Show rd echo park gains support since the bearing hearing hold huld in ill washington on it tile kolio icho park dani dam in dinosaur national park lark when nuch such i it bril biant array of ellets in ill support of tho the proy project vt won wore pro pre support has boon glowing for the project and tho opposition that loomed HO hot big linn hoell somewhat ed congressman A L hillur it nob who in is ellair mun mall of tin QC house interior und and insular affairs committee ope speaking aking before it number hor of groups in ill halt lake last wt week voiced optimism for tho tile immediate approval of tho the project in ill spell speaking icing to the tile il aroas ems lio lie said that tho tile echo park project was tin an inver ament in Ani america erica ho he said tho the press had tile responsibility of solf soiling ilig tho the project to the who were not in favor of it tit the present time ho ile commended tile group from utah who appeared before tho the committee com during tile hearing saying thoy they made a fine presentation on echo park california is not opposed to the echo park project according to a report published elsewhere in ill thin this is BUO ime tile item with it los angeles dateline da find in tho the christian tinn monitor said in part that there is any opposition liere doubtful at least tho the colorado river association of california Cali foni m lias has taken no position against the upper plan although tho the attorney for tit alio association i daod tho the question whether the plan would impinge on oil tile lower basin water supply vital to arizona and southern california mr assured his II 11 IB los angelor listeners listo nors that it would not tho the Alo monitor an internationally road read daily also published an all editorial odit orial dinosaur dilemma ll and bays that tho the conservation of water is just IB as important nh as tho the saving of savoury tile editorial is ro reproduced produced in ill full as follows ahti of aside regions of great beauty or historical interval for the benefit and ill p chii wily oy mont MOTA of tile nation fill and of yot yet to como conio hart luw been a it great ono one it took timo and Ht ruggle to it in ill public policy bawny iy ay way ol 01 the tile national parks ind mul monuments and it will take continuing struggle in preserve pre roa orvo servo therefore nono none of sheso public preserves should IH he od ed for loss 1088 ihan overriding reasons the tile vision of systematically dov developing eloping tho water resources of the arid west w is also it preat groat om one it too lian taken tinte inid and struggle sh to into danis reservoirs and aqueducts and its should not lie he blocked for trivial cause these two unquestionably right liiv collided in the region whore where the arcon and ani yampa it stivers I 1 vors flow through tile dinosaur national monument and con verge on oil their way to join tho colorado here the department of the tile interior proposes to build dams at split mountain and nud echo canyon enthusiasts adiong friends of tin the national parks at first damaged lani aged their cusp emo by assorting tit alio dallis would flood out famous dinosaur fossils wid d tho former hiding places of picturesque aque outlaws v bich they ann wont it thoy do protest with much force that tin waters would drown scenic topography comparable to the grand canyon of the colorado Colom do and they point to a study made by M maj gon TJ S grant ITT of tho agniv 13 engineers ingi which favors another site lie consi considers dors as good or hotter better P opponents of taw two dams linao told toli 11 house reclamation subcommittee the project would flood only 11 por per cent cont of the national monument but bilt that is almost at four times the area now covered by bv witter the case then seems to hoil down to whether the westa undoubted need for water can bo be mot met without destroying a spectacular phenomenon of anturo and with out creating a precedent dang dangerous orous to the of other national parks if it can enin bo be it should bo be |