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Show U. S. House Hearing Scheduled This Friday in Moab Members of the U. S. House of Representatives Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Commit-tee, will arrive in Moab Fr1-day Fr1-day to conduct a hearing on the January 20 expansion of Arches National Monument by former President Lyndon B. Johnson, The hearing, scheduled for 7:33 p.m. in the Grand County Coun-ty Courthouse, will begn at 7:30 p.m., and will be under the chairmanship of Rep. Walter S. Baring, D-Nevada. Also in attendance will be Utah Congressman Laurence J, Burton, who has stated he would introduce a bill reduc-' ing the monument acreage; and Rep. Don II. Clausen, R-California. R-California. "The purpose of the hearings, hear-ings, naturally, is to let the local citizens voice their opinions op-inions over the land with-drawls," with-drawls," Rop. Burton said. "When Utah Senator Wallace F. Bennett and I held informal infor-mal hearings in February in the Utah areas concerned, people were, most upset at what Pres. Johnson had done in the closing minutes of his administration." The' President added some 2fiG,000 acres to Utah's Ar ches and Capitol Reef Monuments, Monu-ments, through executive order, or-der, which meant the elimination elim-ination of grazing and mining min-ing rights to many families in southern Utah. President Johnson also suggested both Arches and Capitol Reef be made national parks. "Mr. Johnson acted too hastily," Burton added. "No. hearings were held, either in the House Interior Committee, Commit-tee, or in Utah. No Ulahn was given an opportunity to speak out against or for the measure. Hearings should have been held first, and this is why Interior Committee Commit-tee Chairman Wayne N. As-pinall As-pinall of Colorado instructed instruct-ed our Subcommittee to go to Utah at the end of this month for field hearings there." Prior to the Friday night hearing in Moab, the Con- gressional group will make an aerial survey of the land in question, and will hold an afternoon hearing in Blan-ding Blan-ding on Homesteader problems. prob-lems. Persons wishing to giv? testimony have been previously prev-iously asked to notify Chairman Chair-man Aspinal's office in the : . ' -O y K i Rurtnn (left) reviews liasT minure acians Rep. Lrence J. Burton uetr. Baring, R-Nev. of Utah Keld hewngs wift K P BaHng Rep. Don( Clause, , R Can I , rf. d Moab on for ter,or Commrt tor ngs 9 S 5.?S.o3 Lpito, R'eef Moments, and homesteading problems. nation's capitol. However, as is customarily the case in hearings of this nature, testimony tes-timony of a verbal nature will undoubtedly be accepted accept-ed here Friday night. |