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<br /> <br />0683 <br /> <br />55 <br />became member's of the Association. The last event regarding <br /> <br />fund raising was a proposed one hundred dollar a plate fund <br /> <br />11:3 <br /> <br />raising dinn~r. About two hundred plates were sold for the <br />event, but the organizers of the project became concerned <br /> <br />about the overhead of the dinner, food cost, rental of the <br /> <br />bui~dil1:g, etc., and so w'i th the agreement of the <br /> <br />contri~utors <br />56 <br />prof:tt. <br /> <br />called off tho dinner thereby allowing for a 100% <br /> <br />The majority of these funds were to send peopl,,, to vvashine;ton <br /> <br />for the purpose of lobbying on behalf of the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />57 <br />Project. These fUn(lS .,ere very important for tne Project ana <br /> <br />if' these funds had not been made available then the Project <br /> <br />mie;ht not have had the eventual success it diQ, <br /> <br /> <br />In 1952 following the approva~ by the Colorado Hater <br /> <br /> <br />Conservation Board of the Operating Principles of the j"ryine:,pan- <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas Project the project was finally introduced in Congress. <br /> <br />The first federal document ever publishe~ was Senate Document <br /> <br /> <br />106 (e7th Congress) unaer ti~ joint sponsorship of Senators <br />55 <br /> <br />Milliken ana Johnson of Colorado. Representative Chenoweth <br /> <br />also proposed a bill to the H~use of Representatives in 1952. <br /> <br />59 <br />The first hearings on the bill were scheduled in the House in 1953. <br /> <br />55 <br />Ernst, p. 110. <br />56 <br />Ibid., p. 111. <br />57 <br />Cooper, p. 94. <br />58 <br />Beise, p. 3. <br />59 <br />Hoar;, p. 132. <br />