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Show 88 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Burton, where the Utah Highway Department has done anything other than say, " All right, we will build the road if you will give us Federal aid to build it." Mr. BURTON. Will the gentleman yield to me ? Mr. HALEY. Yes. Mr. BURTON. I do not think there is any question about the good faith involved- and I know the gentleman did not mean to imply that, at all- but the Governor is speaking for the State and while it is true, they do come and go, he has gone on record quite forcefully in a letter to the chairman of the committee and I cannot conceive of any circumstances under which the offer of the State to relocate the road at their own cost would be altered. I would also say to my good friend from Florida, if you read carefully the minutes preceding the passage of the motion which you have read into the record, again you understand better what the road commission is trying to do and it was for that reason that I asked the chairman to have these minutes inserted following the Governor's letter. Finally, let me call your attention again to the motion that you readtous. Itsays: " We" reaffirm our position as before. We will proceed with reconstruction of Highway U- 15 out of funds that will be programed. Prior to the passage of this motion, the relocation costs were going to be assigned to the project. Mr. HALEY. May I ask the gentleman what are " we" reaffirming? If the language is not tighter than the language in this resolution, " we" are not reaffirming anything. Mr. BURTON. Let me say this, I am so positive about my ground on this that if there is serious question in the gentleman's mind as to what the motion means, if you would care to suggest to me some language that you think would be more clear, I would not be surprised but what we could get the highway commission to adopt the gentleman's language. Mr. HALEY. I think I could get some language that would certainly be more specific than the, language that we have here. Mr. BURTON. I would be happy to receive it, sir. Mr. HALEY. If " we" are reaffirming a position, I would like to know what " we" are reaffirming because this resolution does not mean anything. They say they will build a road if they can get some Federal aid to build it. They are not beginning, under this resolution, to dp anything, as I see it. Mr. HOLUM. Mr. Congressman, I would not presume to speak for the State of Utah. I think that they should speak for themselves and make their position as clear as possible and satisfy the requirements of this committee. Certainly I can understand that under traditional reclamation policy that if funds were available under reclamation policy to relocate this highway, that Utah would like to have the same treatment as other States and projects; however, their offer is to make this project self- sustaining and to finance the relocation of this road. The Department of Commerce speaking through the Bureau of Public Roads, in their comment on the project, has said that Federal funds will not be |
