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Show 180 1930 disasters. left To his squarely with responsibility feder2.l government. the of public domain had hitherto been only agency with the authority and the deal with nan problem. a hearings, think the decision to oppose jfedera17 was necessary letter to Utah's CongressDern followin£ opinion after indicating that the had firmed up his I In but it resources \ITi tten shortly before the Colton, pressed the of the areas unimpressive, was the True, its management of the ureserved record to the thinking ex- he cessionl goverent should at once begin to administer the nublie domain and to in2ugurate a pr9gra of rehabilitation regcrd less of whether the states are going to accept them or not. The government allowed these lands to deteriorate and it should build them up before asking the states to. tae them over. I G:ain The as se r-te d governor fore the Committee Doth joyed in Ut which took the Sal t Lake support an City of each and A the Chanbe r of Conme r ce Utah Cattle few months .impor-tarrt prior 41George the , the Tese included Provo (City) Utah State itoolgrm'lers Associ- and Horse Gro'wers Association. to the Nye-Evans hearings, H. Dern to Don B. Colton, Dec. Utah Stte Archives, Dern Correspondence File. 42-,.'. earngsJ p. "lS J • en- pressure gr-oup in in the matter. interest be Governor Dern and conclusions, Conservation Association, ation, in similar language, Lds.42 Public premises solid the on that view, 1, the 1931, |