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Show BANANAS ON PIKE'S PEAK 221 "My father did his best, but time after time things went wrong." Papa Bradley was emeritus professor of psychological chemistry of the University of Wisconsin. " 'Altered but not destroyed,' is a phrase used to describe what is proposed for Dinosaur Monument," Dr. David said. "The Taj Mahal, said to be the most beautiful building of its kind in the world, could be torn down and its blocks of marble rebuilt into a movie theater or a supermarket. It would indeed be altered. The stone would all be there, but the beautiful thing we call the Taj Mahal would have been destroyed. It would be just so with the Dinosaur." Pointing out that he had not come only to speak against Echo Park Dam, Dr. David declared that he was now raising an objection to the "entire project as presently conceived. "Some things just don't make sense. If this bill should pass, New Hampshire people would pay almost as much as the people of Utah for this Colorado River project - and for land that would produce the crops that are already grown in massive surpluses, heaped up and rotting in government grain elevators or in World War ii cargo ships. "I think a lot of people, east and west, have been taken for quite a ride by this Bureau of Reclamation. A lot of honest, trusting people, people who take pride in a great works at Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee. Their pride is not narrow, selfish or provincial; they have shown their willingness to pay out in taxes for such projects although they may be built thousands of miles away. It's the price of being an American and backing what is generally good for America. "But this project on the upper Colorado is a different |
