Show i PROJECT PASSAGE GOOD SAY VERNAL representatives four of re presenta lives tives lit in washington for the hear ings of the upper colorado river project returned home at the beginning of tt the week here are brief statements I 1 from three of them I 1 dont think there is any doubt but that the house subcommittee will pass the upper colorado storage project the senate seriate is another thing I 1 dont think we will get everything we want we must compromise but I 1 do think echo park and glen canyon will be in the initial phase of the project the think which impressed me most while in washington was the way the utah congressional delegation went into i tion uon dale jensen everything looks very very good for us in washington in f fact act it looks better than I 1 have ever seen it the thing which fin impresses presses me more than anything else Is that the debate is not being brought into political argument it seems to be strictly non poli which to my thinking has made it go along much faster than if it had been political another thing which impressed me while I 1 f was in washington was that all four of our congressmen were working as one unit contacts that I 1 mode made with some of the congressmen congress mex from other states proved to me that utahna are very well thought of we are going to have some opposition no doubt about it 1 I am extremely proud of ut aha witnesses george D clyde B H G GE E and dr J E broaddus d M mr clyde presented case like no other state presented theirs ernie of course was a ernie he brought the house house down dr broaddus while presenting his testimony created so much attention from his audience that you could have heard a pin drop anywhere in the room and of course bry sti st ingham did a great deal to prove cove our case we don t have much in the paper about C R chuck henderson but I 1 can assure you he is the man behind the scene and has realy been a worker another nother AL person who was a great deal beal of help to us wr a dr leroy kay who came over to washington from pittsburg to help hel on contacts in washington he lie helped us to meet peo people atle e we would not have been able to contact henry B everything looks M I 1 ht g good for or us at the hearings utah ta presented the best case of any state and of course only one continued on page 8 PROJECT PASSAGE GOOD continued from page 1 congressman on the committee gave us any trouble while we were there and that was rep saylor of pennsylvania if they keep things moving back there we will get a favorable decision for water certainly is important to the interest of utah and the west most important event so far in support of our case has been the trip made to the site of the projects by the congressmen last summer orlan orion johnson the utah delegation was well organized with hugh W colton as chairman and he did an excellent job in keeping everything moving and the delegation busy the me witnesses testifying for utah made an able and comprehensive presentation of case giving facts in a manner that seemed to impress the subcommittee as was indicated by the questions that were asked by its members most members of the committee subcommittee sub by their questions and comments indicated they were in favor of the project as a whole and the fact that most of them h had ad visited this project certainly helped them to evaluate the testimony given of course mr say saylor lor as spokesman for the opposition position did everything he coul could t to 0 contuse the witnesses and the issue and especially to discredit the bureau of reclamation 1 I was very pleased with the wa way our senators and representatives tattles handled their comments and questions and the amount of time our senators spent at ut the hearing one comment made by a number of congressmen that particularly appealed to me w was s that each state should be allowed allowed to use its percentage tap of the colorado river as it wames wishes the hearing was very instructive tive and interesting to me and I 1 enjoyed it all it is my opinion that the project will be recommended tor for construction by the sub com cittee but we must remember that this is mo r ay iy the first step in obtaining approval of this project leon P christensen is the n man who can con get plenty of money without letting money get got him bira life will be a lot lott happier for you if you use the advice you have been giving your friends mends |