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<br />the regional office in Salt Lake City. It's outside ef the Ce1erade <br />River Basin. A large part of eur preblem over the years has arisen <br />from the fact that seme predecessors of Mr. Crandall,cnot Mr. Crandall, <br />but at least one of his predecessors, was totally dedicated to the con- <br />struction'of the Central Utah preject and nething else in the Upper <br />Basin, a project which is new under constructien. Why that regienal <br />effice is in Salt Lake outside ef thebeundaries ef the .Co1erade River I <br />Basin we have not been able to. ascertain. We think it sheu1d be within <br />the basin, as is the case for all other regional offices. If such were <br />the case, the empleyees of that r~gienal effice, instead ef gazing up en <br />the placid waters of the Great Salt Lake day after day, would be able <br />to. gaze upon the turbulent waters of the Colorado River and thus learn <br />semething abeut the problems of that river. <br /> <br />At the same time, we must put our own house in erder. The Upper' Colorado <br />River Commissien, which is also. located in Salt Lake City, sheu1d be <br />moved back to the Ce1erade River Basin. We pay about fifty-two percent <br />of the cest ef maintaining that office in Salt Lake. It should be a <br />simple matter fer USt'to terminate those payments unless that commissien <br />headquarters is moved back to. where it properly belengs. It was in <br />Grand Junction. That's where it stillsheuld be. These actiens we . <br />should censider independently from the court actions. <br /> <br />Mr. Chairman, these are recommendations that the board might censider <br />at the September meeting er at a special meeting before then. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: All right. These recommendatiens will be taken and <br />considered. <br /> <br />(Applause. ) <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I would suggest that -- we haven't mentioned it, but I <br />think our senaters and cengressmen and ether persons should be invited <br />to the September meeting. This is a political year. I'd like to say <br />that I've been persena1~y very disappointed in their failure to. attend <br />these meetings or show any interest in what's going en in Celorade water <br />matters. <br /> <br />I think that takes care ef that agenda item. I'm very happy to change <br />gears. Let's talk abeut the secend ene and the report of the Seil Con- <br />servation Service and the Lewer Gunnison salinity control investtgqtion:. <br /> <br />ONhere upen, and off the record discussien was had;) <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: It's been suggested that we take a five-minute break. <br />I've never seen us take a five-minute break, but we will start at noen. <br /> <br />(Where upon a recess was taken at 11:55 a.m. After the recess at <br />12:05 p.m. the fell owing proceedings were had, to. wit.) <br /> <br />MR. STAPLE'rON: It's my intention to go through until 12:30 and hopefully <br />take up everything except the minimum stream flows and centinue that <br />after lunch. Mr. Thornton, if you would like to report on the Lower <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-34- <br />