Vernal Express | 1959-01-15 | Page 9 | Uintah Sheepmen Ask Aid Against Wilderness Bill Section

minlah Sheep men ask akl aid against wilderness bill uintah a aan asin has haj written to con gressional gress lonal delegation in wash ington asking support in opposing the proposed wilderness bill copies of the letter have been sent to sens wallace f F bennett aad and frai k E moss and reps henry A dixon and david S king full fuh text of the letter follows the uintah Wool growers would like to solicit your support in the so called wilderness dill bill this bill would be very detrimental tri mental not only to the livestock industry in the west but would retard or nullity nullify any advancement in the productive use of our god given natural le ie sources we feel that these resources were given to us to make in tell igent uie ne of and not meant to be locked up in isolation tor fer the benefit of a very few special privileged people to look at perhaps once in a life time we are in favor of the pro pr 01 o 1 lection of our natural re resources because as you know we are dependent upon them thein but we are unalterably opposed to the basic theory of the wilderness dill bill may we earnest ly recommend that you work for its defeat sincerely uintah Wool growers asen ann clifton mccoy president