Show ECONOMY IN RECLAMATION With a growing population and increasing water needs reclamation projects should logically log log- deserve high priority Apparently President Johnson and his budget advisers dont don't ee agi-ee agree ho however ever The pr proposed posed new budget ca ls for only 8 a million I for r the entire Central Utah Project where 9 7 million was as I spent t last I year and Utah water experts were 15 million for fiscal fistal 1970 i I r i. i i. i The R Reclamation Bureaus Bureau's budget for Utah in fact will go eo down own from to million don If Uthe the budget recommendations s- s are ie followed fol fol- lowed by Congress ii irl M. M Slowdowns in reclamation reclamation projects raise havoc with contractors who bid th the work on the basis of reasonable completion dates Stretching out projects also increases their cost as wages ages and materials c continue to increase increase in- in crease in price Reclamation projects furthermore help fight poverty since they create jobs and provide provide provide pro pro- vide lasting water and pow power b benefits The budget recommendations on re reclamation reclamation lama tion need a thorough examination by the new administration The nation needs a balanced budget but it also also J o s should avoid aVII false economy |