Show Washington Scene Farmers Want ant Freedom Says Bennett Sen Wallace F. F Bennett CR- CR R- R Utah said this week the defeat de feat of the Uie Kennedy Administrations Administration's Administrations Administration's Adminis Adminis- wheat control plan points out clearly that farmers farmers farm farm- ers would rather have freedom free free- dom dour rather than government regimentation THE TilE UTAH lawmaker said some of his Republican colleagues colleagues col col- col leagues are arc already drafting legislation to maintain a satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- level of puce price supports sup sup- ports on wheat I have pledged my support for such legislation Sen Bennett Dennett said The defeat o of the referendum now p puts ts the pressure on the administration also to support the measure at atthe atthe atthe the expense of losing the entire en cn- tire tue farm vote and failure of the entire farm program APPROVAL L by at al least per cent of those voting was I required to pass the I dum At issue was a new wheat control plan advanced by the administration Had it passed it would have set the 1964 1961 wheat planting allotment allotment al al- al at in m milDon miln acres down 55 m million from rom this year yeal Each farmer would have been required to reduce educe his plantings at ut least ten per cent or face a penalty SEN BENNETT said he heas was as especially pleased to see sec Utah's wh wheat t farmers vote against the tho referendum by a 2999 to 1213 1 margin In Sen n Bennett said I am convinced that if the wheat producers had not been subjected sub sub- to to V unrelenting pressure rom rom from the agriculture department department depart depart- ment the they would have bave voted even more overwhelming 1 l y against the referendum pro pro- Moss Reports Utah to Agriculture Commodities The Agricultural Marketing l Service of the Ule Department of Agriculture purchased ased of agri agricultural commodities ties tics ies in in the state stale of Utah during during dur- dur ing ng fiscal years 1962 and 1963 Sen Frank E. E Moss D Utah D-Utah Ulah disclosed Tuesday TilE THE A AMOUNT was allocated ed as follows follows' For the national scho o 0 1 I lunch program purchases of frozen ground beef cann canned d cherries canned tomato e a s canned corn coin and frozen turkeys turkeys turkeys tur tur- tur- tur keys FOR TILE THE JiE l lunch program charitable institutions a and n d needy households purchases of flour For the foreign donati donation n program purchases of flour AND SEN Moss 1 said The liThe Marketing 1 Service ice also assisted local purchases ses o of more Utah fluid milk through both the special milk program and the school lunch program DURING DUlliNG fiscal year car 1962 these purchases of milk mUk in Utah totaled eight million half half- pints approximately 00 und under r the special milk program pro gram grain and 19 million half half- pints approximately 1142 under the national school lunch program During the current fiscal year car Utah has r received under the school lunch I II program which is I more than in 1962 This increased increased in in- I cre creased sed amount comes partly from a new school lunch formula formula for for- mula which we passed in the Congress and partly from an increased appropriation tion lion Senate Adds s Appropriations ons For or Utah to Items terns The Senate Appropriations Committee has added funds for five Utah items requested by y Sen Frank E E. E Moss D DUtah DUtah D D- Utah to the Interior Appropriations Appropriations Appropriations bill passed by the House the Senator announced Wednesday THE TilE AMOUNTS TS are arc for pui purchase chase of lands in Morgan and Davis counties to be added to the lie Wasatch National Forest for rehabilitation for increased in increased in in- creased staffing of the new Forestry Sciences laboratory being built at nl Logan to improve the road between Brigham City and the Bear River National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Refuge Ref Ref- uge and to begin development development de de- development of the Ouray National National Na Na- Wildlife Refuge in Uintah Uin- Uin tah tali Count County Also approved were President President dent Kennedys Kennedy's budget recommendations recommendations for improvements to six units of the national park system in Utah HE JlE EXPLAINED that theland theland the theland land to be added to the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch National Forest is part of the watershed of oC the Weber Basin Project Authorization for or the addition was passed at atthe atthe atthe the last session of Congress in ina ina ina a bill for or which he obtained approval ral of or the Senate Interior Inter Inter- for Committee Bennett Suggests Testing Held e in Winter Inter Sen Wallace F. F Bennett R R R- Utah this week asked the thc Atomic Energy Commission to give consideration oll to the idea that nuclear tests in Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada be scheduled in the winter winter winter win win- ter or