Vernal Express | 1965-05-06 | Page 14 | Sen. Moss Raps Proposed Cuts in Scs Funds

I ISen Sen Moss Raps Proposed Cuts CutsIn CutsIn In Funds Senator Frank E Moss D DUtah Utah has charged that pro pro- proposed posed cuts in the Soil Conserva Conserva- Conservation tion Service program for the next year will put the costs of technical and specialized ser vices on those who can least afford to pay K MOSS said in tesi test test- testimony for the Agriculture Sub Sub- Subcommittee committee of the Senate Committee We have have- haven't haven't nt adequately treated even half of the cropland rangeland or woodland in the nation Dation or even a third of the small watersheds If we dont don't step up the pace rather than reduce It we will be in trouble to sat sat- satisfy the needs of a growing pop pop- population Senator Moss was one of many witnesses who testified in support of moves to put into the budget for Fiscal Year 1966 an additional 20 million The budget request was reduced by that amount by the Bureaus of the Budget THE REDUCTION In the budget would cut the level of conservation work in half in- in instead in stead it should be accelerated Senator Moss said Senator Moss asked the Ap- Ap Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee to specifically provide 10 million for watershed planning for resource conservation and development and increase to the Great Plains Conservation Program Senator Moss told the he has received an ex heavy amount of mail from Utah residents who object to any cutback in Soil Conservation Service funds or activities