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Show 72 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Mr. ASPINALL. Senator Bennett, you stated there is no controversy in the State itself, but is there any controversy with any of your neighboring States that you know of ?. Senator BENNETT. That is the problem of this committee to determine. Mr. ASPINALL. I thought maybe you would give us a little bit of advice. Senator BENNETT. My advice is to pass the bill as quickly as possible so that if there should be any latent controversy, it will not have an opportunity to appear. Mr. ASPINALL. As far as you know, there is no announced opposition at the present time; is that right ? Senator BENNETT. AS far as I know. Mr. ASPINALL. YOU heard the question I asked the junior Senator from Utah about accepting a little additional responsibility in order to get away from this indecisiveness as far as repayment is concerned. Are you favorable to the action that Governor Clyde has suggested and which he is willing to follow in speaking for the State? Senator BENNETT. I certainly am. I can understand why the Governor and the people of the State might have hoped up to this point that such action would not be necessary but rather than jeopardize the project, certainly the State should accept this additional responsibility. Mr. ASPINALL. That is all, Mr. Chairman. ~- I , Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Burton ?• •• Mr. BURTON. No questions, Mr. Chairman. Senator Bennett, it is good to have you here in support of this project. Senator BENNETT. Thank you. Mr. BURTON. And to hear your statement. Senator BENNETT. The first time I ran for office, now 14- odd years ago, on the first trip I made into this part of the country, I was taken in a jeep up into the mountains and shown what they hoped would some day be the site of the Dixie project. It has been alive all those years very definitely. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Haley ? Mr. HALEY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve my time. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Johnson ? Mr. JOHNSON. NO questions other than to say that most of our projects are on the books for about 25 years before they become realities. Senator BENNETT. I am sure this one had been there long before I came along. I am just making the point that greeted me when I first came into political life. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Duncan ? Mr. DUNCAN. If this project were approved, it would remove the only major political issue in Utah that you have had for the last 14 years ? You will have to find something else to run on ? Senator BENNETT. NO ; I would not like to leave the impression generated originally by my two colleagues who preceded me that there are no other political issues. |