Show Washington S ene I Sen Prank Frank E E. E Moss CD- CD DUtah D D. Utah announced this week that he is a sponsor co-sponsor of the Act of 1963 which is before the Interior Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of or which he is chairman TILE THE BILL ILL which has recently re re- been introduced differs In Jn considerable detail from the theone theone theone one considered by the last Congress It Moss 1 said The redraft was consid consId- consIdered considered I ered creel carefully by the Council of State Stale Governments which conducted a survey of state views on the proposal he l i said t GOV CLYDE has informed me that he Jay Bingham Director Director Di I rector of the Utah Water and Power Board and Wayne Ori Ori- dell deli state stale engineer arc are all in favor of the new bill bin Moss 1 said And nd Sen Moss said mid A uA national national na na- na water resources planning plan ning fling act was originally proposed pro pro- posed by Pres Kennedy in response to recommendations of the Senate Select Committee Committee Commit Commit- tee Ice tee on National Water Resources Resources Re Re- sources on which I served Ct m OUR FIRST recommendation tion was that the Ole states and the federal government go should prepare and keep up to date dale plans for comprehensive water water wa wa- ter development de and management manage ment for all major river basIns basins bas bas- ins of the United States We also proposed a ten- ten year program of aid to the states for the purpose of simulating stimulating stirn sim- more active e planning for fOl management and development development develop develop- ment of water resources And we further proposed a n biennial assessment of the water sup sup- ply demand outlook for each of the nations nation's water resource regions All these recommendations arc carried out in the Ole bill bi THIS TillS BILL will concentrate concentrate concen concen- on development plans and leave the Ule federal state water rights issue to be considered considered con con- in other legislation The new bill provides that there will be only two votes in each river basin planning commission one will be cast by the chairman who is elected elected elected elect elect- ed by the state tives lives This means that planning planning plan plan- I ning in any river basin must be by br agreement between the Ule I and and state interests on the commission TINS TillS legislation is of par par- importance to Utah We already are using a n comparatively comparatively comparatively com com- large portion of our And It is most important important im im- that the use uso of oC what we have left be planned with ith the greatest of oC care both to insure maximum use and to keep down the costs of or Impounding Impounding Impounding Im Im- Im- Im pounding and delivering the water Approval of or a 0 50 0 advance for preliminary planning of extensions to interception and outfall sewers in north Davis County to cost an estimated was announced recently recently recently re re- re- re by Sen Wallace F. F Bennett Utah Ulah TilE THE APPLICATION is the North Davis County Sewer District which is south of Ogden Og- Og den and which serves a population population population lation of Sen Bennett said the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- pro pro- posed project area will in m include In elude clude Roy Sunset Clinton Clearfield Layton Laylon Syracuse West Point East Layton Hill Air Force Base Bilse and Clearfield Clearfield Clear- Clear field fied Naval Supply area CONSTRUCTION is expected expect expect- ed cd to begin in 1964 1961 Sen Bennett Bennett Dennett Ben Den nett said The project is being assisted assisted assisted assist assist- ed under the Ole Program of Advances Advances Advances Ad Ad- vances for Public Works Planning Planning Plan Plan- ning authorized by the Hous Housing ing Act of 1954 1951 This program provides interest-free interest advances es for planning essential public public pub pub- I lic lie works and community fa fa- Advances are arc repayable repayable repayable repay repay- able at the Ule start of tion Sen Wallace Fr F. Bennett F.-Bennett Bennett R- R Utah recently asked the Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of Interior and the Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of Agriculture to suspend suspend sus sus- pend immediately regulations adversely affecting free enterprise enterprise enterprise en en- transmission I 1 line i n e c way rights over pub I 1 lie i c lands TilE THE Administrations Administration's executive cx ex order appears to be a thinly disguised effort to nationalize nationalize nationalize na na- na- na power transmission in a major portion of the Western Western Western West West- ern public land states It Sen Bennett said The liThe Secretaries ies ics of Interior and Agriculture clearl clearly would have such authority authority au au- au under the order The Utahn asked the suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension of the action so that the committees of Congress can have an opportunity to hold hearings origin a ally I 11 I y planned for Feb 27 but which were cancelled SEN BENNETT ENNET told Secretary Secretary Sec of Interior Stewart L. L Udall and Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- Agriculture culture Orville L L. Freeman This sweeping new executive edict g gives es the