Accelerated Reclamation Program Report 1958

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ACCELERATED

RECLA~IATION PROGR~i

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SUBCOMMITTEE

ON

IRRIGATION

A.'\0 RECLAMATIOX

SEXATE

CO~l:MITTEE

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I:-:TERIOR AND IXSULAR AFI<'AIRS

MARCH 21, 19SS

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To: ~l~mbL'I'" or i'~nntc CommiLIL•(I \)II [ntcriOJ' l.Uid I nsull\1' Atroirs

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. lt1·om: ( 'liutou P. Audt1_1'g()ll

1 chllll'lll111t, SulJ(·ommil,hiO on laTigntiora

and ll••damntion.

Subject: Accelerated r~dnmation progrnm.

A hearing ht•s bc~n set for J\londny, i\!nrch 31, on ways and menus

or nclvnncin!( lW llCrelrl'lltL'd reclnmotion con•truction progmm for fisod y~or 1059 in the 17 W<•3tern Htntcs. Thn lu•aring will open nt

10 a.m. in •'Oom 224, H<•mllL' OUirc lluilding. All mcmbOl"ilond uon· lll('lllbt•I'JI from tht•

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Ill'(' in\'il<><l to bt• rr~S<·nt ond porticii>Uh·.

Tlw ,.,.,.,,l~rt•t<•d pn>I(I'ROI will bo d1rret<'<. Nlually townrd RpN•cling

up work on l?rojN·t• undcr"·ny 1111d to the ohjcNivo of s<•ruring

inil illl 0.1)1)1'0Jll'111l101l~ rot· "now ~llll'bl" on n.ulhor·ized projocts.

On MoH·~h 8, 1958, I roleuscd oi suggested liL'I'I'I''''Htcd progmm to the J>rt'SS in ··espons!l to n rcqut•st r.·om Scnnl!l l\1ojoriLV Le~,dcr Lyndon

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,Johnson. The additional funds suggcst~d for reclamation would have practieallv doubled th~ total il1 the fiscal year 1959 budget •nlmnttcd to tlw t'ongn•ss in Jauuury. It ulso pro,•idl'd for rww HLHI'C'I ou l:J iniJ(a,tion projcf'lii.

Ln,t N' tlu\ ~11nw clu.)', I l11\ P•·t·t:oidnn t. auu1ou ncC'CI t.hu t. $7 I million n cl d

l-tionnl rlniiiK would.,. 1'('1'011l111Cildt•d ror n•drunntit>ll, Appl'OXimal!•ly 846 million Wll.'! for n•·t·t·l~rated <·ou~truction on Jli'Ojects for whicb

initial appropriation~ h1lll been mad~. Tbr remnimng $25 million

was uncler the samll projects loan prot,'Tflm on non-l>'ed&a! irrigation

project•.

No "nl'W 14lttrt,s" wl•r't' inducted lu the PI'08idt•nt.'s S<l6 million pr· o-J>osol. 'l'lwrt• wuli, llowt'Vt'l', u J'CVt'l'tilll of the pl'cviou~ Hudgrt. d{•t'isiora

not to ~tlll't '~""tru!'tinn of l\'uvujo Dum (l\'cw ~lt•xil'o), ond to ('lll'tuil

the pro~rnm un the Flnmin~t Clor.:~ Dnm, l"tah. Both of the•~ •loms

Rrl' 111 lh1• t'ulorado 1ll\·1·r SIOra!(e projl'tl. .\ lUlu] of $1i> million

ndditionoll rulldS wog jll')JlO~t·d ror tlw-«· LWO dtllll< I<IIJlJllenwntilljt IIP· ])l'Opl'i>'l ious po·eviouslv J}l'U> ided br tlw Congrcs..

In Jlcldit.ion to bir:h 'unt•mplo~·m~i,t. in man.'' "~r:tiono of the W"sl••rn

States. 1 h~ West ffl<·~~ '' <·•isis in •·onnection with tho redamn t ion

pro,znun 'dth the nppurt•nt odomnnt poqilion of llw Ei~nhow<'r

ful-mini'itntticm RJ.wirP'I "nt'\\ t~~lnrls" for li~·al yt•nr 10/)U. l~udt•r this

JH'OC'(•rlurt\, ''illtin n ft,\\ ·'''Or'~, tlw onl' ~TII1"11r1H"Iiotl a·t•uminin){ will he

tln n r('\\ lua·,w dnm~ in i"olult·d ~··(·ti<UH~ ur 4 01' :") Slll1(·~.

