Show television PROGRAM TELLS ECHO PARK STORY TO PEOPLE PEO three leading utah supporters of the upper colorado storage project appeared on TV at salt lake city sunday evening to give their case to the people of titan the three sen B 11 string ham chairman of the upper colorado development committee of 21 counties countie 5 george D clyde water director and gus backman secretary ol 01 the salt lake chamber of commerce carried on a panel discussion cus sion with each speaker choosing a particular point to emphasize mr clyde gave a general resume su me of the entire project and pointed 0 out ut which geographical locations s would benefit from the program and what it would mean to the people living in those areas he ile said we must begin t throwing dirt immediately before we lose our water rights right mr backman discussed what the project would mean to municipalities and industry and how it would take care of increases in population in utah and the west sen proved with four documents that nature lover arguments that building echo park dam would establish a pieced precedent ent for invading other national parks was entirely false first he said is the tion enlarging dinosaur national monument from 80 acres to signed by pres franklin D loosevelt hoo roosevelt sevelt on july 14 1038 1938 the proclamation says the area was to be set aside subject ae act to all valid existing rights the proclamation clia nation goes on to rend read that t the administration of the monument shall be subject to the reclamation withdrawal of october 17 1904 for the browna browns park reservoir alte site in connection with the green river project brown browns park reservoir site is within the confines of dinosaur national monument at the upper end of ladore canyon ipg second nd he read the letter letier Conti continued on page 8 TI LEVI 1011 PROGRAM continued frond from pane page 1 from newton D B drury director ui ot tho notional national park service to dr J E broaddus Dro addus dated may 2 1048 1946 which read dinosaur Is one ol 01 the few areas in the system established subject to a reclamation withdrawal and this may have some bearing on the uro proposed posed echo park project third he diseased discussed the deci former secretary ot of the interior oscar chapmann chapmans Chap Chop mans decision to approve echo park dam after three months of studying the record back in 1000 fourth and last sen referred forred rc to the affidavit of david II 11 mads n former manager of dinosaur national monument und and the man who held a series of meetings in utah and colorado prior to the time the monument was enlarged sen String harn attended these meetings one at vernal on june 11 1030 1930 and at craig on june 13 1030 1930 in the affidavit mr madsen writes among other thing things discussed was the question of grazing and the question of power and irrigation development which might bo be deemed essential to the proper development of the area at some future date I 1 was authorized to state and DID STATE AS A representative OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE that graz az ing on the area would not be discontinued and that in the event it became to construct a project or projects for power or irrigation an an fn order to develop that part of the states of colorado and utah that the establishment of the monument WOULD NOT INTERFERE with such development the first part of this agreement with reference to grazing has been carried out and the residents of the area involved are an entitled titled to the same consideration with reference to the development ot of power or irrigation at tho the echo park and split mountain dam sites and any other development that may not duly interfere for the purpose of the establishment of the monument and which is necessary for the development of the area the affidavit was daiel dated march 27 1050 tho tele television villo n program salt lake sunday was considered extremely effective as evidenced by the comments people of the state the broucht brought out points that people in utah were not with before seeing the program mrs leo colder returned saturday from schenectady new york where she has spent the post past month visit iniz her daughter mrs clinton P ashworth and family mrs calder left december 8 and made the cross continental trip via the railway riding the city of los angeles streamliner she arrived in schenectady december 11 in time to greet the arrival of a now new grandson who was born late that night while there the she took a n trip to new york with her daughter and son in law she was there also lor for the dedication of a new chapel tor for the schenectady branch 85 95 of the families of which are there because of the general electric plant nt at which mr ashworth Is employed |