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I MR. BAILEY: MR. BAILEY: MR. CHRISTY: I 497 "Any questions?" "The NRA has had a meeting since we last met and I think it would be helpful if we had a report on what happened back there. Mr. Christy, would you report?" "I would like to make a brief report "A life membership was extended to a member of this Board. This is the first' life membership given to a Colorado man. It came to none other than Dan Hunter and I am sure that all of those in attendance at the Caucus at the Portland meeting are very happy over this award. We all know that it was well deserved and earned. My good friend, Mr. Dille, made the presentation at the annual dinner. "The first thing of importance on which I wish to report is the action by the Board on my request that the Colorado River Storage Project and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project be put on the agenda of the Board's meeting for a complete review. The request was granted and members of the Upper Colorado River Commission were present and presented their case. I also reviewed what had happened to the Fryingpan-Arkansas in the last Congress and pointed out to the members of the Board the cause and effects, not only on the Fryingpan but on all other Western Reclamation. I called the Board's attention to the need for unity among the 17 Western States. It has never been the policy of the NRA to endorse any specific project. However, due to the exist- ing situation with respect to Western Reclamation I advised the Board that I felt if the NRA had any reason for its existence, it would be the backing of projects in the Western Reclamation States, following the approval by the affected states, the Secretary of~the Interior, etc., and certainly when projects were before committees of the Congress ~nd the Congress the NRA should lend all assistance possible. We received sympathetic attention, but there was no resolution or direct action taken.