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I I MR. PETERSON: MR. CRAWFORD: MR. PETERSON: 7'429 upon with less study. He said he would take it up with Mr. Dexheimer but he did not think there had been compliance with instructions fro~ Congress. As a result we received the letter from Mr. Dexheimer. A report was passed around to the effect that the study would not be complete for 2 or 3 years. I called Mr. Larson and Washington for information on this point. The Appropriations Bill was being considered and rio comment could be made until they knew how much money would be available for studies. Mr. Larsonffinally assured me the Curecanti Report would be finished by June 30, 1957. I have a copy of a letter addressed to IvaI Goslin, signed by Mr. Nielson, Assistant Commissioner, saying the construction work on the Curecanti will begin in 1960. When I talked to Mr. Larson on this point he said that this date was something that had been "picked out of the hat" and did not 'necessarily mean it would be that late." "I know Colorado has got into this position through no fault of anyone. The fact remains that out of $13,000,000 appropriated, Colorado gets a very small portion. The Curecanti Project is further ahead than the Navajo Project which is to come under the Bill for Indian Affairs and nOw I see a fund has been set up for Navajo in the Bureau of Reclamation. The fact remains that Colorado supplies about 70t of the water and we get practically nothing while Arizona gets about $9,000,000 and New Mexico $800,000. So I am disappointed that Colorado cannot get an apprqTiation. I hope that the Board will see that this does not happen another year. I would like to see Colorado have its fair share in the Upper Colorado Storage Project." "The $800,000 received by the Navajo Project was purely a political maneuver." "I think Curecanti is the only large project we have and is the only one nearly ready to go. It will be entirely possible to havekhe plan study out within 3 months after it is started. This is 1956 and with less than a year they promise to have a report in the F.Y. 1957. Why should we have to wait until 1960 when Utah and New Mexico are making progress, especially when we contribute most of the water? I think we all ought to get behind it.