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Show Utah's Senators Support 6 and 50 Modernization Utah's Republican Senators will unite in support f Federal highway high-way funds which may be used in Utah to modernize U. S. Highway 6 and 50 from Crescent Junction to the Colorado line, Senator Arthur Arth-ur V. Watkins reported. Senators Arthur V. Watkins and Wallace F. Bennett suggested that it would be wise pconnmv tn nrp- pare this east-west highway for heavy traffic. Failure to do this, they said, might result in extensive extens-ive damage which would cost a great deal more than currently needed. Secondly, both- senators and Utah Ut-ah Road Commissioner Harley J. Corleissen expressed- the, view.it hat in the interests of national defense it would be wise to provide Utah with an east-west highway capable of carrying heavy loads which an emergency might necessitate. ' Under terms of a Watkins' amendment am-endment to the Highway Act of 1950, the Federal government may supply funds for highway, construction construc-tion on routes that lie wholly within with-in the public domain. The fund approved ap-proved in 1950, $750,000 of which is being use to complete Highway 6 in Utah, has now been expended except for a few thousand dolars, Senator Watkins said. No new appropriation is included in the present appropriation bill for road purposes as provided by the Watkins' amendment of 1950. Senator Watkins and Senator Wallace Wal-lace F. Bennett, who conferred with officials of the Bureau of Public Pub-lic Roads and Commissioner Harley Har-ley J. Corleissen, Utah State Road Commission, said they would seek an appropriation for this purpose. The conferees were unable to discuss dis-cuss the problem with Thomas McDonald, Mc-Donald, Public Roads Commissioner, Commission-er, because he is visiting Turkey to inspect American participation in the military road construction program in that country. C. D. Curtiss, deputy commissioner commission-er of finance and business, and H. E. Hilts, deputy commissioner in charge of designs, Public Roads administration, ad-ministration, indicated to the Senators Sen-ators that the public roads bureau would support a request for these funds and would favorably look upon Utah's needs i'f the -money was available. |