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Show 142 announced he would hold hearings on the proposal. Before the hearings began, National Park Service Director George B. Hartzog told the subcommittee he supported creating a Canyonlands National Park, but he would prefer not to pennit multiple use. 432 Unlike the 1962 Senate hearings, the I louse hearings were subdued. The ferocity of debate had subsided, and so had intensive news coverage. The Deseret News and Salt lake Telegram called the House hearings in southeastern Utah a "whirlwind tour.',4 33 The paper also noted that subcommittee Chairman Morris "doubted there was time" to get the bill through that session, but he was holding the hearings in Utah "to fulfill a long- standing promise" to Representative Burton, one of the two Republicans elected in 1962.434 The sessions in Monticello and Moab lasted only several hours and featured eighteen witnesses. There were no hearings in Salt Lake City. Neither Senator Bennett nor Representative Lloyd attended the hearings; both submitted letters stating a preference for a park that allowed "optimum development of all uscs.'"' 35 Absent from the letters was the abrasiveness of Bennett's previous calls for development. At the conclusion of the hearings, the Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram printed Chairman Morris' observation that "people of the Canyonland [sic] area no longer are opposed to a 'pure' park.',4 36 The Salt lake Tribune reported from the 02 Frank llewlett, "Solons Breathe new Life Into Canyonlands Bill," Salt Lake Tribune, June 30, 1964, AS. Deseret News and Solt Lake Telegram, 'Capital Group Plans Tour of Canyonlands," June l 7, 1964, Al7. 4 Jl 4 l' lbid. 43 s Descret 114. News and Salt Lake Telegram, "Notes by So Ions Favor l'ark in Canyonlands," June 20, 1964, Eliot White, "/louse Group Begins Final Editing on Canyon lands Park Measure," Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram, June 30, 1964, BIS. 41 ~ Gordon |