non grazing months to reduce possible contamination of milk THE TIIE UTAH Republican is a member of the important I Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and made the thc suggestions to Glenn chairman of the Sen Bennett also recommended recommended recommended mended that a nuclear testing testing testing test test- ing schedule be announced in advance so 50 that warning can be given to dairymen to t take ke their herds out of pasture during during during dur dur- ing the e t. t threat reat of expo S. S ure to radioactive radio fallout HE lIE POINTED out that during during dur duro ing the test series last JaIl all the thc Iodine fallout over northern northern north north- ern Utah and southern Idaho rose lose alarmingly As a result some milk was diverted from the market in order to protect protect pro pro- consumers from nation Moss Supports V Silver Bill BillSen Sen Frank E. E Moss D DUtah DUtah D D- Utah thus this week supported an amendment to the silver sil bill hilI HR offered by Sen Frank Church I D-I d a h o 0 which would deprive the Sec See let iy y of oC the Treasury V of the authority granted b by the bill to sell government stocks of silver to private purchasers SEN MOSS said the amendment amendment amend amend- ment would cre create te a completely completely com coin free market in silver sil without a transfer tax and without the government either cither supporting the market through purchases nor pressing depressing l it through sales The amendment would allow silver silve in excess of that needed to be held as reserves against outstanding silver certificates to be sold to other departments departments departments depart depart- ments or agencies of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States or used for coinage but not otherwise disposed of SEN MOSS 1 said Unfortunately the Ule Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- ned nedy Administration seems determined determined de de- de to retire the silver cert certificates and has won the backing of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee for or orthis this position IF THIS TillS is to be done we uc should certainly keep the silver silver sil sil- sil ver at least as long as we are plagued cd with the outflow of gold t As long as we wc keep it ite we e can cart use the silver to back certificates again if t that b bc- bc comes ne necessary essary Without this amendment the 13 billion ounces minces of silver which now backs the cert certificates certificates i- i cates will be sold thereby artificially artificially ar ar- ar stabilizing the market until it is gone IF A FREE market is desirable desirable de dc de- de would it not nol be bc better betterto to create one at once Then that market could set the price of silver o on the basis basis of supply and demand without government interference Bennett Asks Report Be e Made For Little Dell Del Sen Wallace F. F Bennett R- R Utah toda today asked the Senate Public Works Committee to approve a resolution authorizing ing funds for a review report on proposed revisions revisions' by the Arm Army Corps of Engineers of the enlarged Little Dell Dam Damand Damand Damand and Reservoir project SEN BENNETT asked that be authorized for the review report V S Sen n. n Denn Bennett ll who successfully successful ly obtained C Congressional n authorization au ad- for the original Little Dell Dam proposal in 1960 said the Ule reason for the new review report is because the new project probably will have to be authorized re-authorized by Congress The new study was made by E. E 0 O. Larson Larson at the request of Salt SaIl Lake officials RESERVOIR capacity in the new proposal would be increased increased in in- creased from acre feet to acre feet and the cost increased d from I Ito to m million Corps officials officials officials of of- sa say this change is so soI I substantial that the project could not be he built builL under the original or- or authorization The proposed revised Little Dell Deli Dam and Reservoir project project et consists of a acre acre- foot reservoir on Dell Creek and the Ule diversion of water to the thc reservoir from Emigration Creek from Lambs Creek a I tributary of Parleys Creek and from Mill 1 Creek ESTIMATED date for completion completion com com- of construction of the Little Dell DeIL Dam if approved is in the early Sen Bennett said that two highlights of the report included ed flood control and recreation cost allocations TIIE THE COST allocation to flood control in the report appears appears appears ap- ap pears to be in the right order of oC magnitude and may possibly ly be somewhat high depending depending depending depend depend- ing on the e allocation to recreation recreation recreation the report said Sen Bennett said the report report re re- port in discussing recreation said On the thc basis of our preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- appraisal it appears that the 2 m million alloCation allocation allocation alloca alloCa- tion to recreation may be conservatively con con- low |