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<br />. <br /> <br />SECRETARY SEATON'S DECISION CONCERNING <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ELECTRIC <br />TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS VITAL TO WATER <br />INTERESTS <br /> <br />L. M. Alexander, Assistant General Manager <br />Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona <br /> <br />Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you greetings from Arizona-- <br />from the Colorado River Basin Consumers Power, Inc. and from my <br />own organization, The Salt River Project. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />To you of the upper basin of the Colorado River, the Colorado <br />River Storage Project probably means water, water to grow new crops, <br />to stabilize existing agriculture and underpin your whole economy, <br />just as water has done for others - -my own Salt River Project for in- <br />stance--and it means power to pay the bill. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />To Lower Basin water and power users it means further con- <br />trol of the treacherous and silt-laden Colorado River. It means inte- <br />gration of power facilities, It means power, and it sets a pattern for <br />complete development of the river--a pattern even for water projects <br />of interest to areas outside of the river basin. <br /> <br />The storage project should then raise questions in your mind <br />as to how you, you, and you, who are in the dynamic middle of this <br />vast overall project, will best benefit from it, how you can expedite <br />construction of needed projects, and how you, as a benefactor, will <br />share in the costs. <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />Despite what so many people have been led to believe, reclama- <br />tion projects such as the Colorado River Storage Project do not come <br />for free. They must be paid foruwith appropriate interest too, and <br />you will pay the bill. <br /> <br />Are you interested? <br /> <br />The other day at Occidental College I heard a professor say <br />that to him a liberal education was one wherein the student was re- <br />quired to seek the truth of a matter-,-no matter where that truth lies. <br /> <br />Even if I don't succeed in relating the Storage Project to your <br />own self-interest, maybe I can give you some facts to help you seek <br />the truth. <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />\ <br />