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<br />284 <br /> <br />the feasibility of these projects, by putting our <br />best fO!'t forward and taking action to back it up <br />with facts and figures. . We must demonstrate that <br />these projects are good for the nation. <br /> <br />Mr. Peterson pointed out. that the State of Colo- <br />rado has money to work on, but the Western. Slope <br />does not have, therefore, he feels, it is a Colo- <br />rado re~ponsibility. He wishes to know if the Board <br />is'willing to put uP. some money on this situation, <br />so their engineers can make a study. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Saunders said that we are not alon~ in this <br />thing. We are all in the same boat. This problem <br />is more peculiar to the Western slope. The people <br />of Denver contribute a large part of the cost of <br />the State,Government and they expect to go along <br />to develop the Western Slope. The Board should not <br />adopt any official policy that they cannot substan- <br />tiate. <br /> <br />Mr. Cory felt that the Board and Western .Slope <br />people ought to go to the Bureau of the Budget. <br />"At least let's give it a good try". <br /> <br />Mr. Saunders explained they didn't know how tough <br />it would be to change the policy of the bureau of <br />the Budget. The bulletin (A-47J was put out at the <br />demand of 90% of the people of the U. S. <br /> <br />Mr. Cory added that all they were asking Colorado <br />to do, was to reaffirm their position. <br /> <br />Mr. Bailey sa~d that he didn't know of any member <br />of the Board that wouldn't be very happy to see <br />Curecanti built. He thought every member of this <br />Board would be extremely happy to support it to the <br />fullest extent. He added that the Board does not <br />have the money to pay the Western Slope engineers over <br />there; that we have our engineers here and will be <br />glad to do all they,can. <br /> <br />Mr. Peterson said he was speaking out of turn, <br />but he rather thought that Mr. Bailey's proposal <br />would be acceptable, if the Colorado Water Conser- <br />vation Board could place their engineers on the job <br />and the Bureau of Reclamation and Westerp Slope <br />engineers were on the job, they might be able.to get <br />something in a short time. <br /> <br />Mr. Bailey replied that the Board could do that. <br /> <br />Mr. Williams stated that he didn't .believe they <br />would come to a decision by that method. He didn't <br />think they were getting anywhere that way; ilie thought <br /> <br />I <br />