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Show 50 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Whereas nonpreference customers in southwestern Utah will, along with preference customers, support the Dixie project by the payment of conservancy district taxes-; and Whereas the normal application of Bureau of Reclamation preference policy would result in added transmission expense to the Bureau in marketing Dixie project power outside of southwestern Utah: Therefore be it Resolved, That the Five- County Organization go on record as favoring regional rather than normal preference for the electric output of the Dixie project with the allocation of power to applicants to be made first to preference customers of southwestern Utah, next to nonpreference Customers of southwestern Utah and next, if any additional capacity remains, to preference customers in Utah outside of the southwestern region of the State; and be it further Resolved, That this resolution be sent to the Secretary of Interior and the Utah delegation in Congress with the request that this recommended regional preference policy be included in Dixie project Senate and House bills for which hearings are scheduled to start soon in Congress. Unanimous passed by Five- County Organization, April 5, 1963, at Cedar City, Utah. , Mr. ROGERS. Thank you, Mr. Jolly, and without objection those resolutions will be included in the record as part of your statement. Now, we have a reference here of the witness list from the Cedar City League of Women Voters. Do we have someone here to represent them! STATEMENT 0E MRS. WESLEY P. LARSON, PRESIDENT OF CEDAR CITY LEAGUE OE WOMEN VOTERS Mrs. LARSON. Mr. Chairman and committee members, my name is Mrs. Wesley Larson of the Cedar City League of Women Voters of Iron County. We feel that the immediate economic future of southwest Utah depends on the conservation and intelligent use of our water, and we feel that the proposed Dixie project will accomplish this. For several years the League of Women Voters of Cedar City has studied water resources and feel that comprehensive planning, development, and water management on a regional basis are essential. Coordinated planning is needed, but development should meet the particular needs of the region, which we feel the proposed Dixie project would accomplish in this area. The league believes cost sharing by local, State, National, and private interests in relation to benefits received and ability to pay is essential. The immediate economic future of southwest Utah depends on the conservation and intelligent use of our water resources. Thank you. Mr. ROGERS. This is the case where the ladies have the last word. Let the Chair say at this time: We are very grateful for those of you who have come out here tonight and brought us all of this testimony and stayed so late. I do think, though, that in all fairness it ought to be pointed out that these projects are not matters that can be worked out in just a matter of a few days. I don't want anyone expecting this project to start tomorrow. I have seen some of these projects that have been fought through Congress for 40 years. I personally hope it doesn't take that long for the Dixie project, but I did want to warn everyone that a project going through the Congress of the United States has a long, hard trip and there are many people from all sections of this country who are very jealous of the Federal Treasury, and they look at these projects with a very wary eye. |