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, , BERT SMITH:. On July 31, President Eisenhower delivered to Congress ame,nage on conservation of naturalresqurces. ' He referred several times to the necessity for a partnership of States, local interests and Federal Government. He stressed the iniportance of local organizations taking the initiative, with technical advice of Federal and State agencies. He said he would present to Congress rec:ommendations for achieving the objectives in his message. The meatiof the message was that wise use and development of our land and watel- resources will require: maXimum cooperation among States; loclllinterests, and the Federal. Government; development of clear guidelines as to proper functions.. of ~ . ,., Itis unknown at present how large the c,ommercial oil-shale plants will be. The oil industry in testimony before;theColorado Conference Committee at GlenwoodSprings, Colorado, stated that the ultimate Sf::aleof operations would be 2,000, 000 barre~s o!products per day. Sased on 1,000,000 barrels per day producti(mthe Mahogany ledge shale in the 1,000 sq,uare miles of the Piceance Creek Basin, would permit operations to last 275 years, and the full 500 feet of Green River formation would permit operations to last 1, 100 years~ Such a scale of operation would require mining about 11/2 million tons of shale daily, a new population ,of 300, QOO peopl.e,and 110,000 to' 284,000 acre feet of water annually. It woulp. produce byproduct gases . and coke which could be converted cheaply tel electrical energy such that the excess over and above its OWn requi~ementB would range from 1,6 millionkw. to 4. 5 million kw. daily depending on which typs of retOrt (Gas-Combustion or Union) is used. . . .. Such an industry will induce establishment of a host of secondary industries not only to sathfy its own requirEimentB but because ,of the manufacturing potential it will create by malting available cheap power and many byproductswhich would serve as raw materials for other types of industry. These industries could iticlude such giants as ex- . plosives manufacturers, petrochemical.ind1.j.stries, synthetic fibre manufacturer 8", fertilizers, aluminum, etc.' It is not inconceivable that when once established, the oU-shale industry could be responsible for a. new population of nearly 1 million people where now only a small population exists. " l> * * * *** :I< * * G:!ilOUP DISCUSSION - NATIONAL W A ~ER AND POWER POLICY Ra)'lriond Matthew, Moderator . MR. MATTHEW: This question is one af the most important before the cauntry --not just Federal policy, butiwater and power policy of all interests, Federal, State, localandprlvate. Federal and State laws governing development of water and ~ower have grown up piece- meal, and represent a hodge-podge of pol~cies, some defective. The time has come when something must be d~ne. It -20..