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<br />002755 <br /> <br />f0:&*:? <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />water in the future is not going to be for agriculture. As I mentioned a <br />few minutes ago, it is going to be for industry, for culinary water, and <br />to give the economy of this area a chance to expand. Ana expand it must, <br />because many of you gentlemen are from congested are,!,s and it is not <br />.merely because we invite people to come into the West that the West is <br />building so rapidly in terms of percentage growth, but it is because we <br />have the room here. The room which we have here, the room to expand, <br />the room for people to live, the room for industry to establish itself, <br />this room is a national resource, not just a local resource. <br /> <br />It is a national resource upon which this nation must capitalize; but unless <br />we have the water to sustain this growth, then this living room this work- <br />ing room, becomes almost valueless. So, we have got to put a value on <br />this at present unestimated value. I can think of nothing that boasts better <br />for the development of water resources of this nation than a meeting such <br />as this with men of your capabilities setting about to re-evaluate just what <br />water resources are worth to us, just what we need to do in order to pre- <br />serve our ecology, as well as what we need to do in the water-rich states <br />to eliminate the pollution which makes much of the water there unusable. <br /> <br />So, again, I welcome your visit here to Salt Lake. . I am going to have to <br />leave before the Secretary's speech begins because I've got a little pro- <br />blem that came up this morning on the hill. <br /> <br />We, in the State of Utah, of course, have known you for many years. We <br />feel good about your selection for the position because we. know that you <br />do understand our. problems here. You have been into the west enough, <br />and we know that you have the capabilities of, and the background in, this <br />field, to make a great Assistant Secretary, and you can be sure of our <br />support particularly in attempting to sell some of the new people in <br />decision-making positions in Interior, Agriculture an.dBudget, who have <br />not been previously exposed to the particular problems we have he.r.e. <br /> <br /> <br />