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Show THE IDES OF MARCH 113 'In view of the foregoing, how can you, as director of the Bureau of the Budget and one of the chief officers of the present administration responsible for a sound- money policy and program and for economy in govern- ment, ignore the huge federal subsidy that would be involved in the repayment plan proposed for the Colo- rado River storage project and participating projects, and fail to comment upon, or point out, the amount of such subsidy that would have to be borne by the na- tion's taxpayers?" As March waned, Senator Watkins was still harangu- ing the Senate, whether anyone else was on the floor or not. Now he cried that the Federal Government had taken over so much of the land of the Upper Basin states that they were virtually "crown colonies." National monuments had invaded good power and water sites.133 Those states may be "crown colonies," said Senator Stennis with some sarcasm, but in the Senate they exer- cised a great deal of influence.134 In a speech Secretary McKay had made the statement that Echo Park Dam would make Dinosaur monument a playground for millions. Retorted the Sierra Club: 135 "If the test of a national park must be its popularity with automobilists, then Dinosaur may not fare too well . . . and the San Francisco Bay Bridge, Hollywood Freeway, and Holland Tunnel should become national parks, and the New York subway system (which saves automobilists from themselves) a recreation area." There was no doubt that the blasts from such fighting Republicans as Reps. Saylor and Hosmer, the continual devastating fire from the conservationists, and the severely critical editorials appearing in all parts of the |