Show 4 amb A deseret news editorial recently Eug suggested that citizens of this country should assume a foreign accent so that their pleas tor for federal aid would be given the same consideration as those of citizens of foreign countries As an example the editorial cited the case of the weber basin pi project eject this project according to the deseret news would cost approximately the same amount of money that a similar project in italy would cost and which the united states slates seems to be bent on financing as a part our foreign aid program the only difference seems to be that the one pi project eject involving millions of dollars yours and mine would be given 9 iven as an outright gift to italy it aly while the backers of the weber basin project would like only a loan to be paid back to the federal a I 1 government in 10 years I 1 have not been entirely sold on big reclamation projects at this time jt it has been my opinion that this work should be done when there were less jobs because of cutbacks cut backs in defense works blit ut it if our country is in a position to finance projects of this nature for or foreign countries our own problems should be given precedence sen watkins who has been pushing the weber basin project appealed to pros pres truman to advise his bureau of the budget to send supporting data to the congress in connection with the weber basin construction funds the following is the answer sen watkins received from the white house dear senator III 1 I read your letter of may 29 with a great deal of interest and I 1 am most happy to know of your anxiety about the weber das basin in project in utah sincerely your signed harry S truman getting back to the foreign aa program of which there is 12 billion dollars of unspent funds from previous appropriations W averell harriman presidential aspirant and the man who controls the purse strings of this 12 billion has caige chaigen I 1 d that congress committed a dastardly act when it voted to reduce the presidents request for aid funds for next year by almost 15 billion according to websters dictionary dastard Is defined as a I 1 mean or arrant coward and it if saving the american taxpayer 15 billion Is being cowardly then I 1 wish we had a few more cowards in congress |