)\ ltOIIIl'l' lll'!.(t•Jll IH•••d i-4 fol' 1Hlfli I iOUtLI ~('IWI'ul j II \'(·~t iJ,!H t ion

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II nds so dull llw Bun\1lU of Ut•i·lunwtiun "iii iJe tin1UH'l'd 1o pro~N·ut(\ mot·o

vigorou~h· fit•lrl ''ork in l)rt~paring projt."<'ts for c·on ... trtiC'tioo or 1U thor

i-zation. ~r.,· a•·~eleratN program pro,·idrcl S5 millio11 olldiuonnl for

~'t·JH?rnl itt\'t·~ti~tion~ nrl(l ttl~\·nnre plnuning or pr('f'Oil~truction in fi..,(•oJ

,\'('111' Jf).')H,

IV At EMORAN OUlol OF 'fltANSMI'M'AL

l ai"O proYidNI $10 million for •moll-projN't loan• elunnl( fi"('al "~ar

1959, M rompM,.I "ith 825 millccm in chr Pr!"'idrnt'o pn>I>C>-al \\'r in thr rommiUc•r, workrd for thr 'mnii·IJroje<·t•

pro• ·room

and will

coopomlc in C\pt'lliting c·oMidc•ro1tion of opproprmlion~ untlrr tbe Smllll ProjoctK ,\c-1, e\s runended.

Attention iR c·ollc•d to the fact th•1~ tl11• HHu1.ll-pe·ojrc·~< IH'Ofosols are

"new stn.rl~~' £or ltOJU-eclnmfLiion cii1_{Vl'IOJ>ml'nts as c·oniJ'il'"oll'( wilh the}

btLr Lo i nau~\1 rat lnJ.C l'Oil~t rud ion on ' rww pro!· N:tK" nut hol'ir.(•cl b ,. CongnsS. llnclc•r thr e••i•ting •mnll·lll'njc•••t, ow, Ac·tinn h\' roti·

~trr-.ional e'OmmittN•• i• ""luirc•l he·lure• llfJpropri&tion• fur i11cl;"icluol drvrlo1>mc•nt• c•on he• e''Jl<•htc•l

Sut..'ltMtionM £nr Rchhuonsc lO thP nc·t•t•lt'mtN l"OO-;trut"tum pn>r'nlnl hav(' c·ome from nuUlJ qunrlf"'~ l"oiO<'t• my :\larch 8 tmnomu·~mf'nt

In this connr('tion, 1 mention tlnH lll'ior to dcvelo1Jing the acceler·

otcd progc·11m, I cndoavored to get surgcstions from tlw l)~pnrtment

of the TntN·ior lUI to tho muke·IIJl o u similur outline•. \Vhrn tb~

infol"lnntion wt\R not forlbc.oming, it wos lll"CC~SOJ'Y t.o flo llw h(>sl Wt' rould with tlw informution aYuilnhlc• to tnu und thn •tuff.

On~ l>llrlie·ular iu·m tlea~ hn~ iuuewcliAtc• and lon!(·rom~ee• potc•ntiols with rt'SJWt'l to ft<•c·t•lt•rating rt-damnlion fOihtruc-uon •• 111 .. u~ent.

nr~cl for additional funds for grnrrnl iewt•,tigationq, ochHew•• plnn· ning,, or prt•ron•t~urtion 1vork, ponclntl( actual &I>ProiJrintion• for

slnrtmg construl'lton on new prOJCN$. . .

For mslml(:O, concrete suggcstJOIIS hnvr <'orne from !'irne1tor Fr~ll('IS

Ct<so, of Soul h Unkotn. to sturt fotoo· '""" <lr,•elopmenlR in hi• Rlnte•. The Sl'llior Hc•nntoe· from Culifot·niu (~lr. K.nowlnnd} len• ''~kc>el c·on· aiclrntlion of o Jll'lll><>•nl from tlw Hhn•to Count\ (C'nlifm·ooin)

Dt'l>lle'l-mrnl of \\'atc•r l!f'IIOurt·rs for conoulc·nHion of thr Co" ( 'n'<'k unit of the Tnnicv eli\toion, C~ntntl \'aile·.\ J>n>j,.·t. Calcfo111ill

The suhrommittt•r will welrom~ <11J!I(I"<tiun.• from an\' otlll'r Sc•nator in conncr·tion "rth th~ arce!eratrd lli"Ollrtun. or othrr\\~i.;P,

W' c arc in vi till!( I be Director of the Uudj!ct, Secretan· of lite Interior.

nnd the Commis•ione~· of Reclaml\lion to he pr•sent on ~feu·ch

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t·ommcnt on lhc' O('t'('lt'r·aled JWOg"I'Om, Uij '\'l'tll O.K mak(\ nnv suf,.rg('slions th~."

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dr•it•t•. 'I' I"' snme invitntion i~ t•~lenclt•cl to ~Jl nwneh~r'll of tlw co en mi ltN•

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our otlo~r collco~:nt•• f ron o II oo 17 \\' t'lltrt•n Stn tc·o~.

