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Show 113 Also with the party were the director of the Bureau of Land Management, chief of the National Parks Service, and the three Democrats from Utah's four-member congressional delegation (Senator Frank Moss, Representative David King, and Representative Blaine Peterson). Republican Senator Bennett declined Udall's invitation. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Bennett wrote a letter to Udall explaining he would not join the expedition because "it was not in the interest of the state to set aside areas as national parks and forever remove them from the possibility of future development.',3 31 Utah Governor George Clyde joined the party for the final two days of the trip. The expedition began with a three-day, one-hundred-mile trip down the Colorado River to the Green River and then up a portion of the Green. The party then flew by helicopter to Grandview Point, where they camped. The next days included a Jeep safari to Upheaval Dome and a hike to Druid Arch. Three days into the trip on a remote beach along the Green River, Udall held a press conference to outline his plans for the park. The resulting story in The Sair lake Tribune was datelined "Anderson Bottom, Wayne County." The story's author, Frank Jensen, wrote: "This remote, dry river bed on the Green River served as home Tuesday for two members of President Kennedy's cabinet and 30 officials and newsmen, inspecting southern Utah's scenic attractions." 332 A similar story was filed by Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram reporter Bob Koenig, who focused as much on the setting of the press conference as the contem: HJ Frank Jensen, "Udall Draws l'ark l'lan 'Gold Circle,'" Sall lake Tribune,July 6, 1961, 17. m Frank Jensen, " Park Study Moves to Remote S. Utah," Salt lake Tribune,July 5, 1961, 25. |
