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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Council, starting in st. Louis on Saturday. In the past few years we <br />have tried to get people from the White House to meet with us so we <br />could talk amicably about the "hit list, U and they wouldn't do it,. This <br />time we're being invaded. The White House is s~nding more people than <br />we really expected. <br /> <br />On your motion, I'm not sure exactly how Herb made the motion, maybe it <br />was by number; but, remember, we got in a trap on this about four years <br />ago when the Water COngress voted against a bill by number and they <br />struck everything under the enacting clause and we were trapped. So you <br />might want to stay with the concept of 325, just in case, as Larry <br />pointed out, they make a lot of amendments. And I know you made your <br />motion, and SO on, but I just wasn't sure about it. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I think that was the way Mr. Vandemoer made that motion. <br />MR. VANDEMOER: That is the way I made it. Thank you, Tommy. <br /> <br />MR., SPARKS: I might add on this reorganization that I have a bunch of <br />material that we have received to date on reorganization. I'm not sure <br />just what attitude we want to take. The government in general is a <br />hydra-headed monster. I thirik we are just going to add another head to <br />it. Every reorganization I have ever seen just, adds on a few more heads. <br />I haven't seen a damned one accomplish anything yet. <br /> <br />Nevertheless, it is going to be interesting. There are a lot of sacred <br />cows involved in this reorganization, like the Forest Service, and the <br />Soil Conservation Service and the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of <br />Engineers. So it is going to be a very interesting battle. I'm not <br />sure how we want to stand on this. It is a major proposal. I have <br />mixed feelings about it. <br /> <br />We have worked very well with the Bureau of Reclamation over the years, <br />despite some frustrations. But sometimes I think the Bureau is its own <br />worst enemy. I have received some indirect information lately that the <br />bids on the Dolores Project will be postponed again. We have only been <br />working on that for 10 years now. <br /> <br />MR. GOSLIN: More than that. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: I mean we got the authorization over 10 or 11 years ago; <br />and we have had advance planning money now coming in--well, it started <br />coming in immediately after the project was authorized. And I find that <br />even though the President has recommended a very significant amount of <br />money--I think it is $17 million--for construction of the project, the <br />Bureau is not going to be ready. It can't spend that money, it appears <br />to me, because, as I understand it, they have delayed again, if I am <br />correct, bids have been delayed to next October, almost a year late. <br />We expected them to be let this spring and have a full working season. <br />I'm not sure it's all bad to have the Corps of Engineers take over con- <br />struction. <br /> <br />concerning State legislation, this board, at the last meeting, authorized <br />me to get a committee going to assist with the legislation. I think <br /> <br />-13- <br />