors centers be completed as soon as possible possible pos pos- sible Eible to minimize the sac sac- of our people people Ull mice t uj of our people people Ull mice t uj He said The so-called so Bennett Amendment to the Bill section four authorized the construction construction con con- construction not only of entrance roads to the park from US U.S. Highway and State Highways High ways 24 and 95 but also of connection roads between entrance entrance en en- trance roads and between roads Toads entirely within Can Can- National Park The Senator proposed that at least 1 million be allocated ed In the fiscal year 1966 1965 budget for pre construction activities He said 1 If pre con work Is completed quickly then an additional 5 million should be funded for construction activities a athe at atthe atthe the park The Utahn said he had urged urged urged ed Interior Secretary Stewart Udall to provide 1 million in the fiscal year 1965 supplemental supplemental supplemental sup sup- appropriation bill blU blUfor for for early start of pre construction a- a ac af- However Udall refused refused refused re re- re- re fused the ye year delay resulted Sen Bennett said He said that the first million million mil mil- lion dollars should be used on five specific Items 1 To complete the survey and pre-construction pre work on onan onan onan an access road from the Moab area prea to Dead Horse Point the proposed northern park part headquarters Standing Rock Basin Grand View Point and Upheaval Dome 2 To complete surveys and pre constructIon work on an entrance road from Tram the Monticello Monticello Mon- Mon area to the proposed Southern park headquarters Tower Ruin Cave Spring the Confluence Exhibit Shelter Shelter Shelter Shel Shel- ter Devils Devil's Pocket and Chesler Chesler Ches- Ches ler Park areas In the Needles Country 3 To make a survey of an access road from the Hanksville Hanks Hanks- ville and Monticello area entrance entrance entrance en en- trance roads which presumably presumably presumably ably would follow Utah Highway HIghway Highway High HIgh- way 95 from Hanksville to Blanding 5 5 The remainder of the funds should be used to design design de de- design de- de sign both the north and south southpark southpark southpark park headquarters and to 10 survey other proposed roads and trails within the park The Senator said that In requesting Secretary Udall to fund the 1 million for early work on he had also recommended that an additional 5 million be Included in included included in- in In the fiscal year 1966 budget to construct the access access access ac ac- ac- ac cess road from Moab the access access access ac ac- ac- ac cess road from Monticello the Park Headquarters at atThe atThe atThe The Neck in the North and at Squaw Flat In the South and to complete pre tion activity on an access road from Hanksville and for a road from Hanks Hanks- ville to Blanding following Utah Highway 95 At the present time tho the National Park ParkIs Is an Isolated area largely Inaccessible In in- accessible to the average tourist Sen Bennett told th the President Consequently It Itis Itis itis is of little scenic value to the people of America or economical economical economical econ econ- value to the people of oC the area Road construction and visitors centers are the pressing need if we are to realize the great potential tourism benefits of Canyon- Canyon lands National Park |