Show congressman REPORTS THE NEWS IN washington by rp nep H A dixon hearings on colorado project appropriation governor clyde representative dawson and I 1 appealed to the house appropriations committee for the full 49 million for glen canyon 10 million for or flaming gorge and in addition 1 mil lion each for the vernal and laonia paonia projects last year the california congressmen questioned the adequacy of tile water supply arousing concern in the ap committee gov arnor clyde displayed a asplen did chart revealing usable water in lake mead at 19 4 million acre feet enough to last the lower basin states for nearly three years even if no water at all ran in from the river ironically enough lie he dis played a second chart showing that california part of whose congressmen opposed the colorado project will receive more business from the con st ruction than any other state prospects are good for tile the full appropriation cp for glen canyon and flaming gorge and I 1 think very good for 1 million for the vernal project wanted graduates in agriculture recent returns from the american association of land grant colleges indicate that there will be 2 jobs for every graduate in agriculture there are 16 15 jobs for gra dairy industry alone needs 1 with only dairy majors to supply the need many employers are looking for businessmen train cd d in agriculture denson demon criticism of secretary ben son Is on oil the wane as farm income rises and his program bears fruit opponents are their attacks as farm ars rs received 30 36 more for bif cattle tile 2711 27 more for hogs 33 aji mote for eggs 50 more for over last antar and a gain in farm lit in come throughout tile the remain kr of is sinca mid december prices rc ivl have shot up tip for tile the f farmer mer 9 99 1 while prices 3rd ard paid by farmers for goods and tervilus ter viLes have only climbed 2 23 3 poets like these have caused his critics to wilt in tile the past few weeks and evidence indicates that his program is steadily gaining with farm groups signs of upturn the leaders comprising the advisory council of the commerce merce department say the slump is 1 near bottom but no diamatis dia matic pick up Is expect ed housing starts for april seasonally adjusted are 8 above the yearly average rate of for march textile officials see gradual improvement the long slide in cloth prices and sales has been halted they say department store sales are gaining chairman houser of sears says the outlook Is decidedly encouraging auto replacement parts and car sales are up 13 new do it yourself items in hardware run 10 15 higher than a year ago while the advisory council recommended oo no major or general tax cut some tax modification for business and a rc reduction in excise tax es on autos and railroad trans por tation are likely introduced dills bills this week I 1 introduced three bills as follows JI R to allow private grazing land to be used as col lateral for loans from national banks i 11 R to authorize a coal research laboratory to expand the market and use of coal and coal products 11 II R 11 to protect the rights of jhc thc blind to self ex through lions of the blind victory for the public when congressmen go jun abroad they frequent ly spend pend counterpart funds foreign currencies owned by tile the american government however there Is no public accounting of these funds and congressman dawson has been spearheading spear heading a drive to require a budgeting and an individual accounting fop fo these funds so the public may know wit what at their presenta represent re li lives spend alun they go abroad many congressmen who pi ive supported 1 right to know billi eliminating sec recy in tile the executive branch of tile the government have op oil posed tile the elimination of see sec recy in their own expend ture lure of counterpart funds consequently rep dawson s amendment failed a year ago by a vote of to 86 this week however we succeeded in passing the dawson amend ment to tile the mutual security bill by a vote of 84 04 to 67 A Congress mans expenditures of public money should be an opert book furthermore I 1 feel that congressmen above nil people should set the ex ample |