Show Don Doi t Deal Utah Economic Out Senator Says I cant can't believe the cot and his Secretary of the In In- In tenor woul would deal Utah such an economic knockout as to with hold funds for the Central Utah Project twice in two y years ars This statement was part of Sen Wallace F Bennetts Bennett's deep concern over the sate fate of of- Utah's fiscal Year 1967 of 75 million for the tho Bonneville unit of the CU CUP TH THE E UTAH Republic Republican n made the statements and a request for 28 23 million in fiscal year 1968 In letters to to the President and Interior Secretary Stewart t I L Udall The President announced re re that Federal programs programs totaling 53 b billion were cancelled or delayed in the cur cur- current rent fis fiscal al year with savings saving of 3 b billion in expenditures The Department of Interior was was listed with an across th m million in program reduction and m million in expenditures s reductions OIl I AM DEEPLY concerned about what portion of thos to- to totals totals will come from the Ceo Ceo- Central Utah Projects Project's fiscal ye year r 1967 1961 construction Sen Bennett told the President and the tie Secretary Since I understand that no formal d has been m made de deas as yet ye regarding where tl e bud get cuts will come from I d do know that conferences in the Interior Department are under under- underway way ay to determine tho those e cuts and I ani am hopeful that the Cen- Cen Central Central Utah Project t will lie e given special consideration Sen Bennett sAid sAid- sAidI said I ITHE THE said that the Uie of has r re- re it will ill a attempt tempt to dra draW up tip k lis list of of cuts of it lt share hare of the Int ri r B within i week Or br ten Jays Sen outlined the history or of the B Bonneville Unit pointing ou it was authorized in 1959 and although it was was for construction money in fiscal year 1963 the Bur au of Reclamation and the Bureau of the Budget made no formal re- re request q quest est for construction funds tin ill ii i fiscal cal year 1966 when 3 tm m n were 1 However due to a require require- requirement requirement ment for f funds elsewhere in Inthe the West the Bureau of Reds matSon mation chose to divert the Utah money and we experienced an another other ollier years y ar dela delay Sen nett told the President Th The following year 1967 instead of giving us back the funds that were diverted and then the project to catch up wIth its I timetable the Bureau of Reds Reds- I mation mabon decided to ask only fog fot 27 m million lIe said the I Utah Congressional delegation then turned to Congress and the I A Appropriations Committees I whIch saw Utah's side and and rais rals- rals ed cd the total to 75 m million i tor or toe onn vUle unit onit con con- construction program COMMISSIONER Dominy of the Bureau of Reclamation In a meeting In my office ort oct April 22 1966 told me and a delegation of Utah water I that if Congress appropriated appropriated F 7 or 8 m mIllion in In fiscal year 1967 then the Bureau I Continued on page 6 Sen Bennett Continued from pa page e 1 could use e 28 m million in fiscal year 1968 Sett Sen Bennett said Now that Congress has approved the 75 I Iam Iam am writing respectfully to urge that you Include In the fiscal year 1968 budget request that will be sent to Congress in Jan Jan- January uary a total 28 m million for forthe forthe the Bonneville Unit construction tion program |