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<br />:).,)/v <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />fall and that by 1971 the closure can be <br />effected. <br /> <br />Just as an interesting sidelight, Repre- <br />sentative Kirwan said 'lVhat happened to that <br />young man from Colorado that I helped out I~ <br />last year?', speaking of Mr. McVicker. Con- <br />gressman Rogers said he told him that we <br />have another young man there now, that he <br />should help him this year." , <br /> <br />"That I S as close as ,...e get to a pOlitical <br />discussion in this Board~" <br /> <br />"We do have some very sympathetic members <br />of Congress from other states and I feel <br />reasonably sure that this matter will be <br />pushed along. Congressman Rogers told me <br />he was going to do everything within his <br />power to see that the budget cut this year <br />was restored, but he admitted that he was <br />bucking a very strong trend and that in all <br />probability it would be impossible to restore <br />the $750,000 that was cut from this budget. <br />He did anticipate a very substantial amount <br />of money this coming year for the Chatfield <br />project. <br /> <br />Until the budget message is actually <br />delivered there is not much that we can do. <br />That is, we don't know at this time whether <br />\~e will have to ask for an increase. l1e <br />just have to wait until the budget message <br />is delivered. If we consider it completely <br />insufficient to bring about the construction <br />as it has been outlined here, then we have <br />no recourse except to start our campaign <br />again in the Congress to get that appropria- <br />tion increased. We will keep the Board and I.. <br />the people in the Denver metropolitan area <br />advised of that fact as soon as we get the <br />figure on the budget itself." <br /> <br />"I would like to say that I \~as one of <br />the people who originally felt that this <br />