Show Bennett Asks Hearing Delay Sen Wallace F. F Bennett Dennett CR- CR R R- R Utah has asked for a postponement postponement postponement post post- of the scheduled National Park bill hearings so that representatives can present a common front to Congress THE TILE HEARINGS w were e ere r e scheduled to be held Thursday before the public lands subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee of the committee of or interior and insular affairs Utah's junior senator Frank E. E Moss oss Utah D-Utah is a n meni- meni mem member ber bel of the public lands sub sub- committee Sen Bennett Dennett asked Sen Moss 1 for or the postponement Wednesday so that further study can be made of some additional amendments to the bill wl which ch would create the national park in the scenic southeastern section of Utah SEN BENNETT said The duce existing conflicts of opinion opinion opinion ion to absolute minimum so that their representatives can present a common front to Congress IF U THIS TIllS is to be pushed it would be better to people of Utah would like to have a park in the Canyon Canyon- lands area but they would like to have its size and location controlled so as to preserve for normal development as much as possible of the known n mi mineral 1 resources The liThe people of oC Utah realize that their best hope of getting such a park depends on the opportunity to eliminate or redo redo redo re re- do it before beCore the hearings inthe in inthe inthe the Senate rather than after after- wards Time and the pattern of or events have made it impossible impossible impossible im im- possible to accomplish this purpose before April 25 Sen Moss 1 has informed Sen Bennett that the hearings willbe will willbe willbe be held in order to hear two or three witnesses who may not be available later AFTER THESE witnesses are heard the hearings wIllbe will willbe willbe be recessed so that Utah's Congressional delegation and Utah's Gov George D. D Clyde can cnn agree on the amendments I and so that the Beehive State I can present a united front to Congress Sen Bennett Dennett said At a meeting in Salt Lake Cit City on April 6 the governor and I suggested that since the northeast northeast northeast north north- east area aren of the park was known to be rich in minerals it would be desirable to eliminate eliminate elim dim mate all or as much as possible possible possible pos pos- sible of this from the pro proposed park And in order to to work this out it would be wise for fora a working party to be set up so that it could go into the thearen area aren and work out the time proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed boundary on the g ground IT WAS also felt Celt that an attempt be made to eliminate from Crom the proposed park areas with no obvious scenic beauty a thing that could also be determined determined determined de de- on the ground by this same working party There has not been time lime timeto to implement these suggestions suggestions suggestions therefore at this tIlis point there is no basis for agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment on either the time size or the boundaries of the park TilE THE NEW Moss loss bill elim elini eliminates eliminates finales only acres of the known mineral land in the northeast section of the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed park area However there is much more known mineral land left within the park in that area aren judging from the maps prepared bythe by bythe bythe the Utah State Geologist THE TIIE UTAH Republican ean said one of the principal reasons he and the rest of the time Utah parties interested in Canyon Canyon- lands had not had enough time to study the new proposed proposed pro pro- posed amendments was that they were not available to him b by Sen Moss until April 19 Gov Clyde did not receive the amendments until April J 22 The Utah chief chic executive has been attending a governors' governors conference in Phoenix Ariz |