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Show 158 bill "should be used as the vehicle for hearings on the action which the President has takcn.',480 Senator Moss also sought congressional hearings to address national park status for Arches and Capitol Reef, but he argued that Bennett's bills were irrelevant because they ignored the acreage added by Johnson's proclamation. 4 81 So Moss introduced bills that would consider elevating the expanded areas to national parks. The Salt lake Tribune and Deseret News quoted Moss arguing that two new parks would enhance Utah's status as a national park destination. "In their expanded status, the monuments now merit national park status and if they are designated, Utah will become the leading state in the nation with five national parks.'.4 82 But Moss did not fully endorse the enlarged boundaries. He insis1cd that the primary purpose of his bills was to allow for Utahns to voice their opinions about the expansion. Boundary adjustments, he said, were likely. In the House, Utah 's Burton and Sherman P. Lloyd introduced legislation to curtail presidential authority to expand and create national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Their reasoning focused on states' rights. Johnson's proclamation was "a hasty decision," Burton told The Salt lake Tribune. "Not once did Mr. Johnson consider the rights of Utah. No hearings were held or citizens contacted.',4 83 The bill would restrict presidents from placing more than 2,560 acres under government ' 80 Saft lake Tribune , "Bennett Blasts ' Land Grab,'"' January 22 , 1969. ' 81 Salt lake Tribune, "Moss Asking Park Rank for2 Areas," January 23 , 1969, 815. ' 82 Ibid.; Gordon Eliot White, ··Hearings Due on Land Plan," Deseret News, January 22, 1969, Bl. ' 83 Sall lake Tribune, '·Bunon llill to Seek Curbs on 'Land Grab' for Parks," January 25, 1969, 3. |
