Show Washington Scene Sen SelL Frank E. E Moss CD- CD D. D Utah Mai recently announced that Secretary of the Interior Udall has officially transmitted his favorable report on Utah's Dixie Project to Congress TilE THE SENATOR noted that his bill to authorize the 45 million Dixie Dive Project has al already ale al ready leady been introduced in the Senate and is before beCore the Interior Interior In In- Subcommittee on Irrigation Irrigation gation and Reclamation of which he is chairman And Moss said I UI have set Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington public hearings on my Dixie Project bill for Cor May 1 7 Departmental witnesses will testify at that time I expect the Washington hearings to be followed by hearings in the state stale of oC Utah I HI am mn am sure all Utah is delighted delighted de de- de lighted d that this project which was stalled for nearly ten years has behind it now the impetus of oC the Kennedy Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration and has hus received complete approval I uI AM particularly pleased that the Administration favors going ahead with Dixie Dive even though a study is proposed of ofa ofa ofa a basin fund for the water and power resources of the Lower Colorado Basin Secreta r y Udall has stated that his recommendations recommendations recommendations rec rec- on Dixie were framed to enable consideration of the project b by Congress pending enactment of legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion to authorize a wide basin financial plan Dixie will provide for the conservation and orderly use of water that is now wasted wasted water that will z e farming in Washington County Coun Coun- ty And it will provide a firm supply of municipal and industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial water THE TILE DIXIE Project is a multipurpose purpose water resource development project c h will regulate the flows of the Ole Virgin River and its tributary tributary tribu tary the Santa Clara River The rivers ers are in the Ule Lower Colorado Basin Sen Frank E. E Moss loss CD- CD DUtah D D. Utah announced this week that he is again cosponsoring a bill designed to put an end to the shortage of oC railroad freight cars THE CONTINUING freight car shortage particular 1 I y hurts hurls our OUI Western States Sen Moss foss said since we usually lack cars at peak sl shipping ship p. p ping seasons such as harvest time when we must move large cargoes of food and fiber ibel And he lie continued The difficulty difficulty dif dif- is that thal the Ule present charge of oC per day which one railroad pa pays s 's for fot the Ule use of the freight cars of another is so little that it is cheaper to rent the cars in this Ulis way than to buy new ones TilE THE INTERSTATE Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Commission has tried to remedy the situation b by executive ex ex- exI I e order but the courts courts courts' have held that it could not set per diem charges for regulatory regulatory regula regula- tory purposes The bill will allow the to consider the acquisition of an adequate national fleet of freight cars' cars in determining the basis for lor computing per diem charges TilE THE RAILROADS state that thai I the national freight car fleet fleetis is at the lowest point in 40 years Sen Moss said The US U.S. Arm Army Engineer District of Sacramento Calif has awarded a contract for for o 0 n work at Hill air ah force base it was announced recently b by Sen Wallace F F. F Bennett R- R Utah The contract was awarded to Allen Campbell Tyler Tex It calls for construction of missile maintenance facilities consisting of four missile dis dis- dis- dis assembly assembly-assembly building s modification of four reinforced concrete arched igloos and modification to shops Sen Frank 1 E. E Moss ross CD- CD DUtah DUtah D- D Utah last week introduced legislation to direct a survey of the roads and tourist accommodations accommodations accommodations ac ac- ac- ac needed to expand expand expand ex ex- the tourist business of the Golden Circle in the four corners area of oC Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico THE TilE MOSS 1 b bill Jl provides that thai the thc Secretary of oC the Interior Interior In In- tenor with the Ule cooperation of the tile governors of oC the four fours s stales states the Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- culture and the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a development de de- development survey of the area And the Senator told the Senate A uA major of the survey suney would be to stud study efforts now underway to establish establish establish lish easier public access to the National Parks and Monuments Monuments ments and to the associated scenic recreation and Indian areas of the four stales states Recommendations Recommendations Rec Rec- would be made for fOl additional roads or trails which must be built if the area is to be provided pro with the Ule network network network net net- work of roads it must eventually eventually e alJ ally have e Our aim should be beto beto beto to provide easy access not only to each of oC the scenic areas but between them so that a visitor to one of oC the Ull Golden Circle attractions will willbe willbe be encouraged to go on and I Isee see others and to stay in the area for several days HE LIE SAID that the inventory in of facilities would serve sene as a guide for COl private investors who want to develop tourist accommodations and other commercial enterprises t o 0 oserve oserve serve the Ule greatly increased tourist trade expected in the area Describing lg the area Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of the Interior Udall has