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<br />24 <br /> <br />Utah, assuring hlm that the establishment ot the Monument would <br />not interfere W1 th gradng, Would not interfere with any stor- <br />age of vater for lrrlgatlon and power development. !he referee <br />who Clonducted the hearlng 11'1 19~6, I believe, when that Monu- <br />ment was established, reported to the National Park Service <br />that we had a copy of the letter advhing that if the Monument <br />ls establlehed that no1nterterence be made wlth grazlng or <br />wi th the storage ot water. <br />MR. PUGHEI That was two !1ear1ngs 11'1 1936 111 whleh the <br />representatlve of the Park Servlce at that tlme oonduoted the <br />hearlng, and he put an att1davlt lnto the reoord; and at that <br />tlme he assured us that the oreatlon' of the Monument would <br />also 1no1ude the construct1on or creatlon of a lake out ot <br />Brown's Park, Wh10h 1e only the Green River angle Qf 1t. <br />MR. NEILL: What would prevent the uslng of th1s tOr a <br />natlonal monument, too' <br />HR. STOBE: I would JUdge you have h1t the matter r1ght <br />'on the head. As a matter of tact, ltmakes 1t more valuable <br />as a natloaal monWllent. We don't use but elght percent of <br />that area 11'1 the bottom of that canon that nobody can see <br />anyway. <br />HR. NEILL: It shouldn't take very long to settle that. <br />MR. HINDERLIDER: Why does the Secretary hes1tate' Why <br />18 the Seoretary of the .Inter10r hes1tating' <br />HR. HUNTER: There's Yellowstone National Park and Mesa <br />