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Show WASHINGTON WASHiNGTONN N S Sa SMOM * I a , I IFROM . FROM MOM IW OUR CON6RESSMAN CONGRRSSp N NW I I W . IC 1C It . GRAN GRANGERFederal GRANDER GRANGER GRANDERF ER I - Federal F lend Do ! nwdMg lousing AU AId to So t UtahBy UtahBy Utah UtahBy By tir the end ol of December 0,299 0299 43,299 43299 0,299Utah 43,299Utah 42,20Utah 4220Utah , , ! Utah property owners had bene bene- benet1ted benefited benefited - fited t1ted by the provisions prov1slona of o1 the Na- Na National National Na National - tional Housing 1I0using act A total olMX3I431 0 of ' $28 28 $28831438 28831438 ( $ 831 438 had . been advanced tthem to tothem tothem ( ' them by private pt"lvate ptlvate " lending institu institu- institutions Institutions institutions - tions In I loans N secured by the th Fed- Fed Federal Federal r d.oral doral - . eral Housing Administration Of Ofthlll Ofthis CMthUinumbcr thlll this number S9SS 5983 9 983 families famUies obtain obtain- obtained obtained obtained - ed rHA FHA pHA Insured loans amounting amountlnlr to t < > $22313,815 22313815 $23313 23313 $22 22 $ 313,616 313616 , , 16 for th t1e the . ' purpose of ot 11- 11 11nanclnsr 11nancinix fl-nanclnr fl nanclnr - - nanclnsr nancinix home ownership In addi addi- addition addi- addi addition addition - - tion 18,316 18316 1 , ,3H 3H , families famutes famIltes in 10 Utah ob- ob obtained ob obtained - tained tatned $6.517.823 6517.823 6517823 $6,517,823 ( $ . , 17423 . , to Improv Improve re- re repair repair r rpair - -pair pair - pair and remodel their properties propertiesBOb propertiesDili propertiesBill Dili BOb * , I Haw Dave Have Introcluced Introduoed IntroclucedIn IntroduoedIn Imtf ceJIn In tr 'he he the ' ) 77th Se SftadGll Session iii of f 0 Oonl'ftS'l OonlftSl Congress Oonl'ftS'lH CongressH ngr ' w wH H R . R . 1771 17"11 1711 " to convey the title titleof tltl tltlof < , of a certain bridge across the th Vir- Vir Virgin Vir Virgin - - gin river to Washington Washingt.on . countv county countvPassed countyPassed countvPassed Passed the House on March 17 171941 171941H 1941 1941H H R SM7 3987 to provlda provide relief forand tor for torand forand and to promote the interests Interuts of ofland ofland olland land owners in the cancellation de- de deferment deferment de deferment - ferment and adjustment of Irriga trriga- trriga irriga- irrigation trrigaUon Irrigation . - tion Uon charges against aga1n.st aga1nst . lands wi within withinthe withirthe thin the Ulntah Uintah Indian irrigation pro- pro project pro project - ject t tUintah jectH H R 3792 37 2 to provide for the es- es establishment establishment es establishment - tablishment of a re reservoir ervolr on Bear hear Bearriver hearriver Beairiver , river for the maintenance of water waterlevels waterlevels watcilevels levels In the Bear River MigratoryBird Migratory MigratonBird Bird Refuge and for other purposes purposesThe purposesThe The Problem rrokl WhichF Which WhichFaces WhichFaces Faces cc Western IT tern AmericaOver AmericaOver Auerica America AuericaOver Over 501 of 01 650 50 counties in the thegreat thegreat th thgreat < ! great plains pla.1ns pla1ns . had a net populationloss population population10S8 populatlorlose 1 10S8 loss of 753.554 753554 753,554 . , . from trom 1930 1 30 to 1940 1940In 1940In 1B40In In contrast contras- contras contras2Tl ' - . 277 2Tl counties to the thewestward thewestward thwestward ( ; westward had a net population ol1M1601 of 1 1941601 941 601 At least 150 150000 000 great greatplains greatplains grealplains ' plains families famllies migrated westward westwardto westwarcto to the mountain and Pacific I aciflc statesand states statesand statejand ; ' and tightened the population pres- pres pros- pros pressure prossure pre presure - -sure sure - sure on areas which do not have havethe havethe hav havthe < the surplus Irrigated land for tor thento them themto to settle on This uprooting andmigration and andmigration andmigration migration of great plains famUies families familiesand famUleiand and other destitute groups has hasswelled ha haswelled hasswelled < ' swelled federal relief costs cost * to more morethan morethan monthan than two and a halt half billion dollars dollarsIn dollarsin dollanIn In seven years In the seventcer.western seventcerwestern seventeen seventeenwestern seventeenwestern . western states These relict reUd relief pay payments pay- pay payments payments - ments per family of $50000 50000 (5 5 $5 ( $ 0000 to $6- $6 6 $6000 $6 6 $ B B000 - -000 000 - 000 would be sufficient suff1clent sulficient to provld provide providean provldan < an Irrigated farm on which each eachfamily eachfamily eachfamily family would be permanently self- self selfsupporting selfsupporting self-supporting self supporting - - supporting and able to repay th thcosts the thecas thecosts < costs cas t.s ts . costsCommissioner t.sCommissioner Commissioner of Reclamation ReclamationJohn ReclamationJohn ReclamatlorJohn John C Page before the Tolan TolanMigration TolanMigration TolarMigration Migration committee at LIncoln LIncolnNebraska LincolnNebraska LincolnNebraska Nebraska In September summarized summar