named the Golden Circle Moss loss said The Secretary observed observed ob ob- served at that time that thai it included included included in in- the greatest concentration concentration concen concen- of scenic wonders to tobe tobe tobe be found in the country countr if not in the Ule world I am sure that anyone who has seen even part of the rainbow and sunset hued canyons majestic spires and weird erosion formation deep gorges rivers ers mountains deserts deserts des des- erts and prehistoric Indian ruins of oC the Golden Circle will agree WITHIN the Ule Circle are arc 16 national parks and monuments and just outside within an aneas easy drive are arc eight others My own state stale has Br Bryce ce and Zion National Parks and Arches Arch Arch- es Cap Capitol i t 0 I Reef C Cedar e d a r Breaks Natural Bridges and Rainbow Bridge National Mon Mon- Part of oC National Monument l straddles the Utah Colorado line Can- Can National Park which I am proposing is lies in inthe inthe inthe the heart of the Ule Circle in nr southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Utah's colorful land land- In Colorado Mesa lesa Verde National Park lies within the Circle and tile the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument Monument Mon Mon- is not far outside Aztec Ruins Chaco Canyon and El Morro National Monuments are arc located in New Mexico Arizona's Anzona's portion of the Circle contains the Ule famed Grand Canyon National Park and Canyon de Chelly Navajo Pipe Springs and Sunset Crater National Monuments Mon Ion SEN MOSS 1 pointed out that the four Cour corners cornel's region also contains Indian India culture ranging ranging rang rang- rang rang-I ing from the modern to the prehistoric He lie sam sale inc present day Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations Reservations Reservations Res Res- constitute a substantial portion of the land area of the Ule Circle itself The culture of the early cliff dwellers is preserved at al Mesa 1 Verde and andin andin andin in the pueblo country of New Ne Mexico to the east cast Still further further further fur fur- ther back in time some of the earliest Indian pictographs are visible in and elsewhere relics rel reI ics of a culture and a way of life which flourished nourished in this region more than Ulan years ago And the Ule Senator pointed out that the recent closing of the Glen Canyon Dam Darn means that soon Lake Powell will begin to form It will eventually c furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish boating and year round water based recreation on a alake alake alake lake that will exceed 65 square miles in area BASED ASED on the assumption that the Glen Canyon Recreation Recreation Recreation Area and the Canyon- Canyon lands National Park are completed completed completed com com- University economists estimate te that over 15 million people will visit the Golden Circle in another 25 years ears Ex Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures of these visitors could by that time be as much as million a year Rep Sherman P. P Lloyd R Utah has been named to a Republican Congressional pan pan- panel panel el which will ill address student groups at al the University of North Carolina Duke Un University University Uner er sity sHy and the University of Maryland on April 18 19 and 20 They will also hold five I public meetings in cities in North Carolina and Maryland 1 TIllS THIS appointment w wa was a s made by the Republican Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional Committee which has named 33 congressmen to Paul Revere Panels to take the Republican mes s sage sag a g e c throughout the Ul United ted Stales States during the Easter recess of Congress Rep Llo Lloyd d will appear appear appear ap ap- pear with ith Rep John Ander Ander- I son R R-m. and Rep Bob Dole R fl Rep Anderson who will serve as chairman of the Hie group appeared with a similar similar simi simi- lar group in Sail Sall Lake City in 1961 Both Anderson and Dole are in their second terms It is expected that the same group will make additional appearances during the year particularly after Congress adjourns adjourns ad ad- in the fall NORTH Carolina is one of the southern states slates wh which ch Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans have high hopes of winning in 1964 t. Maryland 1 is isa isa isa a swing state stale where Republican Republican lican activity is particularly significant Sen Frank E E. E Moss 1 D DUtah DUtah DUtah Utah announced recently that Secretary of the Interior Udall has asked the appropriations committees of both House and Senate for approval of the Ute reprogramming reprogramming reprogramming re- re programming of of previously appropriated funds for Cor immediate use on the Settlement Canyon Dam Darn in Tooele I 1 AM pleased that the Secretary Secretary Sec See and the Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation Rec Rec- recognize the need for immediate ate action on Settlement Sell Sell- lenient lement Canyon and have responded responded re re- re to lo m my request tomake tomake to tomake make construction mon e c y available at once Moss 1 said If funds are approved for Cor use this Ulis spring construction can be well advanced during this summer otherwise completion completion com of oC the project will be delayed about a year he said IN illS HIS letter to lo Sen Carl Hayden D chairman of oC the Senate committee an and d Clarence Cannon D chairman of the House com corn puttee millee Udall said that because because be cause of unanticipated delays there are arc sufficient funds i ithe in inthe inthe n l the Bureau of Reclamation n loan account to reprogram r l without injury to other projects prof |