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Show 32 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH tion has gone on record as favoring this project. September 17 last, our Water Users met in the Utah State capital and unanimously passed the motion that the Utah Water Users go on record as favoring, and that its officers take any steps possible to assist the people at Washington and Iron Counties and Beaver County to get this project into progress and into an accomplished project, and therefore I wish to state that the Utah Water Users Association, being a State organization, favors the Dixie project and urges its earliest commencement. I thank you. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you, Mr. Wallace, for your testimony. Our next witness is Mr. Leo P. Harvey, president of the Utah Association of Soil Conservation Districts. Mr. Harvey, if you will come forward and be recognized. STATEMENT OF LEO P. HARVEY, PRESIDENT OP THE UTAH ASSOCIATION OF SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS Mr. HARVEY. Mr. Chairman, my name is Leo P. Harvey. I am a farmer and fruitgrower from Pleasant Grove, Utah. My main efforts have been spent in farming and working for water conservation and development. Presently I have the honor to serve as president of the Utah Association of Soil Conservation Districts and to serve with Mr. Yardley as vice chairman of the Utah Water & Power Board. I can assure you from firsthand experience that the Federal Government will be repaid directly for its investment on the Dixie project. In addition, indirect benefits resulting from a stabilizing of the economy will flow to the Federal Treasury. The Soil Conservation Districts Association of Utah heartily support the Dixie project. The districts, through their activities, have proven the productivity of these lands and demonstrated the integrity of the people. The entire program of the soil conservation districts will compliment this larger development, and we urge your favorable consideration of this project. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity of appearing before your committee. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you, Mr. Harvey, for your testimony on this subject. Our next witness is the honorable mayor of the city of St. George, Mr. William A. Barlocker. Mayor. , STATEMENT OF WILLIAM A. BARLOCKER, MAYOR OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH Mr. BARLOCKER. Chairman Rogers, Governor Clyde, Senator Bennett, Congressman Burton and other congressional Members, and members of this committee, my name is William A. Barlocker, president of the Dixie Project & Development Association and mayor of St. George. May I officially welcome all of you to our fine city. If there is anything that we can do to make your stay here more pleasant or to expedite the proceedings of this hearing, please feel free to call on us. It is a personal privilege, really, to have you here so that you know that I am not a resident of Washington, D. C. I would like to read a bit from this magazine for just a moment to clear up this |
