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<br />492 <br /> <br />MR. SNYDER: <br /> <br />MR. DUTCHER: <br /> <br />MR. SNYDER: <br /> <br />MR. DUTCHER: <br /> <br />MR. BEATY: <br />MR. SNYDER: <br />MR. BEATY: <br />MR. SNYDER: <br />MR. BEATY: <br />MR. SNYDER: <br />MR. CHIIBON: <br /> <br />"That this man would be employed under their <br />supervision, but we would need one." <br /> <br />"Would this type of work be effective in time <br />for us to accomplish some good during the <br />next se9sion of Congress?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"I think that would.depend on what occurs <br />between now and the start of Congress. It <br />would also depend on what is in the bill. <br />If 8.1555 is changed, we are going to have <br />to take time to get educated on this." <br /> <br />."The $10,000 that you are talking about <br />raising--that money, as I understand it, will <br />come from the State of Colorado, the Grass <br />Roots.Committee, and would be used for the <br />job of carrying on this educational program <br />properly. " <br /> <br />"Do you think it essential to have a paid <br />lobbyist back there?" <br /> <br />"If you are speaking of one who is particularly <br />adept in handling members of Congress." : <br /> <br />"Yes." <br /> <br />"Yes, if you are going to have the job done." <br /> <br />"Would the money be used for that purpose?'" <br /> <br />"That would be up to the Commission." <br /> <br />"Originally, one of the Commissioners of the <br />Upper Colorad9River Commission prepared a <br />budget of $100,000 tobe'spent largely in a <br />national advertising campaign to try and <br />educate the public to the extent that the <br />people in the East would write their Congress- <br />men in support of:the Upper Colorado River <br />Storage Bill. Does your Committee favor the <br />use of the money for such uses as that or is <br />it for the education of the people here?" <br /> <br />I <br />