Show Federal Road Cutbacks Protested by Governor Road construction in Utah will be greatly retarded if the cutbacks ordered by the Bureau of Budget are not modi fied Gov Calvin L Rampton wired a protest to President Johnson Monday after a cut cut- cutback back last week meant the tern tern- pory loss of oC 15 million in funds to Utah Added to the 37 mil mu- lion withheld under the pre pre- previous previous order the total amount I would mean a holdback of I 52 million IN HIS message to President Johnson the governor said It is impossible to plan and execute an orderly highway construction program faced with this uncertainty We will have to cutback our en staff as the order permits only preliminary en This staff will be dif dif dif- difficult to replace at such time as the normal momentum of construction is resumed The cutback will limit the State of Utah to 70 per cent of the 1969 apportionment where where- whereas as 39 other states an use a greater percentage of their ap according to the tho Governor |