J<'or your infoncu1tion, I am attnrhing ~xhihils a11 follow•:

(I) COJI\' of n<•ws rel..a•1• of \lorrh 8 to whioh io o.lhwh,.l

Proposl'<l .\rrelc·mtrd Redamatcon Construction t>rogreun (1-a). (2) List of it~m~ includNI in Prc.,.ident's pi'O(>Oil<'d alloratioo of additional funds for reclamation.

(3) Copy

or

il'llcr from Choit'lliiHI Murray, dilled Mlle'(•h 14,

1958.

(4) N r•w• e·c•lpn•c h,v ('len immn

M

urrn,v, l'ndoo si Ill( A tule•r'8on Ac<·rlcrnlc•cl lte•l'iornotron Pt'OI(I'RIII.

(a) 1-<•tlt•r feolll S<>nntor KeHJ\\Icu1d, of Californin, In ('hnirman Muri"IW, ,,.kin:t ron~identtion of n Jln>I>O•nl from hi• Stille•.

(6) I.Ntc•r from Senator Cft<c•, of South Dakota, wtth

sug-gestions.

{7) l..,tter of February 10 and tdegram of F~bruary 26, 1958, to Secretory Heaton from Se•nntoe· Anderson.

CLI N'roN P. ANOMJtRO'i,

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CCELERATED

RECLAMATION PROGRAM

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RATED RECJ,AMATION

PROGUAM

(J•'t'Om tho office of &nntoe· Clinton P. Anclt•r'llOn, Mnrch 8, 1958)

&no lor ('linton P. ,\llde•e .. on lo<lny pm(JO•e•d, M A pnrl of 11 &nato anlil'l'l'e·--ion mo\·~. an llc·•·••le·ro•lc.l $:1:JO millieue rc•drunation

con•truc-tion program for fi.."CAI

IO:,o.

Thi3 is ju.t ahout double the amount propc.,.e•cl in th~ aclmini•tration budget.

::ienntor Anclerson, choirmnn of the Senate Sube·ommittee on Irriga· tion nnd Hedamation, Jnt~l'iot· and Insular Affairs Committee, snid

tbo pr·opos1•d occelemtcd progmm would ~ncomptu!s 17 Western

Stull•• rmd would pt'lvidr imnwclinle emplovnH•Ill he runny arena.

It ul"' would make moun quie·klv nvailubl~ to e~lnMumc•rs, ho said. 'l'lw J>•'ll;cmm ttdv&nt'c•il I"• S<>ioator Andcn-on wiUI s•·~ forth in a

rCJlOrl Ill Sc•n&IC' C\lajority l.c•11dc•r Lyndon H. ,John-on, 118 SllllJlOrt

for l\\O rc..olutions introclurtcl 'l'hu,..dsy b~ St·nutor ,Johnson, calling

upon tlcf udncinistratioJ\ to c•pcdite urgently IIN'drd militar,v and civil C'OMtrut·tion projects. &nlltor Anderson s11id the suggested program l'l'~ull~d from a subcommittee staff review ordered severo! week~ ngo.

'.l'ho Allcll'l'KOII pt'Ogr·nm would !'(>quire o tolnl of $:330,620,000 compnt'l'll wi 1 h $166,414 ,000 foe· COilstrul'l ion nncl grm·l'lll invest iga· tiono Jl'~"idc•d lor in tho J>rl'l'idrnl'~ hudgrt fllr fi•rnl yc•or Hl!iO.

'l'hirlc~·n "nc•w starta" 11rinl'ipall\' of .mall irn~tation J'roj'ccUI, nro

includt~l in thr "l)('l'dUJI outline. The "nr-1 start•" 11re 111 t \e Stat~

of Colontdo. Kansas, Cllomana, ~cbraska, t'\o,·ada, Xew Mexico,

North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utob, nnd Wyoming.

Conalruttion wonld also bo CflrriC)([ on on projc('IS in the other six

State~ of l)tt' n·rlrunation l(roup-Ar·i"ona, Cnlcfornir•, ldalco, Oklt•·

homo, Oe't'I(OII, o 11cl W ashiugton.

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Uxrrt:o &rAT~ij SE~AT!i, Co•utn'TEII ON lNn:mon AND lNSULAR APPAut~,

Marc4111, 1958.

Roo. CLINTON P. A'<nlill80N,

Chairma11, SubtommiJice on

lrri!J(lliolt and Reclamation,

UniJcd Stalcf &nalt.

Dr.An St:NATOII A'<llF.MO'<: Allow me to ronwatulate you On tho a<'fflrrot('(l re-clamation ronstruction proj,'1"&m for fiscal year 1959 which l'Ou rcl~s•t>d on ~larch 8 in your r<'por~ to &>nato Majority l..eadcrLyndon Johnson. You certainly Jltt'6cott>d a forward-looking devke, not only to aid unemployment in the West but to help us eatdl

up with wat<'r resource dtwclormeot in our scctjou of tho couolry that has bN>n so sadly nrglcet('( in r..eent Y<'RI"II.

