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Show 155 The story of the proposed withdrawals was broken by the Deseret News in its Friday afternoon cditions.471 States' Rights and the Victims of Tourism For mining, ranching, and other industries that relied on public lands, the implications of enlarged national monuments were profound. Mining and oil prospecting would be restricted, along with hunting. Grazing would be phased out and logging would be allowed only on a limited basis. In 1he days followi ng Johnson's departure from office, reaction to these restrictions played prominently in state newspapers. The Salt Lake Tribune reported: "Representatives of Utah mining, cattle and sheep industries Monday expressed indignation and disbelief after learning President Johnson had signed proclamations which added 264,000 acres to Arches and Capitol Reef National Monuments_,..in In the months following the executive order, Utah newspapers often characterized resistance to the " land grab" in terms of states' rights. Senator Bennett championed this line of argument, as reported by The Salr lake Tribune: "Even a common criminal is entitled to a notice ofa hearing. Utah has one million persons. Aren't they entitled to due process?'"'73 The Deseret News cited the opinion of William P. Hewitt, director of the Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey. I le argued that although much of the contested land already belonged to the federal government, the state received a portion of 471 White, ··Behind-Scenes Story," Deseret News, January 25, 1969. m Barbara Springer, "LBJ's "Last-Minute' Action Angers Miners, Stockmcn," Salt Lake Trib11ne, January 21, 1969. 13. m Salt lake Tribune, "Bennett Blasts LBJ 'Land Grab' to Expand 2 Monuments in Utah," January 22, 1969, 17. |
