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<br />002765 <br /> <br />-18- <br /> <br />e.',<<"'..~'" <br />""'.- " H <br />~.:t~~~ _~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />0;:.~:;)t~ <br />II <br /> <br />*"J;;!C <br /> <br />Now, that was the first time I was running.. The last time I was running, <br />last year, I was driving between two of our little hamlets and saw a <br />.farmer out plowing. I was, for once; ahead of schedule; I decided I <br />'would go out and pick up one or more votes. So, I stopped the car, pop- <br />ped over the fence, went out across the plowed ground. 'The farmer saw <br />me coming, shut off his tractor and said, "Can I help ydu, stranger"? <br />t said, "Yes. As a matter of fact, you can." I said, "I am out today <br />doing a little politicking." He said, "Who are you politicking for?" "I <br />said, "Well, Laurence Burton." And he said, "Is that damn fool running <br />again"? I said, "Well, I am Ted Moss and just thought I would drop by." <br /> <br />But I would like to join with our Governor. and others who welcomed you <br />this morning to our great state. Weare happy to be host to the Third <br />Annual Conference of Federal and State Water Officials. I can verify <br />that there is no shortage of such problems with which to concern your- <br />selves, based upon my service in Congress during the last six years and <br />my previous experience in my public and private life in the State of Utah. <br />And, being a westerner, I am aware of the fact that there are two sides <br />to reclamation and conservation. I just returned from a five-day trip .in <br />the desert where I was exploring some areas that the conservationists <br />want added to our Canyonlands National Park here, which means lock it <br />up, no hunting, no development, no mining, no reclamation, and then <br />ended up on the bottom end of that park looking at Lake Powell, which is <br />a great reclamation development built in the same county. But, what a <br />marvelous addition that is to all of the states of the Colorado Basin, as <br />well as th", nation. When you get a chance, if you haven 't already, go <br />down and take an oppo.rtunity to get out on a boat. and sail in among <br />those majestic cliffs and up the side canyons and look .at that beautiful <br />blue water in there. There is a need, I think, for both reclamation and <br />conservation. I think it is singularly appropriate that you have selected <br />as one of your keynote topics for this conference, the general subject <br />of "Evaluation Principles." It is to this subject and related consider- <br />ations that I would like to devote most of my remarks here today, fully <br />realizing that your agenda calls for this subject to be developed more <br />fully wring tomorrow's sessions. <br /> <br /> <br />Being professionally involved in the planning and administration of pro- <br />grams for the conservation and utilization of water resources, you do <br />not need any statistics or forecasts on the current and foreseeable <br />dimensions of the national water problem, and that is what it is. <br /> <br />1- <br />g{~J;~"i~ <br /> <br />~->.\..--..:;-::t: <br />::t~.t::>~~ <br />::~.~__ c:.;:'<? ~;.-: <br />. .: :';~:~'~~:.-:- <br />.,.'." <br />-..... .-..-". <br />:;:.:~::.;<:-:~:::< <br />::.3-_-.._>~:_:.-.g:' <br />, <br />i:~:~:_ :':- -:::.;:;" ." <br />. . <br />H' <br /> <br />.".'.'"" <br /> <br /> <br />