Contra•tt>d with f'rt.,.idrnt Ei•enhowt•r'e leas than half-way m~as­

urt"', your progrnm flnlf)()Ot'l! to makt• llt'adway, c.~pt~·iall.r with

a

dozen

or 110 "M" atarlo" of irrij(alion dt•\·t•lopmente. You aro aware, of

<"OUt"lll', that tilt' l'r< .. idento program rrJectl'd any "now starts." A

ropy of tht• r>rt,.ident's $7l million •npplemental program, anoounccd on !\!arch 8, i~ illlllch~d.

I took the liberty of commenting favorably on your.program in a

uows release on March 10. A corv of my comments IS attached.

ln ord~.:r thot all tho m~mht'MI o "the Srnate C'ommittee on fntcrior

and lnsulnr Affuir11 and the otlu•r St>naton1 (rom tho 17 Western States may haw• thi1 information, I urn ~rndinl( 11 COJlY or this lotler, with tho

cnrlo~urre liotNI to tho prrMonnl ullrnt1on or ruch

o

r

them.

I hopo vou will continuo lo tlJ"OI<8 to bt·ing

u

,..

uccclemtNI

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clnma

tio

n

progrntn Into nction. You will bt~vll my rull cooperation, ns well as

thot or our colloagu<'<l rrom 1 ho Wrst, I om etu·e.

Sincerely,

JAMES

E.

MumtAY,

C

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m

r

w,

('ommittc~

on

fntl'lior

and

ftl.8u/ar

Atfai

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.

AUI\('Ihll\Oilll:

l. Nowlt NIINUIO or 1\t•~rt'lh 8, IU6RI wllh RotU\tOr Andt\1'$01•'• l\O~Icrntcd roclnmnlfeln f')rO~trArr'l Of $161 tu Ilion lncrNlftO (Or fl.ttcAI yenr 11)69.

2. Pn\Jildrnt.'t f)N)(lOIOd 1171 million llli)>J>hlm<Hltal IOellllnnUon program for fhJt:ftl yc:.r 10~0 nnnouno(lod T\h.rch 8, JU5R.

3. Ncw~t relen.e of ~1nreh 10, Hl6.8, ~1urrny Endor8C8 And('r$On Progr'l.m.

Copy to: Senator Jack~on fWt\At.or 0' M A bont~y RentJtor Bible Renat.or f\ioubrr~tt•r Senator C'ft rn:•ll Hrnawr ~hurc:h Rrn~~.t~r ~1Afon8 1'\<·n" tor \\'at~ h111. ~n11tor l)won.hak Rt>uat.or Kucb('l &onat.or &rn,)tt. Senator Goldwater ~nator Allou

(Tho fort&olna aro mtmbfrt ot the ~nale Committee on I ntf'rior and h11ular Aft"al.-.)

Other 6enato.-from the 17 \\ .. tom Stat•: Senator ~fagnu ... ~n Senator l..altSCr

Senator Mo~ Senator YounJr

Senator Knotrl&nd Sfonak>r \fun.-fL

Senator Maruofi&ld Stonawr }·rand,_ C&H

Sfn,.tor llenoeu. l"('ltAtor lln•"ka

~n.ator llaydf'o ~m,tor (•urt Senator ChA\'tJ 4 Senator Stboeppel Senator Carlson ~Pnator Kerr ~nator MouronE."y

~nator Lyndon John.&oo

St-natQr \·arf)()rough

1

I~XIILBlT 4

Nttt'll lldta/Je (Jlar(h 14, 1958)

SEN ATOll JIIUiliiA l' ENOOUSES ANDERSON RF:CLAJ\1ATION

l'ltOGIIAi\1

!:!cnal(Jr ,Janu ~;. \lurrA) (D<•m()(•rnt), ~fontana, choirmon of tho

SenAte (.'ommiMt·~ em lntl'rior ond Insular Affairs, today endoN'd

ao acc~l~nuNI ffi•lnmation ronstnll"tion program for fiscal year 1959 in the 17 Wl'titem State•, proposed ::iaturday by &n11ter Clinton 1'. Anderson (Democrat), l\'e" ~lPxi("O, cbarrman of the Irrigation and

Rrelomat.ion SulK"ommtlll'C.

Trw .\ndN1Wm art•rlt•mtt'd program, nnnouort>d March 8, pro(>O!I('S

to douhl~ th~ l'rc·•iiii"IH'• n••lam11tion r"f.tlllar hud~;~t estimatl'tl for

fi•rol )·rar 1060. 1'1w a•·•·~lc•rJitl'd projlram pro.-Jdcs for a 330

million pruj(l'lllll With I:! '""" f>nt)t~·t• to 1>1' •tarted.

