Show commissioner voices opinion As to glen canyon construction the following is a reply to a letter to secretary of the inter lor krug it Is being printed as reader hi formation mr 11 eugene Ro beite pub kane kaile county standard kanab Kaii ib utah I 1 my dear MV mr roberts P I 1 ts i I 1 secretary of thili the interior julius guilu kruk krug lias has referred your dour letter of 0 october 4 to this office tor for efti I 1 and iedy your lette lete expresses interest iii il and stipp support ait oit 1 for our program am of cevelo development 6 guient of the die colorado rivea basins wa ter and i we desil deeply appreciate alie ali 0 service which the newspapers of tile tho west have rendered in ili brin bringing ging our work work and proposed projects before the people continuation i oft of that lint policy of 61 ira rank lik discussion of 1 our proposals through tile the ill medium ea 0 of f the pies aadu jm int measurably in ili ahe the future it if the afi 0 I 1 public P il c Is well hito informed niteis as to tile tho I 1 purposes ad advantages vaili and misad vantages of much ol of tile the ground work corli will be ia laid id for eventual approval and auth authorize author oriz lz att atlon on 4 which h the file ift hows wf papers papera can can do 0 o bring out the facts and suppress the spreading ot 0 d rumors I 1 will be pt asit tance to ou our 11 field deia men in the planning work jo to the state and federal legislators in ili consider lh and approving the projects and to the construe construction ution and event eventual dal lythe operating tories forces you have expressed a lar interest in the status of glen canyon dam that tha tru clure la Is one which we wd believe will ably be nee dedIn the not too alp distant future the storage regulation it t w will will facilitate operation of the 66 interstate corn com lW nUch of hydroelectric power ind and aid in harnessing the river for flood flood control irrigation water supply sediment detention and many man othe I 1 our long range rai iffe program of 0 water reservoirs in ili tile colorado river calls rot for bridge canyon to be the next one started with echo P park rk and it canyon being beli if billt bull very soon too the investigations nt at the marble mable canyon site are still tit in preliminary ary stages land and hence it may be aehle a dani dam at that point la Is built at the tbt arese prese present nt time our regional director at salt lake city Is completing ji report on oil the be proposed colorado iziver storage project all of tit alio of tit the lipper T alls jais project t wll wi I 1 comprehend tile tho construction of a number of major or reservoirs on oil alie streams sti earns ot of the upper 11 alln anaa and a plan for providing financial a 1 from excess excess revenues revenues of et those units to fo IrA atlon prophets W would lie ile we WA ciopa bore to be e ready leady to rele release a so 1114 that ro port in ili the near future and at that tinte the areas newspaper will have ample opportunity ill it y t to 0 assist in ii giving the proposal widespread publicity and 1 blon Oll none lone of tile the dams mentioned noo i foregoing discussion have been authorized for or construction at tills legislation which would nut authorize construction of dt bridge canyon tain pain hi Is now uli un der consider dilon by the con gross based upon dons JR ji om report on tit h central arizoca project your of support to 0 o nur work wark and offer of la Is groate greatly appreciated it you rie de sire alre any further ilet details alls on acho reclamation agrain in your area we shall be happy to a supply aply them ill e sincerely 1 yours y ol 01 rs i 8 W acting commission I 1 r |