Show Dear Sam I t noted with Interest the i Item In last weeks Times In i Which Mr Keith Melville Democratic D candidate for tor Congress offered to solve all the local problems with the Dur Bureau au of Land Mart Mai This Is s of course very much In peoples peoples' ls minds the tho recent controversy about grazing cuts In n this area aswell as ps aswell well as many other places lii in the State Stale r rI I am s sure slim rc we would all an w i a ready s solution to t these ese pro problems lems but t the e fact tact is there Is s very little that could be done by Mr Melville whether he is el elected el- el elected or not The problem of administration of the public lands js svery very complex and a great j deal cal al of administrative red tape ape has accumulated down through the years since the legislation for administering ad ministering p public lands was vas passed assed There are re many instances where the original intent of the Congress has been sadly badly warped or Ignored by the h BUre Bureaus us charged with public land tand administration There is how however ver a ray 01 Of 1 hope In sight The C Con Can Congress n- n gr gress gress sS has established th the Public Land Law Review Commission which is pd d with the responsibility of ot studying all of at the current laws taws rules rules codes codes etc which pre presently govern all uses uses' of the public lands This Commission has held many hearings In th the Western Western West West- ern rn States of all interested people and is supposed to rec recommend what changes are necessary necessary t to Congress I In n ord order r that public land administration may then b brought wrought brought up to date afe Vt Utah Is b very fortunate in paving laving two members on this Commission Mr By- By ByTon V Vr r Ton con n. n Mock a Salt Sl Lak Lake City attorney Is the vice chairman chair man and Representative Laurence Laurenc J J. J Burton Durton Is also a member Rep nep Burton Is also a n member of the tho House Interior Committee which will be responsible for tor implementing lm Ira the recommendations recommendations of the Commission when it Is finished with wIth- Its study If tf there Is one man man in in Utah who may have some ome chance of Improving the Job being done don by the Bujeau Buteau Bu Bu- reau of Land Management that man is Congressman Laurence Burton Durton D. D. D L. L TAYLOR fihe Times Independent Moab Utah Dear Sam In reference to State Director Director Director Dir Dir- ector Bob Nielson's article in n your paper of October 13 1966 1066 If if H t were not for forthe forthe the he serious serious' aspects of these drastic and unreasonable cuts this tills letter would be comical Mr Nelson Nielson refers t to the s s greatest responsibility responsibility s and desire to keep from overusing and destroying des des- plant life which of course ours has always been the desire of the Livestock man If It it h hadn't have hav b been ben en there wouldn't have hav been any any Taylor Act ct Pr or Forest Service ce today r. r With tHe v very very cry w lew of ot livestock the of Land Manage Manage- glent has left oft oti the II Ranges h he certainly has JUt no worry of ot destruction of ot plant life lile only from the great caravans of Govern ment meat ears cars and armies of technicians as he calls them eating caring around over ver the pub pub- lid tic lands attempting to find iome ome small justification lor br their numerous destruction i of families and business in tn whatever localities s they have swarmed on We become be toe come alarmed by youthful tul vandalism In our Community but we fall to recognize paid vandalism by bureaucracy bureau cracy Involving our Federal Range flange During World War II It when Hitler littler decided that a a certain bloodline was distasteful distasteful dis dis- dis tasteful to him and he turned turned turn turn- ed cd his Gestapo loose to take them out of existence we felt this was almost unspeakable unspeakable un un- un tout but Im I'm not so sure but what he had the proper procedure d r if he was to create this destruction At least h he het was was quickly killing and not crippling them an and turning Burning them loose to starve to deah After Af ter all all all' there Is Is' a a ayery very human way of f destroying life whether it te tie human or the lower animals Mr Nielson Infers infers' that the Advisory Board has passed its day of of Importance I I. I would woul l like Ik 10 to t remind Ind him him l iH A is that the Advisory Board were the Chaps that set up the Districts carried the ball ballon ballon on division of Range carryIng carryIng carry- carry Ing tag capacity and now that they have set such ouch store In their so failed called technician and nd experts th they y are arc no nol l longer nger needed T This ls is just justas as ridiculous a as to say a aman aman aman man has completed his days work therefore therefore he ho 1 t I only need one hand lets let's chop one off In In t the c c early ebly settlement s tf of cJ our W cst r many ny Communities Com W were pre re almost entirely entirely en en- wiped vip out jut of exist exist- what lint have you youance ante ance by F Fever ver Dip Dip- Medical Science combined their ability and br brains and h have e come orne up with antidotes anti antU antidotes dotes that make these diseases dis eases pases as of nothing So o we had b better all combine forces and come up with an antidote to control the death rate tate caused by burca- burca crac cracy Very truly yours J D. D Dillard Moab Utah |