BOARD00231

• Board Meeting Date: 11/8/1961
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

the intent or the purpose or the stated posi-
tion of the resolution - it was one more of a
typographical error than anything else - the
resolution was adopted.

I made a statement with respect to that I
resolution and I notice that it is in the papers
which we have before us. I didn't know this
was going to be made but I think I might very
well read that statement that I made yesterday
before the Commission which represents the Colo-
rado position with respect to this resolution
and with respect to this whole matter. This
is my statement:

I take great comfort and satisfaction in
having our staff undertake a thorough examina-
tion and unbiased study of all the ramifications
of the construction of whatever transmission
lines may prove to be absolutely necessary to
market to the best advantage the energy produced
by the Storage project. To conserve the reve-
nues of the Basin Fund is our compelling objec-
tive.

Our horses must not be spared. This is a
vital task and a bare bones challenge which must
be prosecuted without fear or favor. To ferret
out the hidden factors for action by Congres-
sional Committees without concern for any inter-
est other than the basin interest is our job.
This is not a routine matter, but is one which
must have our undivided attention.

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Currently the Bureau is holding sessions
with the private utilities, preference users and
others with this commission sitting out in left
field marking time. Our responsibility to
Congress should compel us to know what is going
on. To protect the Basin Fund, observers from
this Commission should be present in all of
these smoke-filled rooms. Either our Executive
Secretary or his representative should at least
sit in as an observer on all discussions between
the Bureau and the power suppliers in the area.

I

The unfortunate controversy in the recent