Show I Washington Scene Sen Wallace F. F Bennett R RUlah R R- Utah Ulah has introduced a bill allowing Utah to select federal lands it has coming to it from among sk six million acres cres UTAH UTI IS entitled to some acres of oC fede federal r a 1 lands and in order to make an enlightened selection from Utah's six sic million acres legislation of oC this t type Pc is necessary Sen Bennett I said Under the existing indemnity r nily ty selection laws states may not select ed public domain lands in satisfaction of oC deficiencies in the school land and other grants Sen Bennett said THE TIlE RESTRICTION in the selection laws has more impact impact impact im im- pact upon Utah than upon any other state because Utah has more deficiency de land as well as IS more public lands within its boundaries s Sen Bennett said The basic reason for the restriction restriction re rc re- re on surveys s 's is no longer long long- er valid because almost all of oC Utah as well as other Western Western West West- ern em states stales has been surveyed at least on a skeletal basis fit fhe he lands can be identified fJ r. r I TillS THIS IS to say that the township monuments h have a v e been surveyed and set in place has jas as well as monuments identifying identifying school sections within the townships Sen Bennett said These monuments provide accurate tic-points tic so that un un- surveyed public domain lands can now be accurately identified fied fled he said The Senator Senator- said that existing existing exist exist- ing laws permit a state slate to request request re rc- re- re quest withdrawal of ve vey ed public domain lands that it wishes to select as in in- Bennett Bill I ITo To Speed Land an Selection A way three push began on Capitol Hill HilI Thursday to oil the machinery for Utah and other public land states to receive receive receive re re- school lands guaranteed them by their enabling acts A DELEGATION from the Western States Land Commissioners Commis Association met with Hor Home e Interior Commit t tee c e Ch Chairman irman Wayne N. N Aspinall to urge support for a bill allowing al allowing al- al lowing states to select school sections from the Y ed public domain The Thc bill sponsored by Rep Sherman P. P Lloyd would broaden the area from which states could select land in compensation for sections they have not received MAX 1 C. C Gardner director of oC the Utah State Land Board met with Rep Lloyd Thursday to lay plans for a concerted move by the delegations from all the western states to urge speedier action by tJ the Interior Department on land They also a discussed legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion which the Interior Department Department Department De De- has indicated it may urge to impose new restrictions lions on land selections The legislation has not yet appeared ap ap- Lloyd 0 Studies Bill On n Power Lines LinesA Ines A move to restrict the InterIor Interior Interior In In- and Agriculture Departments Departments Departments Depart Depart- ments from interfering in the internal affairs of oC public power pow pow- er companies was reported Monday 1 by Rep Sherman P P. P Llo Lloyd d Utah R-Utah TIlE THE TWO agencies a an announced n n. recently r that they will require private power companies to make available to the federal government excess excess excess ex ex- cess capacity on lines crossing cros eros sing the Ute public domain Private power spokesmen have objected saying that all lines are arc built with excess capacity capacity ca ca- ca and that it is impossible in the Ute western states stales to build new lines without crossing the public domain I THE TIlE FEDERAL dep departments departments depart depart- art artI I ments have defended the program pro pro- program gram as offering economical development of transmission facilities by making excess capacity available on the private private private vate lines Mr 11 Lloyd wrote Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Joseph C. C Monday Monday Mon Mon- day to ask whether he could I support a bill limiting the I power of the public lands lands' ad ad- T THE E CONGRESSMAN said the two departments should properly regulate utility lines as they Uley effect management of oC the land But he objected to the use of or that power to con con- the thc operations of oC the private private private I vate power industry Moss Discusses Guides For or Federal Spending Senator Frank E. E Moss DUtah DUtah D D- Utah has taken sharp issue with ith those who insist that federal programs or or federal investment are arc not needed in today's world SPEAKING at Utah State Slate University Moss 1 said that Utah is reported to receive more federal funds per capita capi capita capi- capi ta than any other state in the union and receives in federal feder feder- al investment In almost three times limes what it pays pas in federal taxes He charged charge the more po po- minded among u s with being dragon slayers who this year are arc again attacking at- at tacking unnecessary government government govern govern- ment spending without telling us what it is or where it can be found SEN MOSS 1 said his own formula for determining the need of oC federal programs inthe inthe in inthe the domestic area is to ask these questions is is the individual able to protect himself in this regard if if not can private enter enter- prise do it if if not not is there a local private private private vate or church organization which can accomplish this if if not can th the state governments governments governments gov gov- do it alone and and finally if not can the federal government