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Show 252 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER From their headquarters in New York came a press re- lease which said: 305 Congressmen from the Upper Colorado Basin states and prospective Senate conferees have guaranteed the nation's conservationists that the Echo Park Dam 'will not be re- inserted' into the Upper Colorado Bill when it comes up for action in this session of Congress, and the administra- tion has also reversed its former stand on this matter, and has agreed to drop the Echo Park proposal. Furthermore, we have now been assured that the follow- ing two provisos will be added, in their appropriate places, to HR. 3383 when it reaches the floor of the House and that Senator Anderson and other prospective Senate con- ferees will support the inclusion of these two provisos in the act: (1) Provided, further, that as part of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Glen Canyon unit the Secretary of the Interior shall take adequate protective measures to preclude impairment of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument. (2) It is the intention of Congress that no dam or reservoir, constructed under the authorization of this act, shall be within any National Park or monument. In view of these agreements we no longer oppose this bill. In fact, we also wish to commend the proponents of the project for the addition of these provisos, which we are glad to support as of great positive value to the cause of conservation, for they are a reaffirmation of the National Park principle at a time when the National Park System, in the minds of many, is in serious danger. We who have led the fight against the Echo Park Dam are accordingly pleased to be able to take our present position. Gleefully the Salt Lake Tribune reported: "Cali- fornia Loses Rallying Cry." 306 This was not quite true. The forces of California and the conservationists had never been coordinated, and California's main |
