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MR. STAPLETON: I MR. CHRISTY: MR. STAPLETON: MR. CHRISTY: MR. STAPLETON: MR. CHRISTY: I L~~v "Let's examine our own personal schedules and see what we can work out." "Mr. Chairman, I think most of you are aware of th~ fact that Colorado is trying to get the NRA to meet in Denver in '59. We talked with the convention bureau here in September and anticipate that, if Colorado wants it, w~ will wind up with a great deal of competition." "How many people attend?' "I would imagine in Denver we would have some where around 800 or maybe even more. You see, Denver hasn't had it now for a good many years. There even is a movement in the offing in the NRA to set these to alternate between Denver and Salt Lake." "Would a letter from the .Governor en- courage them to come in our centennial year?' "The last time we presented a brochure there was a letter from the Governor's office, a letter from the Director of the Water Con- servation Board, there was. a letter from the Director of Region 7, In other words, we have got to have a team job and a strong committee from Denver. I might tell you that even Colorado Springs asked for the meeting but right or wrong, as a director! I ruled that Denver had already put in the1r request and we weren't going to have competition in Colorado. I thought I had better pass that on and that is another reason why it seems to me that a strong delegation from Colorado is needed and I want to add too, with Congress meeting, I remember a long fight ort basin sites and I think the report of 17 western states had a lot to do with helping the Colorado River Storage bill on account of that. Now those are the kind of things that if we are there in the formulating stage in an organization of that kind will make it bene- ficial. Now we've got the Wilderness Bill coming up, we've got the substitution of the Barrett Bill to write now. Who got the Barrett Bill started? It was the NRA who got the