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Show GOVERNMENT 'CRABBING CRABBING GRABBING GRA8BINC ' OFPURUe OFPUBLIC OF OFPUBLIC PUBLIC PURUe _ LANDS'ST LANDSST LANDS LANDSSTIR ST11SJP1OTES1'S ST11SJP1OTES1S ST11SJP1OTES1'SI ' -STIR STIR - P P1'ESt P1ESt OTEStS ' ' i ' 7 1 F A i y r r"At "At At " the present time ArizQP Ar1zQla Ar1zQlaowns Arizonaowns owns only 20 per cent of ot1ts ot1tsJand oflitsland tUs tUsIJand Jand and the federal govern government government government IJand ment owns 80 per er cent , making makingthe the state atate largefy largely dependent bn ba bathe tonthe the . federal government " This . & Thischarge Thfscharge ' charge and statement of fact was wasmade wasmade wasmade 'I I 'Icharge made last week before the West Western . . ern em State Conference on Publle Public PublleI PublleLands PublicLands PublicLands Lands and the Financing of Ed Jd ! : Education . . I ucation at the Newhouse Hotel Hotellin Hotelhi Hotelin lin hi Salt Lake City last weekby week4 week " by byO by0 O 0 ? . C . WDU Williams Wfl1s of the Ar1z Arizbna Arizbnastate Ariiifinastate na nastate state land nd and water watel commis commis- commission commission commission - sion , as he fired tired another bl b1st b1stat blastat st stat [ at the federal lederal government govetnment for it Its Itscontinuing itscontinuing $ acquldpgi c nUnutng continuing policy polley of acquldpg acquigng acquigngstate acquiringstate i state lands , ' "Thfs Thfs 'This This " procedure procedure-ij ij procedurei - of ofgobbllng ofgobbling ! gobbling gobbllng up ttp lands must be stop stop- stopped stopped stopped - - ped or the states will be teft left teftwith leftwith leftwith with no sovereign lands . ion ionwhich on onwhich which ionwhich to base tax levies " ' , F t he he'IPOinted heout hepointed ' outAnother out * ' . - 'IPOinted IPOinted Another Anothe . shot . at fedetat fedetati fedeteI federal'acquisltion federalacquisltion i ' ac acQublUon ac'qulsitton QublUon 'qulsitton qulsitton : ' was fir fired d last w we week'Tae-fore week'Tae weekTae fore k ' kiefoi'C ' ' e- e - eIfO - foi'C foiC " ' th the Utah Assocat AssocIatIO Association ! ( l\ l \ lof ofC of IfO . c C UJty unty ) . Officials , meeting 1 In Insalt Salt San Lake Labe City , when UinJed UinJedState Uinled Uinled'State UlntedStates State 'State ' * Senator 8enator Abe Murdock Murdockreltefat Murdockrettetated Murdockreiterated reltefat rettetated d his opposition to 1he the 1hepresent thepresent theprse present prse t federal land-grabbing land grabbing landgrabbingpolicy landgrabbingpolicy land-grabbingpolicy land grabbingpolicy - policy and explained explaine that it war is-ar is ar warone isarone Warone - one of the more crucial issues issuesfacing issuesfacIng issuesfacing 1 1Senator ' facing congressSenator congress Senator Murdock repo reported reportedthat reportedthat d dtha tha that , he is preparing a bill w1tich which w1tichwould whichwould whichwould would create a commission Consistinp on ons1tIng n nshUnl shUnl s1tIng ; ! of the secretarie secretaries secretarie , of agri agriculture agriculture agriculture culture and the interior the at attomeygenef attorneygeneal attorney-general attorney general tomey-genef tomey genef torney-geneal torney geneal - l and other Inter tnte inte Interested ' " ' ested sted ted bureaus bureaJla , who would work , I out meth methodtoflrmcflt dt , f i ; ' Jlt bi bithe bi the 4he thegovernment 4hegovernment government t to thQ the e states in Iri Sn Ueu lieu Ueuof lieuof lieuof of taxes lost on ted ( ed ral J'al Jal ' a1 anda 1tnds l 1tndsAlthougl nds ndsAlthough Although Althougl ttbe the t.l tl . 1ntC4 te4 balin ba1n balinregion ba1nregion region has has.not hasnot has.notaffected lilDt ' . n t been leCn . sedoWy sedoWyaffected cer1oM cer1oMaffected ( affected by ' ' federh11and federAl fede . laud a dcUb dcUbtion ! lSi lSition tion , some have Viewed .iewed iewed . withalarm withalarm with withalarm alarm tavetaken navetaken the ; grabl1jjtwW.Pr grabl1jjtwWPr grabjwIi grab nwh . * , cK W * have tave nave ! havetaken taken placeon place place- - on aflI4e all aU Isfdea jI4es andPpoInt and'Joint andJoint andpoint and'Jointo andpointout ' ) o out t that the pasttledetl11 pastfedern % ' Ctlon flctton Ctlono ; Jl.telytwice o 0 f acquking acquiring acquiringtwice P ' t Jl.tely Jltely . twice as r uucis u 1 1ndWu Id * andPpoIntmechecks * re requg rer1 qug-- qug qugd r1 - . cii d or orthe -the the - hejl4IQ hejl4IQfOfttb tJ pd9tJ . ; 81 fOfttb .MQtt MQtt . . , fOfttbI fOfttbchecks f r t11 ' u e mechecks e echecks I ( checks as a as < * placed plaC placOd d on on the buream bureaus bureamwho bureauswho bureauc'who bureaucwho ' who set the grabs In motion niotion |