Show Name Change Urged for Bonneville Unit Sen Wallace F Bennett Sat Sat- Saturday proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation that it change the name of the Benneville Unit of the Central Utah Project to the William R Wallace Project William R Wallace was con the dean of Utah for more than 40 years and to many there is no one more deserving of the title Mr Reclamation Sen Bennett said The senator made the recommendation in a letter to Floyd FloydE E Dominy Commissioner of Reclamation as well as in let let let- lethers hers asking for support of the proposal to Sen Frank E Moss utah D-utah D Utah Rep Laurence J Burton R Utah Rep David S King D Utah D-Utah Utah and utah's Gov Gov- Gov Governor Calvin L Rampton Sen Bennett told the Com Com- Commissioner missioner that Rep Burton first made the proposal for a name change in the Bonneville Unit I think there is a very reason why this Unit should be given a different name I Sen Bennett told Mr Dominy The word Bonneville has been applied to a vast power project in the Northwest and at the moment there is a great con con- controversy controversy in the Mountain States regarding the proposal to export this very low cost power into that area SEN BENNETT said This Is known as the Bonneville Pow Pow- Power er Administration and I am sure you can understand why there is bound to be confusion between it and the Bonneville Unit of the Central utah Pro Pro- Project He declared For this rea rea- rea reason son I would seriously recommend mend consideration of a new name for this particular project and since it lies entirely within the State of Utah I can think of n no more appropriate name than the name Wallace Project I honoring the memory of the late William R Wallace who for forso forso so many decades was Mr Re Re- Reclamation in the West and who devoted his time effort and his private money to the develop develop- development ment of Utah's water Sen Bennett also said Since for fot all these years he was one of the stalwarts of the Demo Demo- Democratic cratic Party I assume my col leagues on on the other side of the aisle would join me in this reo re- recommendation commendation Therefore I am sending a copy of this letter to Sen Moss Rep King Utah's Governor Rampton as well as Rep Burton MR WALLACE who died Jan 29 1957 at 91 was Chair Chair- Chairman man of the Utah Water Storage Company from 1923 to 1943 He was an a active proponent of wa- wa water wa ter resource development and reclamation for 40 years finan finan- financing cing the permanent establish establish- establishment ment of the utah Water Users in 1923 and serving as pre for five years He had the foresight to rea rea- rea realize lize the importance of water in inthe inthe the future of the West and he also had the determination necessary necessary essary to convince his fellow We Westerners Congress and the rest of the Nation Sen Ben Ben- Bennett Bennett nett said lie Ile pointed out that Mr Wal Wa- Wa Walace lace took a personal hand to see that water resources develop mont kept rolling and on oc oc- oc occasion casion when study funds for a particular project were running low he would reach into his own pocket to finance them teral 61 to end of canal Ash Ash- Ashley sh ley Central Owen Nelson High line Canal Henry Workman and Rock Point Canal Warren Richardson |