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Show Mope for River Project Anticipated During 1956 - "We haven't lost a thing just switched to a new timetable," so said Tom Bolack, Farmington, New Mexico, of the House decision deci-sion to postpone voting on the Colorado River Storage Project until next January. Mr. Bolack is chairman of the four-state Upper Up-per Colorado River Grass Roots, Inc., known as the Aqualantes. "A lot of people were disappointed disap-pointed , when they heard the House had deferred action of the Colorado bill', and I guess that was natural," Mr. Bolack said. "But there is no reason to feel downhearted. down-hearted. We have made a lot of gains in the last six months, and in the next six months we'll make a lot more. The Colorado Storage Project is going to get full approval." ap-proval." Mr. Bolack urged citizens in the four-state area of the Upper Colorado River Basin to take an objective look at the facts in sizing siz-ing up the present situation. "First of all, the bill doesn't die, or even lose any priority," he said "We won't have to hold new' hearings. We'll be ready for action as soon as Congress reconvenes re-convenes this will be the second session of the 84th Congress, not a new Congress coming into being. All the action taken during the first session will, stand." The Aqualante chairman predicted pre-dicted stronger support from both major parties next year than could be expected this' summer. (Continued on Back Page) HOPES FOR RIVER PROJECT ... I (Continued from Page One) "Don't forget that 1956 is an election year. The Republicans are going to be awfully wary of failing fail-ing to back Elsenhower's program and the Democrats are going to be working hard to capture the vote in the 17 reclamation states. We have both 1 Republicans and Democrats working for us in our Upper Basin States relegations, and we're bound to profit from the situation," he said. Mr. Bolack said the deferral of House action "may have been a blessing in disguise." "We're going to keep working, full time and overtime, until Congress Con-gress comes back into session and passes our bill," he said. "We know the opposition will be working all the time, and we can't afford to rest if we are going go-ing to keep ahead of them. We need the support of every citizen of the four states and if we get it why we just can't lose," he added. "California may have a lot of money to spend against us, but we have something bigger than that truth. When you have right on your side, you can't be licked unless you let yourself be licked. And we're not going to be licked we're going to win!" |