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Show Senate Unit Sets S. L. Hearing Washington, D. C, The Mc-Carran Mc-Carran subcommitte on public' lands, reorganized last week, will hold hearings in Salt Lake City February 5 through 8, according ac-cording to a decision reached Monday when the new subcommittee subcom-mittee met and organized. The first two days will be devoted de-voted to the 3,000,000-acre and subsequent 200,000-acrc phosphate phos-phate withdrawal in Utah and discussion of the interior department's depart-ment's newly announced potash policy. Two days will be given over to hearing stockmen and other interested parties on the proposal of the interior department to treble grazing fees on all lands coming under the Taylor act, some 143,000,000 acres in all. Sen, Abe Murdock, a member of the subcommittee, definitely will attend these hearings as will Chairman Pat McCarran (D), Nevada. |