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Show DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH 67 subcommittee for taking action on it, and to the full committee for moving the bill to the floor at the earliest possible date. In fact, I suspect the day the Dixie bill is signed into law will be a public holiday in southern Utah. The area involved is an unforgettable one, with beautiful scenery, fertile soil, and a desirable climate. But it is very short of water- both for irrigating its fertile soil and for municipal use. And the area is faced every year with devastating floods and the waste of precious water. With the control and development of the streams of both the Virgin and the Santa Clara, Washington County can move toward its full potential. I hope most sincerely that legislation to authorize the Dixie reclamation project can be cleared promptly by this committee, and passed by the House of Representatives in this session of the Congress. It is a sound and worthy project. Mr. ROGERS. Senator, do I understand correctly what you want to include in the record are the two attachments to your statement? Senator Moss. That is correct, sir. These are statements that were made by me on the Senate side when this same project was considered over there. Mr. ASPINALL. Reserving the right to object. Mr. ROGERS. The gentleman from Colorado. Mr. ASPINALL. The rules of courtesy between the two bodies are involved and I would like to know why in the world you want the statement you already have in the Congressional Record printed in these hearings ? : : h Senator Moss. The only reason, really, is to make this record here complete. I would not insist on it at all and if the chairman thinks it is duplication, all right. However, I wanted to make as brief a statement as possible here this morning to permit hearing the number of witnesses you have who are here to testify. Therefore, I did not want to reiterate many of the things I said before on the project. Mr. ASPINALL. Do you make that as a part of your statement just as you made it when you were on the floor of the Senate? Senator Moss. Yes. i Mr. ASPINALL. IS that right ? Senator Moss. Yes, sir. Mr. ASPINALL. As a rule we are different from you Members on the other side of the Hill. We do not permit material like that to go into our record. I withdraw my objection. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the two attachments to the Senator's statement are included as a part of his statement in the record. Are there any other questions, Mr. Aspinall ? Mr. ASPINALL. Yes. I want the record to be clear with respect to cotton growing in this area- do I understand there is a likelihood of cotton being produced on some of the lands that may be irrigated by the waters of this project? Senator Moss. No, sir; there is none at all. No cotton would be produced. In the early days, in the time of the Civil War, when cotton was a very precious commodity, a cotton mis- |
