Show house recommends drastic cut in grazing money assi news has been received here qi can official sources that the appropriations committee has recommended a 69 2 percent cut in funds requested by the bureau of land management grazing to administer some acres of federal range in the ten western states the bureau of land management grazing formerly the grazing service requested the sum of the house appropriations committee reco mended this sum be cut to with ear e a r marked for advisory boards and fire control this would leave approximately for administration in the ten western states these ten western state comprise five regions one of which is the atah tan colorado region therefore sauld 0 uld receive approximately 60 is ya W for administrative purposes this would necessitate the closing of all district grazing offices in the utah colorado region save two which would be the salt lake city office and the grand junction office the utah colorado region would also be forced to furlough all personnel save five field men which would be divided between utah and GA colorado orado such a cut in funds necessitating the above reduction in personnel virtually means the elimination of all range ranga administration wherein the days before the taylor or act will return the land policy followed prior to the taylor act as we all can remember was a wasteful and des tru tive policy wherein our range resources were mined rather than operated under a policy of sustained yield conditions familiar to stock men prior to the passage of the taylor act are also given in this report as well as other detail which however li wever we received too late to include this week but will lie be continued next week under be e same heading in order th that at ockfen 0 c kmen may take whatever ac action is necessary to counteract the recommendations set forth above |