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<br />Omaha. We don't hesitate to raid the federal <br />agencies when the necessity arises to complete <br />our staff." <br /> <br />MR. NELSON: <br /> <br />"Except economists." <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"Except economists." <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: <br /> <br />"We need one or two of their economists <br />too, don't we?" <br /> <br />l>n< . SPARKS: <br /> <br />"We have a federal economist on the board, <br />believe it or not, but he doesn't understand <br />this any better than I do. Mr. Daubert has <br />been on our staff now for about a year. How <br />long has it been, Fred?" <br /> <br />MR. DAUBERT: <br /> <br />"A little over a year." <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"Mr. Daubert who is working on our State <br />Water Plan, was an economist for many years with <br />the Bureau of Reclamation. I first asked him <br />to tell me what this says; he went through it <br />and said, 'It defies me.' He didn't go to <br />Harvard; that's his problem. You have to be a <br />Harvard economist to figure out something like <br />this. <br /> <br />The other item is the Rainbow Bridge. The <br />initial litigation on Rainbow Bridge took place <br />in Salt Lake City in January on the motion of <br />the Friends of the Earth for summary judgment. <br />The matter was argued before Judge Ritter. It <br />was reported by our attorneys that the Friends <br />of the Earth were willing to stipulate that <br />there would be no damages to the br,idge as a <br />result of the impoundment of water. They did <br />this because they caught themselves in a neat 1- <br />trap in their motion for summary judgment. A <br />motion for summary judgment has to be based on <br />the legal aspects of the case. In this case, <br />the plaintiffs were relying upon the congres- <br />sional act concerning the impoundment of water <br />in national parks and monuments. However, the <br />plaintiffs raised the issue in their complaint <br /> <br />-70- <br />