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<br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />0748 <br /> <br />~7 <br /> <br />fine support. stounch support from El Paso County and <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Springs for the fryingpon Project because they ore <br /> <br /> <br />very much interested in getting this municipal water, <br /> <br /> <br />There was 0 great deal of interest among ~he people <br /> <br /> <br />of this district in the project and this was demonstroted <br /> <br /> <br />by the faat thut many residents in this area wrote letters <br /> <br /> <br />to their friends in other states, who, in turn, wrote to their <br /> <br /> <br />congressman and we gained considerable sup"ort for the project <br /> <br /> <br />in that way. I mention that to show that 011 uf th~ work for <br /> <br /> <br />the project wasn't done by just 0 few individuals--the people, <br /> <br /> <br />generally, felt thot this project was important and essential <br /> <br /> <br />to the development and growth of the Arkansas Volley and <br /> <br /> <br />they wanted this--the water of course being the life blood <br /> <br /> <br />of this whole area und so they went to work on it. 1 men- <br /> <br /> <br />tion one individual in Congress, I can't remember all of them, <br /> <br /> <br />but John Lindsey, who is now Moyor of the City of New York <br /> <br /> <br />wouldn't hove any particular interest in 0 project of this <br /> <br /> <br />kind coming from New York City, but I remember when we hod <br /> <br /> <br />the bill on the floor of the House, he took 0 very active <br /> <br /> <br />port and I remember issued 0 press release in support of <br /> <br /> <br />the Fryingpon-Arkonsos Project because of his friendship <br /> <br /> <br />with some of us in the House, I thought that was 0 very <br /> <br /> <br />gracious gesture on his part to do that; and of many others <br /> <br /> <br />who purely out of friendShip supported this project. It's <br /> <br /> <br />important to have friends in Congress and sometimes it takes <br /> <br /> <br />a little while to win those friends, but when we got the <br /> <br /> <br />friendS in sufficlent number on our side, then we were able <br />