two departments departments departments depart depart- ments unfettered authority to control effectively the tile free enterprise enterprise en en- power compani e s throughout virtually all of or the Western est rn states where public lands comprise such a major portion of the entire area Utah for example is 74 percent federally owned Such federal control is alien to our form of government and af af- er you OU have had an opportunity ity to examine the implications lions of this action I hope that you will agree to suspend it indefinitely YOU MAY not be aware that since 1056 1956 several attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts have been made to get Congress to enact legislation t to r require quire private vate owners of transmission lines on public lands to wheel federal government government government govern govern- ment power Congress has consistently refused to take lake such action It is clear therefore there there- therefore fore that the new unilateral I. I I executive action to impose identical controls flies flics In the i face tace of the Ule will ill of Congress Sen Bennett said The order will compel private private private vate companies to deliver federal federal federal fed fed- eral power to so called preference preference customers that have been served by the private company The federal government government government govern govern- ment therefore would compel com corn pel pct a private company to use its own property to take lake away awaya a private customer already served by that company This is unconscionable and perhaps unconstitutional he ed I Sen Frank E. E Moss DUtah DUtah DUtah D- D Utah Monday hailed the action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion of or Sen Henry M. M Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son D taken at the Ole suggestion of or Sen Moss to request request re re- re quest the Department of the Interior to furnish information on the status of transfers of or school sections of public landin land landin in the western states JACKSON wrote Secretary of the Ule Interior Stewart L. L Udall asking the that the that the that Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Insular In In- sular suar Affairs be provided the details on the acreage to which each state was originally original original- ly Iy entitled and on how much has been actually transferred Jackson is ch chairman irman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Moss 1 is a member mem mom ber of the committee and of its Public Lands tee UTAH II STATE officials estimate estimate es es- es that there arc are acres of public lands to which Utah has been entitled since statehood which still remain in Federal hands Moss 1 saidI saidI saidI said I believe an inventory on the status of these transfers in all aU the western states will bea be bea a step forward in getting this out long process completed com corn pie ted It he said AND MOSS 1 i n e c d When Utah became a state we were given four sections in each township for or support of or our schools But it is impossible impossible sible Bible to take title to these sec sec- sections I lions until it has been determined determined deter deter- I mined through a survey where they are An And Ana even then the transfer process is slow Utah is unquestionably losing losing los los- ing a S substantial Amount amount of school revenue b because ca- ca casc sc we ve we have not acquired these lands MOSS 1 emphasized however that the transfer process has been accelerated since the Kennedy Administration on cameto cameto came cameto to office He said Since January January Jan Jan- uary 1962 acres of Federal Fed eral oral lands have been transferred transferred trans trans- to Utah This volume marks a great improvement over 1960 when Utah received title to only 80 acres and 1961 when acres were trans trans- felTed OF TIlE THE TOTAL TOTAL of acres were selected in lieu of or school sections which the Uie state could not acquire because because be be- cause of withdrawals or reservations reservations reservations res res- res- res before the land was surveyed and acres were transferred to the Ole Utah State Slate Park and Recreation Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion for development as stale state parks Chairman Jacksons Jackson's letter to Secretary Udall said It UIt would be helpful if you could arrange to supply to the committee committee committee com com- appropriate information information tion on the Ule current situation This data should include the approximate acreage to which each state was entitled for school purposes the acreage which has already been selected selected se see se- se and transferred and the remaining entitlement In this last category it would be well to segregate the Ole land presently present present- ly Iy under application or in the various steps of or selection from the residual acreage upon which no application has been made oW S Seh Sen W Wallace F. F Bennett CR- CR R- R Utah recently said he hc has asked for at least for the purchase of vitally needed watershed lands in the National Forest ini in i Morgan and nd Davis Counties TilE THE UTAHN asked for the funds from the Interior Subcommittee Subcommittee Subcommittee Sub Sub- committee of the Committee on Appropriations The major function of the Wasatch National Forest is watershed protection a and d the