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Show Military Consumption Of Utah Potatoes Under Consideration WASHINGTON December 19 Rep. Laurence J. Burton ( It-Utah) It-Utah) announced today that the Defense Department has assured him that "Utah origin potato supplies, if and when offered, will receive full consideration on a competitive basis." Mr. Burton stated that this assurance was in response to a letter he wrote to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara ear-ly ear-ly in December in which he relayed re-layed the complaint of Potato Growers in the State of Utah that they had been denied the right to bid on the sale of po- tatoes to be consumed by the military forces in the California area. "It is obviously in the best interests of the government," Mr. Burton told the Secretary, 'To give all would-be suppliers the opportunity to bid, thereby enabling en-abling the government to purchase pur-chase at the lowest price. The Utah Potato Growers are in a position whereby they can ship very competitively to the California Cali-fornia markets, and I certainly think that they are entitled to the opportunity to submit their prices." The Defense Deparment suggested sug-gested to the Congressman that potato growers who are interested interest-ed in supplying potatoes in the California area or to other nearby near-by military Installations contact iiic Denver, Colorado Supply Office Of-fice of the Kansas City Regional Headquarters of TWnse Subsistence Supply Center. |