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Show Grazing Fee Freeze Lauded by Burton Rep. Laurence J. Burton (R-Utah) said Wednesday he was pleased with the ac-, tiort taken by the Secretary of Interior and Agriculture to hold grazing fees at their current level for this year. "Interior Secretary Walter Walt-er Hickle has previously gone on record to keep the fees on the current status until the report of the Pub-lie Pub-lie Land Law Review Commission Com-mission is made public this summer," Rep. Burton sad. "Now that the Agriculture Secretary, Clifford Hardin, has agreed, it will benefit those who were faced with increasing fees which former form-er President Johnson proposed." propos-ed." . ' Burton, a' member of the Public Land ' Law Review Commission, said there have ibeen 'several hearings and reports given ' concerning the subject! of grazing fees and to raise the fees again ibjfore . the ' commission's report' re-port' can be made public would 'be to undo all the .work accomplished. "I would have preferred the rate returned re-turned to. the 1968 level of 33 cents until the final report re-port of the commission is made public, but at least today's to-day's action will stop further fur-ther increases," Burton added. add-ed. The current fee is 44 cents per ' animal unit per month, an increase made under the Johnson Administration. Admin-istration. "Since the commission is now in executive session I cannot comment on any findings from our work, but I can say that for the most part the people of Utah will toe pleased with the final fin-al report." |