summarlzed summarIzed lzed ized That If given adequate appropriatlons ap approprJations appropriations proprJations propriations supplemented by dlversion di diversion diversion version of relief funds for the great greatplains greatplains grea'plains greaplains ' plains type of project the bureau bureauof bureauof burea-iof burea iof - of reclamation could provide the thefollowing thefollowing th thfollowing < following In ten years ( (1) 1 ( I ) Irrigated farms fanns where 40 40-000 40 000 40- 40 40000 - - 000 to 50 000 families would be selfsustaining self selfsu'Italnlng selfsustaining su'Italnlng suItalnlng sustaining . ' (2) 2 ( ) Supplemental water for ( or farms farmsfor farmsfor farmsfor for 15 85 85000 000 families fam1lles famines now facing wat- wat water water wat water - - er shortage (3) 3 ( ) Rehabilitation In the greatplulns great greatplu1ru greatplains plu1ru plains ; and similar areas art'as artas ' of 20 000to 000 000to 000to to 25 000 farm familiesIn familiesIn families familiesIn In addition these farm fann fammes families fammeswould familieswould fsmllleiwould would support In nearby cities and andtowns andtowns andtowns towns two to three times the farmpopulation farm farmpopulation fanrpopulation fanrpopulationIn population populationIn In view of the extraordinary demand de demand demand mand for Irrigated land for fann farm fannhomes farmhomes famhomes homes the program ! should Ihould be ex expedlted expedlted expedlted pedlted as fast fMt as economical con- con contructlon construction con construction - struction tructlon will justify but as pointed pointedout pointedout polntecout out by Secretary Ickes and Corn Com CornnLssloner Cornnissioner nLssloner 11l.csloner 11lcsloner nissioner ' . ; Page twenty of th thtwenty the thetVioenty thetwenty < twenty tVioenty nine federal bureau of rec- rec reclamation reclamation rec reclamation - lamation projects projt'Cts projtCts ' up to the pres pros present prosent present ent time have been financed out outof outof oufof of thp tht the ' reclamation revolving fund fundthe fundthe fundthe the other nine being financed di directly di- di directly directly - rectly from the general fund olthe of ofthe ofthe the treasury treMllry The reclamation reclamationrevolving reclamationrevolving reclamatlorrevolving revolving fund amounts . , amounts amounh to only onlyabout onlyabout onliabout about ' eight t'lght tlght million dollar dollars * annual annual- annualIV annuallv annually - ly IV lv and the twenty reclamation reclamationfund reclamationfund reclamatlorfund $123757000to fund projects require $123757000 123757000 $123 123 > $ 12375700to 757000 757000to ( to tocompete compete By simple arithmeticw arithmeticwe arithmetic W we < - ' see 'lee lee that It will w11l require more morethan morethan mor morthan < than flf fifteen flfn n years to complete completethese these proects-a proects a projecs-a projecs a projects ) - - a rate of or o1 construc construc- construction construction construction - tion which is obviously uneconomi uneconomical uneconomical uneconomical cal both for the federal govern government government government ment which Is doing the work andfor 8J1d and 8J1dfor andfor for the districts dlstrlcLs and project farm fann I . I I r - -s s - - who have h v contracted contract d to repay repayth0 re rep ; thO th0 th ( ) cort cSt coat and end who nwd need Uw'later tir Uw he \'later 'later later water 'laterrttsperatel ' \ waterdesperately watedesperately OJ , rttsperatel desperately ; nowt nowOJ now t + _ At a _ conference Mnference caUed called ? Jto lrl De- De - December December December - cember to conaldw conalder consider : tho the th matter 1Qtter , It Itwu Itwas Iw wu was a agreed to propo propose to the Into Intoo Inle- Inle late- late Inleloy late10 - loy 10 o " , tubcommittee subcommittee on approprtatloi appropt1at1or approprlatior.i approprlatiori approprlatior.ithat ; . that seven 8even of the ) larger areet " feCiatna- feCiatna feCiatnat'on redani't'on redaniton recia - ia- ia iatton * ' - t'on ton tton ' fund projects be 00 transi transf transferred transferredto < ? rre rreto d dto < to the general fund of the treasury treasuryfor treasuryfor treasur ; for all future approprlattona appropriations , . Just justes jusas 8:1 81 es : nine larger project projects pro cta * are aI1I ah alread alreadY ady adybeing ; being financed At eight mUUuh million mUUuhI milliondollars mUlluldollars dollar8 dollars annually the thirteen re- re reI rema.tnlng remaining remalning- remalning remalningprojects - ma.tnlng matnlng maining . - projects could be oornplet- oornplet complet- complet oornpleted completed complcted - - ed tn In about four years year The sev- sev seven seven SOTen - en projects . transferred trab.lferred trablferred to the gen gencral . erR eral I fund of the treasury coulthen could couldthen couldthen then be expedited as aa the approprtwHons approprt approprlb- approprlb approprlbttons - tlons ttons committee and the COngI'eB COngIeB congress COngI'eBthink congressthink congresthink ' . ! think advisable or Justifiable under underexisting underexisting undeexisting existing condition conditions * |