Show r r Washington on Scene r TIlE THE WEBER County Industrial In r. r Bureau and Ed Peters Pe Pc- tel's its director Pros res George GeorgeV V Horsely and his Iris staff and the membership of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce Pres t Miller and the tIle faculty of Weber Weber We We- ber her State College and many more citizens of oC Utah deserve our thanks for Cor diligent intelligent intelli gent work in presenting Utah's claim They prepared the material material material ma ma- on which we proved th the center Utah's case for lor We have won a large Jarge permanent permanent permanent perm perm- anent pa payroll roll for Weber County County Coun Coun- ty northern Utah and the whole state COMMISSIONER C Cap a p 1 i 1 n said that present quarters will willbe willbe willbe be adequate to continue operations oper oper- during the two years I that b business siness returns are processed processed pro pro- but that expanded ed quarters will be needed about three months before beginning individual return processing or by OcL Oct 1 1966 4 Pointing out that the General General Gen Gen- eral cral Services Administration has responsibility r for approval of such features as site selection tion lion building design and cost estimates ross Moss said ALTHOUGH it is doubtful that the needed space can be in existing buildings I J first step will be to survey I ling sting facilities to determine J If a new building is required required re ye- IRS and GSA will work jointly i in selecting ele Jin L a site and preparing a prospectus TilE THE PROSPECTUS w will i 11 then be presented to Congress in the General Services Administrations Administration's Ad Ad- ministrations ministration's request for au au- au- au of buildings In the Sena Senate this Ws request goes first to the the- Works the Public Public- Works Yorks Committee Commit Commit- tee on which J I serve It is now anticipated that funds for site purchase and building design will be presented presented presented pre pre- in the supplemental appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap request for the fiscal fiscal fiscal fis fis- fis- fis cal year yeal which began July 1 And actual construction funds will be in GSA requests for fiscal year 1965 U COMMISSIONER U C Cap a p 1 i n said mid that thaL about 76 per cent of the required square feet will be bc needed on the ground to tos accommodate the staging and ria processing processing pro processing pro pro- operations About square feet will be devoted to actual computer operations and md the remainder of the building building build build- ing will be used for administrative administrative adminis adminis- and processing support and storage I The liThe site should be large enough to provide about parking spaces for employees and visitors which based on onsite onsite onsite site requirements other operations op Ope op- op would mean 16 to 20 acres Caplin said The building is is- expected to include such facilitIes facilities facil ties as cafeteria snack bar barreas areas reas health unit and credit union ion J Sen Wallace Vallace F. F Bennett R- R Utah recently urged the Senate Sen Sen- ate te Interior Committee and the Interior Department to approve approve approve ap ap- ap- ap prove quickly his Great Salt Lake Shorelines Bill BiU clearing the way for possible establishment establishment establish establish- ment of oC new mineral development development develop develop- ment of the lake THE TilE is sponsoring a bill biJl which would confirm inthe in inthe inthe the state of Utah title to lands land landsI I lying ing below the meander lin linof line of or the Great Salt Lake Th The legislation would settle a fed fed- state cral-state conflict of ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship of land surrounding GreAt Gre t Salt SaIl Lake Sen Bennett in letters to Sen Henry M. M Jackson D D. D Wash chairman of the committee committee com corn and to Interior Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Stewart L. L Udall said the legislation is necessary 10 to protect industry from complications complications comp compo arising from contested contest contest- ed ownership I believe the establishment of a firm am and uncontested boundary line is in the best interest of both the federal and state gover govern n n. n ment THE TilE UTAH lawmaker also said Lithium Corporation o of America has file with the Utah State Land Board an agreement to lease a large acreage of land in Box Elder County The firm plans to investigate investigate investigate in in- and possibly develop commercially the extraction ol of minerals from the lake However title assertions of the federal government to lands pose a serious can make no substantial investment investment investment in in- vestment without abs absolute lute ti title tie Ii- tle tie certainty Sen Bennett told Sen Jackson and Mr 1 U Udall daB THE TIlE also said that title certainty is likewise necessary to recreation devel- devel development of or the lake and its shorelines He said the Utah Fish and Game Department has made substantial investments in the Farmington Bay area Howard Howard Howard How ard Slough area and Locomotive Locomotive tive live Springs area on the assumption assumption as as- the state stale has title to the lands SEN BENNETT BENNEF said he urged the Ule committee promptly prompt ly Iy to schedule hearings healings on this bill since early action is Js im im- im- im Congress has approved the application of the Hooper Irrigation gation Co of oC Weber and Davis I Counties for Cor a loan of 1163 under the Small Reclamation tion lion Projects Act Sen Frank E. E Moss 1 Utah D-Utah announced recently UNDER TilE THE law such applications applications ap ape ap- ap must be before the Senate and House for 60 days while Congress is in session Moss L pointed out If there is no objection they are arc then deemed approved The Sen Senate te Committee on which Io 1 Moss s serves earlier adopted a resolution of ap ap- ap The day 60 period has now run for both House and Senate I HI HAVE lIAE A VB already urged Sen Carl Hayden Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee to support additional addi add funds for the loan to the current reclamation appropriations appropriations bill Sen Moss 1 said Moss 1 pointed out ut that the the bill ill making such appropriations ions for the fiscal year ear which began egan last July has still not been passed and that Hoopers Hooper's Hoopers hoopers hooper's Hoop hoop- ers er's inclusion in it would enable enable en en- able this worthy project to 0 get underway several mont h Ii s sooner sooner that it otherwise could PURPOSE of the loan is to rehabilitate the project works of oC the company in Weber and Davis Counties The main Canal canal ca Ca- nal system starts at the Weber Web Web- er r R River er near Wilson and runs through to Kanesville passing north of Hooper The irrigation company is isnow isnow isow now ow watering acres and expects to save enough water with with- these improvements to irrigate acres uT u i r d M J TilE THE LOAN IS IS to be bc repaid in n 50 years with interest With of company funds it will vill be used to replace some structures such as' as as t turn out gates and farm crossings and ando to o reline some 28 miles of the main canal Sen Frank E. E Moss CD- CD DUtah D D. Utah announced recently that Ogden has been selected as ashe the he location for the new expanded ex- ex Western Service Cen ter er of the Internal Revenue Service AFTER A conference in the Senators Senator's office with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Commission Commission- er Mortimer M. M Caplin Moss said aid the decision means at least east 1000 new permanent jobs for or the Ogden area and nd a pay payroll payroll roll oil of some 8 million an an- And Moss said I AM 1 OF course delighted with the decision of the Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy Administration and the Internal Revenue Service to place the tile new Western Service Center at Ogden The installation will be a great boon to our economy The hc decision is a compliment to o our people |