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Sludy Study AidRiver Aid AidRiver AidHaver River Haver Project ProjectSpecial I ISpectal Special Spectal Report to toCongress toCongress Congress Helps HelpsGreen HelpsGreen Green River ProjectWAbHINGTON Project ProjectWASHINGTON W WASHINGTON AbHlNGTON WAbHINGTON Feb 19-Follow 19 Follow 19FollowIng 19FollowIng 19 - - FollowIng Ing close upon the heels of the thejolnt thejoint theJoint jolnt joint report of Utah a 8 most eml emlnent emlnent eminent nent engineers outlining and roc ac roconunending acommending recommending onunending ommending construction constnIctlon of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great Green river Great Basin Basinprojt"Ct Basinproject Basinproject projt"Ct projtCt project " In Utah which would woulddouble woulddouble woulddouble double the Irrigated lrrigated area of tM the tMstate thestate theatate state comes a special report from fromthe fromthe fromthe the presidents president s national ou.roe.s ouroe.s ouroes roources roourcescommittee r ou.roe.sconunittee resourcescommittee . conunittee committee outlining outJinltg ) a national nationalenergy nationalenergy nationalenergy energy . resources re.sow-ces re.sowces re.sow resow ces - policy polley which in ineffect ineffect Ineffect effect though not In terms con- con constitutes constitutes con constitutes - stitutes high official ofDcial approval of ofthe ofthe ofthe the vast undertaking O so ! o recently recentlyproposed recentlyproposed recentlyproposedThe proposedThe propcsed proposed The argument throughout the thereport thereport thereport report supports supp0rt.8 supp0rt8 . the gen general l outl1ne outline outlineof outl1neof of the Green river Great BaQn Basin BaQnproject Basinproject Basinproject project which wh1ch save for the initial initialtran&mounta1n initialtransmoumtaln Initialtransmountain tran&mounta1n tranmounta1n transmoumtaln & diversion looks loots to todevelopment todevelopment todevelopment development wholly within the theGreat theGreat theGreat Great Basin of Utah UtahUtah UtahUtah UtahUtah Utah ft 8 a Only On7 ! ChanceI ChanceUtah ChanceUtah Cliance Chance ClianceUtah I Utah like Colorado Oolorado and Callfor Califor California Callfornla Callfornia nla nia can only onJy receive the benefit benefitof benefitof benefitof of its fair share of or the water of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Colorado river through tran.s trans tran.smountain transmountain transmountain . mountain diversion divemon California Callfomia s a abenefits sbenefits sbenefits benefits both from power and from fromlrrlgaUon fromirrigation fromIrrigation lrrlgaUon irrigation are enjoyed In another anotherwater anotherwatershed anotherwatershed water watershed < > hed Colorado s 5 a Big Thomp Thompson Thompson son < ; > n project looks solely to irrlga lrriga irrlgalion lrrigaLion Irrlgatlon lion and power development devplopment to the theeast theeast theeast east of the Colorado river basin basinUtah basinUtah basinUtah Utah can receive no suh substantial substantialbenefits substantialbenefits , > tanUal tanUalbenefits benefits unless Its share of those thosewaters thosewaters thosewaters waters Is taken out of or the Colo- Colo Colorado Colorado Oolo-1rado Oolo 1rado - - rado river watershed and turned turneddown turneddown turneddown , down the western < ; slope topt ' OallfortVa Oaliforr\ia Oaliforr ia Oaliforriaand OallfortVaand Californiaand \ and Colorado the first of the seven sevenbasIn sevenbasin sevenbasin basIn states to receive substantial substantialbenefits substantialbenefits substantialbenefits benefits under the Colorado rlvpr river rlvprcompact rivercompact rivercompact compact liave have e established t'8blished t8blished < ; ' the thf > pre ore precedent orecedent nrecedent cedent which Utah must follow followWithout followWithout followWithout Without this diversion Utah will willsee willsee willsee see Its waters doubly menaced both bothby bothby bothby by Mexico which already Is grasp grasping graspIng graspIng ing for much of the equated now flow nowof flowof flowof of tlie the Colorado and by Callfomla California Callfomlawhich Californiawhich Californiawhich which can utilize util1ze far more than thanits thanits thanIts its share of this river rivpr in the evei eve ever 1 . ithe the upper basin states stalffi are negll negllP'Mlt negllvent negllpent P'Mlt PMlt vent ' in demanding and getting gettingtheir gettingtheir gettingtheir their dueWhlJe dueWhile due dueWhile While WhlJe Irrigation admittedly is isthe Isthe isthe the prime aim aJm of tlie the proposed propooed . C0- C0 Co- Co - C0lorado Colorado Co Colorado - lorado Great Basin proje project t < : pow power power power er development is one