Uintah Basin Standard | 1960-10-06 | Page 5 | Ray Brown Gives Testimony at Resource Meet

Ray Brown gives testimony at resource meet Ray Roosevelt automobile rancher and member of the board of directors of the Moon Lake Electric was one of witnesses invited to appear at a Natural Conference held in Salt Lake City last He represented the RE A endowed electric association and presented data and information 0 n various resources found in the Uintah Basin CONDUCTING the conference as chairman was Senator Frank E Moss Others on the panel were Senator Alan Stephen David S. Mayor William A. Bar Democratic candidate for and N. Blaine first congressional district can on the Democratic All are Purpose of the conference was to study western natural resources in the intermountain area The date to be used in the curren national presidential campaign by Senators John Kennedy and Lindon B. as they make a bid for the presidency of the United the political leaders and would-be leaders were strong in their criticism of the Republican administration on what had been done in the west to stimulate use of the natural Brown gave te commit-teen information relative to REA power as he had viewed it and as his association had collected the He told the story of but apparently sure loss of water rights in Basin to other areas of the state He suggested small reservoirs must be built to water to aid the farmer if he is to survive in this part of the