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<br />-17- <br /> <br />FALSE PRHiISE -- IT IS POLITICALLY If'1PRACTICAL AND BASICALLY <br />UNSOUND, <br /> <br />THE UNITED STATES GOVERNllENT IS NOT A PRIVATE INVESTOR, <br />NOT A PRIVATE LENDING INSTITUTION, AND NOT CONTROLLED BY THE <br />PROFIT nOTIVE. THE FUNCTION OF OUR GOVERNi"1ENT IS TO TAKE SUCH <br />STEPS, f'lAKE SUCH PLANS, SPEND SUCH- ~101n ES AS TO H1PROVE THE <br />HEALTH, WELFARE AND ECONOMY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, <br /> <br />THIS HAS BEEN -- AND WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BE -- THE <br />FUNCTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT, THIS ISSUE NOW BEING CONSIDERED <br />I S NOT ONE OF ECONOf'1! CS. IT I S AN I SSUE SOLELY RELATED TO THE <br />PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERrJr.1ENT, AND,' AS DON CLAUSEN SAID: "THE CONGRESS <br />OF THE UUITED STATES IS NOT ABOUT TO PERMIT THE NATION'S WATER <br />RESOURCE PROGRAM TO FOLD OR BE CRIPPLED." <br /> <br />LET'S DON'T GET TOO FRIGHTENED BY OUR OPPONENTS. TRUE. <br />THE NEWS FROf1 THE HATER RESOURCES COUNCIL IS r,'OSTLY BAD FROf" OUR <br />POINT OF VIEW AT THE MOMENT -- BUT WE HAVE STRONG ALLIES AND <br />HAVE THE SUPPORT OF f-1ANY SENSIBLE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEGImWJG TO <br />UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT, <br /> <br />I THINK OUR PROTECTION AND THE SALVATION OF THE FEDERAL <br />WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPi1ENT PROGRAi-i HILL ULTI~1ATELY CONE FROn THE <br />