onf ' of its lts essen essenUal essential essential Ual tial object objectives ! ves not alone power for forpumping forpumping forpumping pumping water for Irrigation Irrlgtltion and andfor andfor andfor for use of Irrigated lrrtgated lands but for forgeneral forgeneral forgeneral general commercial and industrial Industriali industrialu I u se as well Much of the tile he contem contemplatRd contemplated contemplated platRd plated development 11f lies ' ' ; adjacent adjacentto to the boundless boundle.ss . mineral mlnf"ral mlnfral " rt"lOurce\ rt"lOurce rtlOurce resources rt"lOurceof resourcesof resourcesof " ' \ of the state whose who e . < > dpvelopment development developmentawaits developmentawaits ' awal awaits ! . ' ! either market markl't marklt ' cheap pow power powor power er or or ade adequate > quate transportation transportationAids Aids OutlinedAs OutlinedAs Outlined OutlinedAs As bearing on UUs tills this phase of the theproblt theproblem theproblem problt problem > m the resources r'soUJffi rsoUJffi resouroes ( ' " ( ) conunlttee committee conunltteeob6erves committeeobserves committeeobserves committeeobservesEven ob6erves observes ob6ervesEven observesEven Even though energy from wat wat- water water water . - - er may ma.y . not . practicably be usedat used at atpre atpresent atpresent pre present ent < > more than 200 or 250 milas miles milasfrom milesfrom milesfrom from the power < ; site ite industry cangravitate can canravltafce ravltafce gravitate < ? vitate into 1nto the orbit of a wat water watSr water er Sr power site Almost AlmMt any anyconsiderable anyconsiderable anyconsiderable considerable project for the con control control control trol or use of an Important stream streamwlU streamwill streamwill wlU will serve---J serve J serve-or or serve - { ) ' - or can Sf've--more Sf've Sfve more seve-more seve seve ' - - more than thanone thanone thanone one useful purpose There need be beno beno beno no conflict connIct between the 5f'veml 5fveml several 5f'vemlpurpose.s severalpurposes ' severalpurposes purpose.s purposes . Including power If it the thefull thefull thefull full P < > possibilities S51blllUes of . the t.he stream are arereal1zed arerealized arerealized real1zed realized In the t.he . public publ1 < : Interest The Theobjective Theobjective Theobjective objective Is to dt develop > velop each of theseresources theseresources these | resources of a major . stream .stream in inharmony inharmony Inharmony harmony with the others to the thefOnd theend theend potentialbenefits fOnd end that the sum swn of . the t.he potential benefits to the public publ1c shall be a amaximum amaximum amaximum maximum This argument has a at1irect adirect adirect t1irect direct bearing on . the t.he proposal propo68.l propo68l . to toexchange toexchange toexchange exchange power with the power power"cmpany power"cmpany powercmpany "cmpany cmpany IrrigationIn " and release rf'lease rflease ' tor fr for ( ) irrigation In the northern Utah counties wat water water water er primarily appropriated approprlatRd and u.s us u.scd used . used cd ed for power pOWI"T pOWIT " development dpvelopment With Without Without Without out suchan such sw an exchai exehar ge > the WithI Bear Bearriver Bearriver Bearriver I river cannot be muue mHue moue to render the themaximum themaximum themaximum maximum benefit benent to the tributary tributaryfarming tributaryfarming tributaryfarming farming community eomlI1unlty with wlth the tile ex exrhan exrhange exchange rhan rhange p no power poWf'r poWfr ' user u.er uer . . will be hurt hurtand hurtand hurtand and water safer att > r that now ! " generates I"enprate.s Ienprate.s Ienprates . pow power power power er will wlll be dlv diverted ( > rtffi for purposes of ofIrrl ofirrigation ofli-riRatlon ofli riRatlon ofliriRatlonIt Irrl irrigation - a Uon UonIt irrigationIt It I Iorttn Is . , \ uorttiv \\orttn orttn aorthv of i 1 r t tl tI It nt ut Sec-re Sec re Secretar Secretar T'f Tf < ' - tar tar ) ) of the tht ' Interior I iterior ltRrtr > r IrkpL Irkes Irkp\ Irkp Ickes , \ L Ls is ' > c.halr chalr chair c.halrman chairman chairman . man of the national resources rMOUrc.es rMOUrces . com corn com'T1lttet cornmlttee cornTilttee 'T1lttet T1lttet mlttee ' ' and In transmitting tranbmlttlng the re report report report port Ao .to to . the pre president < ; ldt"nt ldtnt " ho hI he ' and his hisassociates hisassoclates hisAssociates associates assoclates saidContlnuffi saidContinued said saidContinued ( Continued Contlnuffi on pa page f ' five fhe fire ) V U S . . Resources StudyAid Study StudyAid Aid River Project ProjectContinued _ _ < ( Oontlnued Continued 0ontlnu d frokn frojn ro page-aa page aa page - age one OAe ) ) _ _ - - The 1nd1 ! findings and