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Show 76 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Mr. UDALL. Yes. Mr. BURTON. There has not been any particular decision, I will say to my colleague from Arizona, to put the Dixie project in the water plan you referred to or leave it out. As my colleague from Arizona knows, the Dixie project has been before this committee and before the Senate committee for a number of years. The fact that in Utah we are trying to forge ahead with it now on its own, certainly does not mean-- or imply opposition to the water plan the gentleman is interested in. I think the Dixie project has worked its natural course and it is before us today and we hope that we can have your support. Mr. UDALL. I think when the roll is called up yonder, that I will be found in support of this legislation or something very similar to it. I did notice in the report of the Department dated June 19, 1964, which is before all of us, it is suggested whether this legislation is passed and authorized in Dixie as a separate project or whether it is placed as a part of a regional plan, perhaps the financing should be on a regional basis and even if this is authorized separately, provision should be made so that it could be put into the regional plan for financing, if and when that larger project is authorized. Mr. BURTON. Would you yield to me further ? Mr. UDALL. Indeed. Mr. BURTON. I think that we would certainly have no objection at all to that, and I am aware of these possibilities. I want my colleague to know that I am sure that when the roll is called up yonder, he will find me in support of his own aspirations as far as water is concerned. Mr. HALET. Would the gentleman yield? Mr. UDALL. Yes. Mr. HALET. There might be some doubt in some people's minds as to which way both of you gentlemen are going. Mr. UDALL. I am sure there is no doubt about where the gentlemen from Florida is going because of the clean life he has led and the high moral standards he has observed throughout his life. There is no question in the mind of anyone about the awards that await him. Mr. ASPINALL. If my colleague would yield to me, let me say he always has a delightful answer and I think this perhaps would be the appropriate place for him to explain why his grandfather left this beautiful place with so much potential. Mr. UDALL. AS far as I can determine he was called to a much finer and greener area, with a great potential; namely, northeastern Arizona. I would only say in closing that it is my own impression that regional planning is the way to solve most of these water problems in our area. The chairman of the full committee has certainly taken the lead and I think the people of Utah have seen the benefits in the Upper Basin project that can come from pooling resources of an entire area to the benefit of all of the people in the area. I am hopeful that we can work this thing out so that both Dixie and projects we need, lower down on the Colorado, can help each other. I thank the witness. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Duncan? Mr. DUNCAN. NO questions. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. White? |
