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Show the fact that we have several sever-al major military installations, installa-tions, defense activities have been shifted to other parts of the country less capable of carrying them out. Senator Sena-tor Moss had the opportunity to be on the Senate Armed Services Committee, but chose not to," said Carlson. The third key committee affecting the Beehive State according to the Republican senatorial candidate is the Senate Public Works Committee. Com-mittee. He said, "This is the' committee which authorizes author-izes all major water projects and set policy for environmental environ-mental quality . Again, because be-cause we don't have Senator AMoss ,on this committee the entral Utah Water Project may be delayed so long that several parts of Utah, including in-cluding the populous Wasatch Front, may run out of water by the time the project is completed." Carlson noted, "Senator Moss had a chance to be on this comm ittee, but chose not to." The fourth key committee identified by Carlson was the Senate Agriculture Committee Commit-tee which oversees agriculture agricul-ture policy and forest service ser-vice activities. ' Carlson noted, "This summer Utah will suffer a 25 reduction in the use of its forest service ser-vice facilities." SEN. MOSS' SENIORITY IS MEANINGLESS Republican Senatorial can- didate Jack Carlson charged this week that Senator Frank Moss' seniority in the United States Senate is totally meaningless mean-ingless to Utah. Carlson made the remark in a prepared pre-pared speech to the Spring-ville Spring-ville Kiwanis Club. Carlson told the Kiwanians "Utah is the most under rep-' rep-' resented it has been since , achieving statehood in 1895. This has come about because Senator Moss has chosen not to be on the most important . committees affecting Utah." The former Assistant Secretary Sec-retary of Interior pointed out . that most real policymaking occurs in committees "and if we don't have a Utahn there, we are being poorly represented." d "For example, Moss left the Senate Interior Committee Commit-tee three years ago. The fed -' eral government owns 70 of Utah. Our citizens are being be-ing pushed off those lands for recreation, grazing, timbering, and the exploration explora-tion and development of '6 Utah's mineral wealth. If Senator Moss was still there, he could have prevented this from happening," Carlson said. Carlson mentioned three other key committees Utah's senior senator is not on. "Because we haven't anyone any-one representing us on the Senate ArmedServicesCom-m ArmedServicesCom-m ittee, Hill Air Force Base has lost five thousand jobs in the last five years. "Carlson "Carl-son declared, "That should never have happened." "In spite of this state's superior labor force, and |