Show Moss Wants Commission to w Consider Utah Lieu Lands Sen Frank 1 E. E Moss D DUtah Ut D-Ut- Utah Utah Ut Ut- ah disclosed Thursday that lie Ire has urged Chairman Wayne Way Way- Wayno ne no AspInall D of the House Interior committee to include Utah's in lieu land Jand selection problem In the mat mate i lt lS l'S which a Public Lands Review commission would consider I The Aspinall bill to establish lisp lish such a commission is expected expected ex ex- petted to be reported from the committee later this NoI No No- vember I In his letter to AspInall Moss expressed concern that during the extensive hearings beatings on the bill no one from Utah had appeared to testify on the lieu selection question And Moss wrote J JI I would like Uke to outline It to you briefly y for lor your background back background ground and that of the com corn in considering er tr II It It R. should be reported re ported to the House I 1 am referring re referring ferring to the indefensible delay de lay by the Bureau of Land Mana Management ment In consummating outstanding In lieu selection rights of the state of Utah For years the state of has been trying to complete transfer of in lieu selections made necessary when the Federal Fe deral government took over areas of land Jand containing Utah school sections Some Som of the theIn thein thein in lieu transfers tranders not yet consummated cone con summated date back to the establishment of Bryce Canyon Can yon on National Park In 1928 can I The he rate of in to lieu lu transfers has been stepped up considerably in the last three years but there is still a tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre backlog Under a mutually agreed upon plan of action the state office of BUl BUland and the Utah State Land Board have now det determined the extent of outstanding lieu grant lands now pending i and have agreed upon a total entitlement outstanding of acres The State has pending applications covering In the fiscal year 1963 acres were transferred transferred transferred trans trans- a big Improvement over oyer ov oV- oy- oy er 1 previous years However away a n way must be found to proc process process' ss' ss In lieu selections with much more sp speed d If this Utah Utan problem problem lem Tern is ever to be settled Commenting on Ills his action Moss said Before the Commission is established the Aspinall bill will come to the Senate and to the Senate Interior com come As a member of ot that committee I will of course see seC that full consideration is given to the land transfer problems which Utah has with the Federal Federal Federal Fe Fe- deral government But I believe that we should not wait walt until Senate consideration to call caU to the at attention attention at at- of or c concerned emell House members the Importance of ot this problem to our State and the need for Its consideration In any review of ot the administration stratton of ot our public land laws Moss foS praised the a action on of Congressman Aspinall In introducing in traducing the bill bin saying that he believes it Is a necess necessary necessary ry step in developing a clear positive public land policy polley which recognizes the West of the |