carry can out such an activity successfully within the standards set down downin in the Constitution Moss said that we wo cannot draw the line on what is a necessary federal expenditure only in terms of oC our own state our own economic group and our own interest HE llE SAID spending must be viewed in the light of nat national onal need and added that we in inthe inthe the Ule West as the relatively undeveloped undeveloped un undeveloped un- un developed area of or the nation arc are the main beneficiaries of or orI I such a nit national outlook to to o day Sen MOSS Molts Io s stated that he believes be that cv n stand on l his s town ouch own r feet fact el and do everything possible to meet his own problems Private enterprise enterprise en en- should be encouraged to do w whatever jobs t can do doand doand doand and that it should be free to do doI I those jobs fobs HE JlE DECLARED When there ther are problems which private private private vate enterprise cannot solve and which the states or the cities cities cit cit cit- ies and counties cannot or do donot donot donot not move to meet the federal government will be importuned i tuned luned will be pressured to I move on them And I hold with Abraham Lincoln that it itIs itis itis is the Ute responsibility of the government gov gov- government to do for the people what they cannot do so well for themselves I think this truth is self evident The Senator analyzed the budget submitted by President Kennedy saying CONTRARY to what the styled self prophets of or gloom and arid doom would have you believe believe be be- I be-I lieve we are not spending spending- this this' billion on unwanted and untested welfare pro pro- programs grams Over half haIr of the total budget will bo be spent directly for Cor the defense of this nation I Another 13 percent of oC the I budget similarly relates to our national security and serves to reinforce our defense ef eC ef- ef forts This ThiS' 13 percent includes expenditures in the international international international field and for space ex ex- Thus 63 percent of oC the budget the great bulk of oC our federal spending is the result result of oC the Ute groat burden of oC defense wl which ch we must bear for ourselves and for free men around the world Finally if we we- add the allocations allocations allocations alloca alloca- for et veterans veterans' rans' rans payments and interest on the national debt payments which are arc th the price of past wars we find that a full 80 percent of oC the billion budget re relates relates re- re lates to the price which we must pay for Cor peace and ity MOSS 1 CHARGED CHAnGED that those making the most noise about cutting expenditures rec recently nUy voted to increase them lie said laid For several weeks Ev lv and Charlie Senate Minor i t y I Leader Everett Dirksen and House Min Minority rity L Lea Leader e a d e r rCharles Charles Halleck have been prating economy and promisIng promising promising promis promis- ing to cut waste and unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary essary spending They have glibly promised that their RepUblican Republican Republican Re Re- publican colleagues 1 I d show us us- us where the budget should be cut BUT nUT ABOUT two weeks ago a military appropriation bill was before the House and andover andover andover over half balf of oC the dragon slay ing cutters budget on the Republican Republican Re Re- publican side of the aisle vot voted d to appropriate an amount for military spending greater than that thought necessary or proper by the president and the secretary of oC defense The Senator said that contrary contrary con con- to what many would have us believe only seven percent of oC the budget goes for what can be classed as welfare welfare welfare wel fare THIS liE HE said Includes grants grants' to the states stales for the aged the blind the disabled and dependent dependent It includes grants ants to the s states tes for water pollution p control hospital construction con con- st m aid to education vocational vo vo- rehabilitation a and andI n d I many other oilier programs And it includes the administrate v e c costs of oC unemployment compensation com health and medical research and the policing of labor unions A bill bilI to assist water research re- re r re research search institutes at institutions institutions of oC high higher r learning ha has hris been approved by the Sena Senate Committee on Interior and In sular Affairs according o 0 Sen Frank E. E Moss SEN MOSS 1 is a member of or the committee and a sponsor of the bill The legislation provides provides provides pro pro- vides an an annual grant of which increases to for a a aland land grant college or a university r in each state slate to set setup setup setup up a water resources research cent center r. r wl which ch increases to 5 5 million in four years for matching f fund nd grants for projects at these centers a a matching and contracting contracting contract contract- ing fund of 1 million increasing increasing increasing ing to 10 million annually to finance water resource re research research re- re sC search projects at colleges and universities and by other organIzations organIzations' TilE THE PROGRAMS IS will be administered by the Ule Secretary of the Interior At the Ule time of or introduction of oC the bill Sen Moss 1 pointed out that Utah's ULah's land grant college college college col col- lege Utah State Stale University at Logan is already far advanced advanced ad in the development of ofa ofa ofa a water research institute the Utah Ulah Water Research Lab Lab- oratory |