Show emele TJ bli HOPE any western state stale having vast areas of public laud land with oil and water power resources awaiting development would be ba greatly crippled by a national policy which prevented private development of these enterprises it if such properties are withdrawn from jurisdiction of the state stale and individual development discouraged millions would be taken from the tax rolls which other property would have to make up as all government property is exempt from state and local taxes school funds reclamation projects and road funds would be crippled by just that much and development in our sp arcely settled western states would be at the mercy of political log rolling in the east there seems to be hope that the so inclined politicians politician I 1 a advocating such a policy bolley under the guise ot of conser valton will be defeated in ili their attempt to put such a program through as a national policy 0 |