I notfl l~!dt-trt. •;i-.·nh,1wtr prUJWut•!C only an additionAl $-16 million for

reelA-matlon contttruetfon plut ~:!.; mtllfm fur .. maU proj~t loon.! tor a total ol S7l

mJillon

Senator Murray ~aid.

1'he Pret~ldeut inrludt'tl uo IH'" t~turt.f ol rechnonlion vroject~:~. This i.J

dia-oppoluLinl( ancl mor~c. dit~Lrui.Jh•li· It 111 poor buslur"<<, ln view ot the fact. that.

recllnnathm projtc.'lll mort• thtw puy tor thenP4.'1vt·"' nnd rtt.\1ro money to the

'f'rfnl\ury In li('W t4Ua•M, ll~ wt·ll M C'tif!La.

And it 111 downright diU1H:t'rout, In vl('w of the fRet that. ]•r('fjldont Ei~~enhow<'r'l

''no urw .u,rt." l)ulh:y cuutm.ttl wltll l\ tremrndous up•mrge or water--resource

devolopnwut hy t \6 H~vlct Unltm, M ,chowu in rcecut hearings by our commlttfle n1~d th~ Pt1bllc Work,; Couunitteo.

While I ~mmoud the l'r(.'tlid('llt. Cor hiM Lt~rn·ubout to. favor a~ leMt so~e ndditional lunda for •·eclanmtiou1 ufu•r hoh;Uug out. ago.mst any ancrea.se, Jus

propClflltl f4U ouly $71 •nlllftm IN wholly itludt.'{JUlttc to curb unemployment in tha

w

..

~.-Scnntor 1\1 ur•·ny ntltl('(l.

lt. ,. l\~ ht.~tt ouly 1\ (fllnrler IUI\fr If lhnt. II lid r.-lbJ t.o provide (\110\l~h rut\d~ to do t.ho job fn nuy of tho ~lntt'"· n f:uot, ff nnythlng, It may 00 necCMary to hike

tho Anclrntcm llrUi(tAIIl co htdf n hllllnn clollnl'l or more for reelamrttion construe. tlon In order to ~('~the unf•mplo~·~d in the West. on jobs.

'rho f"Ct. lhn~ the flft'"Jch•nt.• program fqJJs to Include aoy oew starts on

reclttma.tlon proj('et• will disappoint t.bc \V£'8t. He &ug~;es~ $2ii million Cor Jonns

lo irrigation di!\trlru under tb(' Snmll J,rojt•cts ActJ which vdll be helpful in

re-bttblllttttln.c (•.XtllillK ttyfltl'fn!\, but "'ill 110( ghe the l"f"Cl3mntioh program the ebot

in tho drm U. l"\"f1Uf~ Jf ft. ia tO he" n•••l fn"trument, u It ean he, to c<Hnb!'t

unNn)lloymrnt In t hr '\ t·•l.

Montann hl'll tht~ IAfl(( -· )JN'(•f'lj("llt' of UIH.'IliJ)IU> uwnt

or

sny 8lJHU in the

'V.-"t but thf\ onl)• ltNII• fur mv ~l<"tfl are tor a Furt P~k transm[t.o~ion 1111(.', of 13!,0

Ooo,

nnd an •ddfllcrnol ttls.OOO for tl'("' llrlrna \·an~y unh. Far m()re

eoutd bttl ulllltd In mv i'(tatt, ,... 'H-11 u ,.J~·hrte iu the \\ t'l"t.

In abarp e<»nt,.. .. i •hh thil mt·~ 1'\'t'Of[nitiou of" trillet'll eronom.ic ;,itua.tion₁ the Anderwn Pr"O«rt.m would pro\·fdt" $8 mjllion to start. YelJowLail Dam 9.00

po..,.·erptAnt. on thf Hie; Horn Jlinr. In Addition, ~Dl'tor A!Jde.rgon -.-ould lftart eonll.'(rudion of 1 he f.-t Bt·nth u11lt with $2,500.000 And ~ Lhe budgd

~lima~ Cor lhtk-nu \'aUt\· unh from 1'2 million to ~3,600,000. ~ ~

L

-

In Colorado, th('o \h•l• raon pro.tram ..-ouJd mnkt!' \be Paonia proj("Ct on the

I

-f I"· Wfltt("rn •lop•• a fH.·W tUrl •llh '3 tnllllcm (n fund. and int':re..._ tllf! C'ulbrnn

proj(-cl Af)l'rt•t•rlatfcm b_v ~2 million. tn•m $3,281,000 tO $$,281,000. )

EXlllBlT 5

LF.TTEil FllOl\1 SENATOR KNOWLANO (CALIFORNIA)

U'IT&Il 5TATL8 S&~AT£,

(.'())f\IITTl:& OS AVPU011HI.-\TI0~8,

March 10, 1958.

lion. CLI,"TON l\1. Asot.~IMO,,

Cloairman, Suhtarnmillu an lrrifi'Jiian and Rttlamation,

C'ammitllt on lntnior and butuiar Affairs,

United Stain &nat~. Washinglon, D. (}.

