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Show regions to provide a stimulus for sound regional economies." 3. The "participation of citizens generally through their educational institutions, their non-governmental organizations, and their agencies of State and local government." The generality of the language in which this objective is set forth and the meager delineation of the same will be of but little assistance to the Congress, one suspects. However that may be, the present objectives of the Federal Reclamation Law and the purposes to be served by the Upper Colorado River Storage project and participating projects, as well as the procedures being followed in connection with the preparation of the project scheme and plans and consultations from time to time under Section I of the Act of December 22, 1944 tend to indicate not only th.at the Congress has had such objective in mind for some years, but also that such objective and implementing procedures were followed in the preparation of the report on the Colorado River Storage project and participating projects as well as in the investigation that preceded its preparation. The Commission suggests that "These objectives (recommended by the Commission and to be laid down by the Congress) should reflect the general purpose of water resources investment to achieve the maximum sustained use of lakes, rivers, and their associated land and ground water resources, to support a continuing high level of prosperity throughout the country. They should include the safeguarding of our resources against deterioration from soil erosion, wasteful forest practices, and floods; the improvement and higher utilization of these resources to support an expanding economy and national security; assistance to regional development; expansion of all types of recreational opportunity to meet increasing needs; protection of public health; and opportunity for greater use of transportation and electric power." Here again, the Commission seems to be unaware of the fact that, in the main, the Congress has dealt not inadequately with virtually all of these objectives. With respect to a few of them, however, it is undoubtedly true that some expansion and elaboration of existing law is desirable. But we ought not to complain of the failure of Congress to treat of these matters in a single statute. The Commission feels that the "Congress should direct the responsible Federal agencies to submit new proposals for water resources development to Congress only in the form of basin programs which deal with entire basins as units and which take into -17- |