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Show OptoEiiism Smiled As Colorado . ; Hearing Enters hs-fourth My r . ; - ? S . . a ' ; I - , i, . i . .a . i- ? Jfc . . .... , . :: y MRS. TINA WILKINS was installed president of District Nine. American Legion Auxiliary Aux-iliary at the Utah Department Depart-ment convention in Ogden last week. She will also serve as delegate to national convention. 1 .: -' f . I , ' ..-" i - W. S. (BILL) MURDOCK. past District 9 commander, was elected and installed as second vice-commander of the Utah Department at the convention con-vention held last week at Ogden. Og-den. He received two awards. Proponents Will End Testimony, Foes Take Stand The Senate sub-committee hearing on the Upper Colorado River Storage project went into their third day Wednesday with most of the witnesses favoring the program being heard, and the opposition expected to take the stand on Thursday, today. The hearing was interrupted a few times for roll call on amendments. One being the inclusion in-clusion of the Navaho Dam in New Mexico, which would open 150,000 acres of Indian land for cultivation. The last witnesses were expected ex-pected to take the stand early today for the proponents, with Texans and Californians who are described as conservationists slated to offer their testimonies in opposition to the vast reclamation recla-mation project that includes the controversial Echo Park Dam. Uintah Basin Delegation Heading the Uintah Basin delegation at the hearing is Senator Sen-ator B. H. Stringham, chairman of the 21-County committee, who is flanked by Merlin Sullivan, Sulli-van, Roosevelt; Hale Holgate, Arcadia; Mayor William Linck, Myton, representing Duchesne County; Hugh W. Colton, Ralph Preece,. L. Y. Siddoway, Ernest Untermann, Curtis Dudley, C. R. Henderson, O. L. Johnson, all of Vernal. ' Highlight of Wednesday's hearing was the scholarly presentation pres-entation of the Upper Colorado case by Jean S. Breitenstein of of Denver. George D. Clyde, director of the Utah Water and Power Board and head of the Beehive State delegation, said Wednesday Wednes-day night he was well pleased with the progress being made. "The hearings are going fine," said Mr. Clyde. "Nothing has been presented so far that is not subject to reconciliation." In a statement filed with the Senate body, Rep. Douglas R. Stringfellow (R., Utah) appealed for prompt upper house approval. ap-proval. "As most of you know," said Mr. Stringfellow, "I am a freshman fresh-man congressman, and as such I have had a great deal to both learn and unlearn since coming to Washington. I entered the political arena via a comparative compara-tive tranquil position as a radio announcer and commentator. It. would be folly for me to pass-, myself off as a shrewd or skilled-politician skilled-politician because I still believe.-(Continued believe.-(Continued on page 2) Echo Park . . . (Continued from Page 1) my basic philosophy of what is right or wrong springs from the principles enunciated in the Good Book . . . rather than based on what is smart or politically po-litically expedient." He then charged opponents of the project with resorting i to "gutter and alley tactics in order to stimulate opposition to legislation which if inacted would benefit the whole nation." na-tion." Sickened By Foul Lies "I have been disheartened and sickened by the foul lies which have been spread concerning con-cerning Echo Park Dam and other phases of the project," said Mr. Siringfellow. Mr. Brietenstein. who recently recent-ly took office as Colorado's new federal judge, emphasized he .was appearing merely as an individual in-dividual citizen. He long served as attorney for the Colorado Water Conservation Board and for the past two years was Colorado Colo-rado member of the Upper Colorado River Commission. One by one Judge Brietenstein Brieten-stein answered legal point which have been raised to the project, mainly by California. Mr. Akheah said it is "now a great relief and source of great pleasure" to know that a decision has been made lo include the Navaho Dam as an initial project in the bill... He was referring to statements state-ments made Tuesday by Sens. Eugene O. Millikin (R., Colo.) and Arthur V. Watkins (R., Utah) that they had no objections objec-tions to the New Mexico project. |