DP..•u l\111. CnAIR\I.o;: lily attentioo hM been caliNI to the reques~ of tbt> departrnenL of wAh•r n-.oun·l"'l Shasta C'ount\, Calif., for early

appro,·nl of the <'ow C'r.·•·k unit of tl~ Trinity J!i,·rr projoct, as

out-lined in thl' enrloo~NI rorr,.,pondenrt>. Your ron•i<l••rnt1on w•ill be very much apprreiatr<l.

With man) thanks,

Sincerely youl'll,

WrLUAM

F.

KNowl.AND.

~liAHTA Col!NTV BoAIW ov SI!I'I:IIVISOIIS,

U(((d

iny.

rttlij., l'(brurtr(J

.S4,

1958.

SNlOtOI" CLINTON ~r. ANOt~I<HO'l

Clwinrwn,

Suhrommillu tm

frriqal

iM

unrl U

rclamation

,

f'r>~nmiltff "" lnlu·ior

om/

lnHIIU.~r ilj/uir&,

Unilrd

StattS

Smolr,

Wushiny/on,

D

. 0

.

DEAR S&NNt'Olt ANoEIIijON:

It

has conw to our 1\tt.cntion thac ~·ow· subcommit.t.oo• is ,p1·esentl.'' l'Ompilinj( a list of roclnnmtion pt'O)ects on whirh o•onsii"Ud.ion mi~tht IJ~ HJH't•dcd up iu the ~vont the nat10ual

orononw calls fo1· 1111 inri'I'O~r i11 puhlic-w01·ks expenditures. As vou know, illrKtl Jli'OjN•ts &I'll wNiith·•·l't'nlinl( nncl •·ovouur·pr·oduring p'roj

-rd~ whid1 lll'l' f1u· SllfWI'ior f1·om I l11' stnudpoint of i11w~tmont to many

othrr t .. l'JlCR of puhlln wol'ltK.

This county has as it~ major iuduslr,l' tho produetion of lumber

nud wood p1o0du<·ls. 'J'hr Lighl-lnouoy policy has had its effect on

home building and hns adversely 11ffcct<>d tbe local economy as a

result of substanl.ial rc·dut'tion in the demand for lwnber.

We bt>liove thaL a rovi<•w hv your commill<>c staiT of conditioll8 in

ShASta County would hllppol:t a "J>CNiup of authorited reclamation

works now 1111<lrr c·ou•tt·ul"tion. Additionnl funds hove bocn made

availablo for lhr main ft'Ohm•• of the 1'rinit1 Hil't'r proj<•tl, although thM<I could bt> oonatrurtrd moro rronontically if more funds could be rnndo nvailabl•·· The fimtll)' wnter teJ>Ottft.es dcpart.InenL is par -ticularly intcrcslcd, howovrr, in tho Cow C=k unit of the Triitit;v

River division of the Central \'all~y project, which would make

possiblr the irrif(Btioll of eom~ 20,000 aert'S immediately cast of the city of RNicling The Cow Crt•c•k unit was nuthoriU'd by tb• act of

e

7

Au~tu•t 12, IO~f> (00 Hint. 711)). A wntc•r district hns beetl lo1·mc•d

n nd II HI Jll'Opltl of I hll 111'<'11 n n1 •!'~trr I o IH'!(. •otiltl<' I hr llCCt'!\Sn ry

rcpay-tnNll· 1'011(1"11("1~ IO I(('L l'OIISII'UCIIOII starl<'cl.

Wt• hnvr lun!( bt•rn t>WOI"I' of your deep intcrcsL in reclnmotion probll•ms in thtl W•·•t; we OPI>rreinto your present interest in the orcas which hnvr suffered economically; 11nd we hope that your s

ub-t"ommiU<"r 11 ill lincl it po"•ible to SUI> Port our efforts to gt•L some

work starlrtl 011 lhr fnrililil•s to 1wrvr tht• Cow Creek unit at an early

date. .J>rrhops ,n h•·~i1!ning point would. bt> t? di!IC:uss the ~ubj~L fully wtlh 1111' ( omuii..,.IOIH•r of Ht~·lnmllllon pnor to the hcarmgs on

lh~ lnto·rior npjli'OIJtilltiona bill. Hr pt>et ull) JOIII"i',

Copic~ to: &•nator Knowland. S.•nator Ku<·hel. llc•rnanl Bt•ll port. HhiUitll ('ounty clt•rk.