recommenda cecommenda recommencIons recommendatlans cecommendations pothe pointthe painthe tlans tions ( In which we concur point pain [ the forthe fothe way to a natlpnal naUpnal policy for forI fo the P1'11'10"1 P111101 prudent ' ' " conservation con&ervation conervation & and I wise wiseuse win winUse e use of our ener6y energy resourcesInasmuch resources . . Inasmuch Ina.smuch . as within wlthln wrthhi Utah lies liesmuch lie liemuch 1 ( I IIna.smuch much coal with who whose whore e wise development devel development deeplyconcerned opment the committee committ.ee . is deeply deepll deepllconcerned ] } concerned inasmuch as 85 Utah con co contaw contafns tains taw tafns vast deposits of oil 0.11 011 . shale shalewhich shalewhich which the committee would havEr hav ( developed havErdeveloped to lessen lpssen the drain on onthe the better grad grades of or fuel and ron con consideririg co n ! sidering slderlng sideririg that Utah Is ts a heavy con consurner consumer sumer surner but very slight sU\ht sU ht ! \ , producer of o1 o1oil oil 011 the report wholly Justifies jWltlfles thebackers the thebacker t : teckera backer backers OreatBailin GreatBasin of the Colorado river Oreat Great Ore Basin Bailin project projt'Ct projtCt ' In looking to Secr Becre Secre Becretary Secrelacy tary lacy Ickes for substantial aid inpromoting In Inpromoting promoting surveys that will make makep mar p ' " ? sslb ssib e a the ultimate wtlmaLe construct constructof construction constructionof makeII on II of this great project which which . , while whileits whileIts whiIts lie its cost has not and cannot yet be bepttmated beestimated ' estimated p-ttmated p ttmated " - would reclaim only oruy halfthe half halfthe beI I Irrigatedfrom the area that Is to be Irrigated ed I from the waters impounded 1 edby by byOrand byGrand Grand Orand Coulee dam a project the thesecretary thesecretary byI I secretary most moat enthusiastically enthusJaot1cal1y enthuslasueafly tn In Indorses tndorses dorses In both Its power and Ita its ItaIrrigation itsirrigation Irrigation phases phasesFurther phasesFurther Further extracts extl'Rts extlRts ' ( : from the report reportof repoof , of the nationalresources national resources N " 01IrCe8 < ; commee comm . ' tee lee ( pertinent to the Utah Uta'l Utal ' develoi develop dev development lt > ? mpnt m.nt mnt ment . are quoted below belO\\ belO belOAn belowAn \ An active public policy poU"y poUy poli"y poliy " r If of ( > f multi multipIe multiplc pie plc purpose purpo 6 development of water waterresource waterresources wal < resources resource . < ; Is desirable In view of ofthe < f fthe the pn pressing > s < ; ln charac character r of problerr problems problemsrelated roblf'ms roblfms roblf'msrelated ' is related to flood nood control public publlc wat water water wa-l wa l - er supply stream pollition poll ition ration Irrlpa brigs Irrlpatlon brigsLion ; * tlon Lion and navigation and In ln vie view viewof viewof of positive p001tlve reasons for public development de development d < 9 velopment of water power Ower An ac acUve aclive a < tlve Uve live policy paHcy of pub1dt'velopment public pub1\ pub1 \ ( ' developmel dt'velopment dtvelopment development dt'velopmentof developmentof ' " ' of water power Is likewise desirable desliable deslr desir deslrable r able Both development directly dlrectly forpower for forpower f fpower < power P\lrPO P lrPO purposes \ es where there Is rconflict no noconflict noconflict 10 conflict with more urgent urpent ; water watercontrol wat watcontrol < , control and the best bast beset feasible wof use useof useof _ _ of head heed made available by storagefor storafor storage storagefor ( < e for other purposes would contri- contri oontrt- oontrt contribute oontrtbute - bute toward the attainment of theme the themajor tt ttmajor major me Jar national objectives namely namelya : ( a ) Conservation of scarce fuel fuelmaterialspetroleum . ' ma materials terlals-petrOleum terlals petrOleum materials-petroleum materials - - petroleum na natural turaJ gas gasand gasand and high grade coalsib coals coal6 I Ib ib ( , b > ) Strengthening the national nationaleconomy ) . , ; ec economi economy mom } through bringing te-Inging te Inging - about aboutcheapc aboutheap aboi cheaper cheapc : heap r > r electricfty electrlcfty electricfy more widely widelytvaileble widel wid abouti ly lyavailable availablec tvaileblec available tvaileble i ( c ) Strengthening the national nationaldefen&e nationaliefense natlonidefense defen&e defene iefense & through better assurancof assurance assuranceI assuranceI assuranceof assurancef I of ) f ample ' elertrlcal t'1t'trlC1 t1ttrlC1 electrical elertrlcalenergy ' { . , -energy energy .energy - In Umt time timeN tim ' of N war - _ _ _ I |