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.... r r, ~ -;'0'" IJ,ILI ,,0, . . Here in the State of California, where you have some of the greatest natural resources in the national parks, Yosemite, Sequoia, Lassen and others, you knoW' what it means to make wille U8e of those resouroes. They belong to all the people. These parks have been developed so they are easy of access. People from all parts of the Nation-yes, all parts of the \rorld- come to visit them. They are being used wisely and widely. So are the other national parks. ROadE have been built and facilities have been made available to make the parks more acoessible and more enjoyable to the millions of people who each year are visiting the park system in ever-increasing numbers. The interest of you Californians in the national parks is graphically indicated by the estimate that California license plates are seen in our parks more frequently than those of any other State. Let me remind you that three of the most popular park areas in the whole Weatern United States are those whose facilities have either been created or improved by Federal reclamation construction, for which the pUblic users are paying not a single dime. Two of tha three leading national park areas in the nunber of visitors last year, in fact, tha Lake Mead Recreational Area and the Great Smoky National Park, have both benefited greatly from Federal dam developments. Lake Head had 2,:WO,OOO visitors last year. One wonders how many would have visited the area if it had not been transformed by the construction of Hoover Dam from a silt-choked, fishless stream far down in the depths of Boulder and Black Canyon into a beautiful lake offering boundless recreational opportunities. North of here, you have the ~tlllerton Lake Recreational Area, used by half a ~ million people as the result of the creation of !~llerton Lake, in bacle of Friant Dam. Further north, the construction of Shasta Dam has created a glimmering jewel 3