A.

T.

JESSt:x, Chairman.

EXIHIH'l' 6

LETTEU f'UOM SENATOll CASE (SOUTII DAKOTA)

Ilon. JAioi&S

E.

MuRRAY,

UNITED !'Yrwr>:S SI"\Tt:, COM>trL'Tt:~ ON Punr.rc Wonr...;,

Wculungton, D. C., Jfarch 18, /958.

Chair-man, r'ommillu on ltrtuior and flr•ular .IJf11irx,

United States SeiWie, ll'll•hin(fton, I), ( '.

D&AR Hrr:NA1'011 J\1 urwA 1 : I hovo rrnd wil h inlt•r·•·•l \'OUriN I r•r· dnt~cl

\larfh II, 195 , to tbt llorrorablr ('linton I' .\nclc·Ncm, chnrrcnan of

the Subcommitt~t• on Jrrigntion and UeclamtHion, r·oujlratulnlllll( him upon 1 ho nccel~r·ntod rr!l'lamation r·onstr·rwl ion pr·o~.tr•nm whic·h ho

submittoo to tho mojorit.y leader, Senator I .ynclon ,Johnson.

In going o1·er the projefts suggestNI for the '·arious Srates, it •(oemed

to me thM there should br added for South Dakota tlw foUowiu~:: J. A (h~m ond rcscr·voir on Tlnd RivN' neor Philip, or· on the

uorlh fork of C"ottonwood Crrr•k, whid1 i8 a lrihutur·v of tlw Bod

Ri\'(•r. ·

2. A dam ond re:;cr·voir on tho Whitr ltivrr nt•nr "rto. 3. lmmcrlilll() slops to implement wntcr· rlistr·ibnlion rr·om

Randall Roservoir for the arcu~ nenr Pintle, Luke Anrlt•s, und other towns in Cbarlee :\lix, Bon Homme, ond Yonkton Cow11ica below Randall Dam.

4. Pumping projects along the i\1iA~Ouri Hivcr in llughcs

Count.,v below Onho Dnm.

From my penoonal knowledge of lho areao, 1 think nil of tlu-.e arl\ prncticol lli'Oje<•ta whirh rould b11 <le,•eloptlll nt thi• time "ith tho

111lditionril bencflL of pr•oviding johK over nnrl abov~ the brrwliiA in-herent in wnter-eonscrvaiiou r>rojel't~.

Sincerely yours,

8

FnA:<Crs CAsr:,

United Stales Stnalur.

EXIllBl'l' 7

Letter and Telegram lo Secretary of the Interior

llou. Ji'u~:ui;IUC'K A. !"h:;\1'0N,

S1n1lary

•!I

th~ lnlu ior,

F>:IIIWAICY 10, 195-'!.

n,

Jl(lrlmtnl of lht lntrriflr, ll'a.!.in(IWn, /) ('.

Dr•:Ait 1\lu. S~cno;rAnl: Enrlo8c•tl is n ropy of n news ri'IMsc on the subjt•et of ltnving iln arorlrr·ui.NI rrclttmulion conslr·u<·Lion pro

-gram r•adY to j,'O in I ht• event cu•employment in western areas

con-tinu<"' to ~onw an r1 en grealc•r menarr to the stabilit' of tbo

econom.1· of tlri~ 11rc•a. As you p•·obably rr~·ull, I was a

wr

,f

clirector

for· 'IJc•w llh••ir·o thll'illl( lhc lhir·tir•s ond lhut rxpel'it•n<·~ irupr·('l!srd

on mr• 1 hr twrr·•it) rnr pr'l'ptll't•dui'Sfl for n<·lioll lli'Ogrnm• in thn rvr!H of t'llll'fl(t•nrirs to pro,·icl~ c•mplo) nwn~ on "nrt hy puhlir worka

lli'OJI'fl~.

A~ chnil'lltnn or tho Hulwommittco on lrTigntion tLnd Rreltunot.ion

of th~ Srnat~ Interior and Insular Affairs Committrr, 1 am initiuting

a sun'e)· and anol)-si• of reclamation developmrnts that can be gotten undtr'\\11,1' promplly in tlw 17 Wt"<lcrn Statrs, particularly in •rnsiti V(t lubM u ncmplov mrnl. n r·t•ns. Pr<•li m innry 1 o this su rvcy I

cun n~kiug llw Set·~tur)• or Lnb'?r and lhr Sccrr'tnr.v of A~tricultt;ro

to 1110t thO!<r partrrular nrM~ 111 the Wr·~t whrrr> unNuploymrnt

olrrnrll exists anti whrrr thrrr nrr indication• of au inrrrosing numbrr

or wor·);rr·s to br out or job•.

