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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />...I <br /> <br />Or'~I"(O' <br />U~4,. t{ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />experienced or better ~alified group of <br /> <br />world, can you find a more efficient, <br /> <br />engineers and technicians than in the Bureau of Reclamation today. Nowhere will <br /> <br />you find a group more devoted to their life work. <br />This has been a most notable year for Reclamation in that the President and <br />the Congress have reaffirmed their support of principles which are among the very <br /> <br />foundation stones of a successful Reclamation program. <br /> <br />The Administration recommended to Congress the authorization of projects <br />which utilize power revenue from nearby multipurpose dams built by the Federal <br /> <br />Government to assist in repayment of irrigation costs. It recommended the <br /> <br />authorization of multipurpose Reclamation projects in which the revenue from <br /> <br />several hydroelectric plants would be pooled in a single account to assist the <br />total project, including several participating irrigation projects. <br /> <br />The Congress authorized the construction of several projects, including two <br /> <br />which are particularly significant in uphOlding these concepts of Reclamation <br /> <br />development. One is the Michaud Flats Project on the Snake River in southeastern <br /> <br />Idaho. This project will be supplied with electrical energy for pumping irriga- <br />tion water by the hydroelectric plant at the Palisades Dam, upstream, and will <br /> <br />also be financed in part with revenue from the sale of Palisades Dam power. <br /> <br />Another authorization of major significance is the Chief Joseph Reclamation <br /> <br />Project in central Washington State. This project, for the irrigation of lands <br /> <br />upstream from Wenatchee, will utilize energy and revenue from the Chief Joseph <br />Dam which is now under construction by the Corps of Engineers. The dam was <br /> <br />planned and authorized as a unit of the multipurpose development of the water <br /> <br />resources of the Columbia River, and it is entirely logical that it should be <br />used to further the irrigation development of this rich area just as Grand Coulee <br /> <br />Dam is utilized for the same purpose on the Columbia Basin Project upstream. <br /> <br />5 <br />