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<br />-2- <br /> <br />AND THEIR Im'jEERS WOiJW BE TODAY HAD THE PRIVATE UTILITIES ~JON <br />THAT FIGHT ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS MlJ WERE NOW IN CONTROL OF <br />THE KEY PARTS OF THE FEDERAL TRA1~smss ION SYSTEr1 THROUGHOUT <br />THE ROCKY 1'10UNTAIN AREA, <br /> <br />THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THAT EFFORT RESULTED ALMOST <br />SOLELY FROM THE JOINT EFFORTS AND'COOPERATION OF ALL OF YOU AND <br />THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU REPRESENT. THIS PRESENT "BATTLE OF THE <br />DISCOUNT RATE" ON FEDERAL WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS WILL BE WON <br />IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, <br /> <br />BEING A LAWYER, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD BE A LITTLE UNEASY <br />ABOUT DISCUSSING A SUBJECT WHICH THE ECONorUSTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN <br />PRESUf'lED TO BE THEI RS ALONE. BUT BECAUSE I HAVE ASSUf/1ED THAT YOU <br />ARE NOT A CONFERENCE OF ECONor1ISTS, THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER <br />RESOURCES COUNCIL IS NOT AN ECONOMIST, AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF <br />THE PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, WHO WILL FINALLY DECIDE <br />WHAT TO DO ABOUT WATER RESOURCES, ARE NOT ECONOMISTS, I WILL PROCEED <br />TO TELL YOU -- HOPEFULLY IN A NON-TECHNICAL WAY -- WHAT I KNOW <br />ABOUT THE ASSIGNED SUBJECT, <br /> <br />MANY TIMES I THINK THAT IN ADDRESSING SOPHISTICATED GROUPS <br />SUCH AS THIS, MANY OF WHOM WORK AU10ST DAILY ON WATER AND POWER <br />PROBLms -- SPEAKERS ASSUME THAT THEIR LISTENERS ALREADY KNOW <br />THE BASIC BACKGROUND AND ESSENTIALS OF THE PROBLEM BEING DISCUSSED, <br />