Your roopeml ion, through t hr Bureau of llrclamol ion, iq rrquestrd in furni!.hing me information in tabular form ";th narroti1•e explant.-tion in the cntr~ries indicated with respeN to reclamation t'Onstruc-Lion whieh con.tr·ihutrs IO J~crr!mnc•nt et•onomit• slnbility nnd mnkrs rt.•pnym<•nts, chH·I'Ily and rndm~·tly, lo tho FNic'ml 'l'rt'IU!Ur\' a•

follow•: ·

I. l'rojc•t•l• nuthori7.NI 1111cl under roustrul'liou, togc•llu•r with

(It) uvnilnhlo nnd (b) ndditionnl fund• r·rrtuirrrl to nr·crft,,·,.r.o woc·k wilh forrr·Mt or ndditionol rmplovmt•nt Oll·site moll ofT-silo l)()'.•jble. Current t•mplo~·mrnt shou1d

be

indicated.

2. Projerts authorizro (a) where plans and spec-ifications nl'l' twoilctblo or· underWII,Y 1\ncl (b) tbo fuuds re1111ircd to gel work undt•rwa.v; nud (r) •·mplo.vnwnt poteul inls on-sit1• unci oJr-eitc.

:1. Projr•r·t41 where field itll•toeti,~tt•lions hal'r progl'l'•""<l to &

point th111 immrrhfttt• 11uihori1.atron r>rof)O"ol• nre fra•ible

to-~"lht•r wilh rstimnlt•• of rnncl• rrt111ir·••rl nod c'mploymrut p~trn­

linl• on-o~ile 1111d ofr-~itr.

Thr data should include in the '!<•veral •·ntegori!IS not onll'

conven-tional irrigation and multiple-purpose proje(·ts under the rrrlamation

lnw, hut rehabilitation nnrl betterment proposals nnd smllll projrrt developments nuder 11 lo1.111 projlr'llm. Jn et~cb instnuce thl) on-silo

emplo11nrnt llOtt•ntials t<rt• a mot<•rial fartor. '

10

ACCELERATED l!ECLAMATJON PROGR.UI

The material should be prepared "Tithoul rq;ard to current

budg-elllry considerations

o

r

the timing of requests for funds. Benefit,.

cost ratios should be given, and it may ))(' infom1ative to indicate

funds that "ould be required to speed up inn,..tigalions. design and

specification work, as well as what amounts would ))(' immediately

nooded. Estimated tollll project costs in addition to annual require

-ments for first, second, and third years mijlht ~ talH•Iated.

Where authorization of projects is pendmg, these should be treated

in the third category set forth above.

T llln sure you will B{lprcciate the urgency of C'(pediting the

prepa-ration of tbis inform~t•on and issues appropriate instructions for at

1

I oust preliminillftry data to be in my hands by February 17. R

eCine-monts moy follow witu narrative details.

As l have indicated, the Department of t,abor ond the Depart

-mont of Agriculture nrc being requested to furnish information

os

to

current, and potential sensi11ve employment area8 in the West by

February 17. Their information will be corrrlatro with tbe reclama

-tion em~loyment potentials.

Sinct>rely,

CLIXTOX P. A '\"DJ:Jt!;ON,

Clairman, Subcomrrtiltu on lrrigaJwJt and Redamat:Wn.

Copy to ~Jr. Dominy, Bureau of Reclamation.

S>:NATE Co>niiTrEt; ON h"TERJOR AND JNSUL\11 AFPArRf!,

Ftlml.ary 116, /958 .

.fo,REDr.RICK .. \. St: \1'0N,

Strrrlo_ry of lh• lrr:Urior, Dtparlmml of lltf lnltrior,

II aM.tnf!lon, D. C.:

Confirming telephone conversation with _my '!('('<Nary. please refer

to my INt~r of Fr•bruiii'Y 10 to you rcqu~~ung dnta 011 an accelernted

rcrlnrnMion program by February 17.

O

n

J?t•bruar) 14, Acting Secretary Chil1<0n ad•~d me material

wn• bt•ing assembled ttnd would I><• forwfrrrlNI "a., •oon 118 r>ossible."

Will IIJlJl<eeiat• •·cry much ~our ba~ing thi• mater~al forwardNI to

me by m<"--.,llj:t'r "ith advice as to when l II'&)' expt"<·t it. CI.I!>'TOS" J> .\'<DEllS()'<,

r1rairman, Suhcommittu on lrrigalion and Reclamation. Se~>­

alt rommiUt~ ()D /nunor and IMular .lJ[airJf.

I'< on.· The respollS('S to the fo~oi11g INter and telegram did not

ronhrin anv 'JJggcstion as to ho" the rrelamauon construction

pro-gram roul<l be a('('('leratcd. The li3L of proj«t& submitted by the

Department llN' included in exhibit 1-A together 11>ith the amounts

in the n~ular budget estimates for fisc>tl yrnr 1959.