incorporation of the additional land most of which lies on mountain slopes above the na na- lional Honal forest lands is necessary necessary sary in order that erosion measures may be carried earned out Sen Bennett said Tim THE SENIOR Senator from Utah said he was distressed to discover the Uie amount included ed in the Presidents President's 1964 budget budget bud bud- get for this vital conservation project was WilS only Sen Bennett said The total required for the entire acquisition will be approximately approximately TILE THE FOREST lOREST Service is fearful that unless it moves soon the cost of purchasing the n needed ceded lands would go up he said I tel urge the committee to include the additional amount in the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill he said The Wilderness Bill was reported recently by a vote of or 11 Ayes to 5 Nays of the Interior Committee to the Senate for action Sen Moss D Utah D-Utah Utah announces The interior interior in in- Committee of which Sen Moss 1 is a member and which is composed of western Senators sat in executive session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion for several hours hour and considered considered con con- several far reaching amendments A number were adopted but bul others were re re- Sen Moss said I 1 BELIEVE that we now havea have a good bill Although several several sev sev- era eral I of the Uie amendments that I supported were rejected others oth oth- others ers were adopted This is a abill abill bill to protect the rights and interests of those who use the public domain for economic purposes and also provides wilderness areas for recreation tion lion purposes I voted to report report report re re- re- re port the bill biU Many 1 who have written to tome tome tome me did not understand the Wilderness Bill They feared that it gave power to the Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral cral Government to create or set aside more land as wilder wilder- ness But the bill does the exact opposite Not one new acre will be added to wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness by this bill Only that National National National Na Na- Forest land already classified as wilderness wild primitive or canoe or land already enclosed in and a part of a National Park National Monument or land already enclosed in and a part of a National Wildlife Refuge or National Game Range is in in- In other words this bill does not create any new wilderness it t simply stabilizes stabilizes lizes what has been done al aI al- al ready on land withdrawals and classification Til THE TIIE E BILL ILL then goes on t to o withdraw from the Uie Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary Secre Scene tary Lary of the Interior their present present pres pres- ent cut power to set aside wilderness wilder wider ness wild primitive and Canoe canoe ca Ca- noe noC areas and provides that tha tn t only by Act of oC Congress ca can n areas be added to to or taken take n from wilderness areas This Thi s bill recognizes and stabilizes stabilize s what has already been done don e but says that from rom here on only Congress not the Secretaries Secretaries Secre Secre- e- e may establish wilderness wilder wilder- ness Presently the Secretaries ies can create wilderness and primitive areas at will subject subject subject sub sub- to no restraint from Congress Congress Con Con- gress but under the Uie bill only Congress c can n create wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness areas THE TIIE ONLY area in Utah affected by this bill biU is the High Uinta Primitive Area of about acres of or high peaks of or the Uinta Unla Range of mountains If the bill becomes law 01 this s area must be reviewed reviewed re re- viewed by the Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- a public hearing held in Utah and recommendations recommendations on boundaries be sent to Congress within ten years The Secretary cannot recommend recommend mend for wilderness any larg larg- larger er area than now exist as primitive area and he lie must drop any area that he cannot justify IF IllS HIS i ion o n does docs not suit even one Senator or Congressman a single objection objection ob- ob brings the matter to toI I public hearing and the Ole whole proposal may be rejected by bya a majority vote of either committee com coin on Interior and Insular Affairs House or Senate These committees arc are composed composed com com- posed of Western Congressmen Congress Congress- men where most of the wilder wilder- wilderness wilderness ness areas and practically all aU of our public lands are arc ed Any one Senator or Representative Representative Rep Rep- can force a hearing hearing hear hear- i ing and a 3 majority of or either cither committee can reject a The Westerners will wm be in full control This is ismore ismore ismore more Congressional control than weve we've ever had over our public lands ONE ORE OF TIlE THE amendments adopted requires the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of the Interior to hold a public hearing in the area Involved involved in In- involved before he submits a 3 recommendation on a wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness area and he must 30 days before beCore the date dale of hearing hearing hear hear- ing not notify y the Governor the County Commission the Forest Forest For For- est |