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<br /> <br />," ,. I,; ..~ <br />l'iUI <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />At thi[\ tilnc "..:ay-re A:>llimul (lominated tne ,rouse of <br /> <br />Representatives and took it UpO:1 hi.l'1self to uefeat 'the bill.. <br /> <br />AspinD~l, at this tima, hnd no peoplo in =o.stcrn Colorado to <br /> <br />represent, so ha had no qualms in opposins the project. Aspin- <br /> <br />all also had the pown.' :;0 bloc:l-: the, projr.ct as \[(1 \.Jn~; Ch~.irman <br /> <br />of the House Insulal' and Interior Affairs Co!"::ni ttee. It soon <br /> <br />became obviou:::: tbat nothlnr: Gouln be done Hi thout Aspinall'z <br /> <br />approval.. <br /> <br />Aspino.ll finall"J- is::::uetl .'). l'1andoto that a:1 Hr,ree:n~:1t <br /> <br />had to be established at home, between ::;;astern 8.!1l\ ",;estcrn <br />67 <br />Colorado before ho would lend hi~ support. <br /> <br />In 1953 a tour was arranGed by Charles Thomson, then <br /> <br />I-lanager of the Salida Chambor of Commerce, ~hmo/inG the proposed <br /> <br />sites 01' the Frylne;pan-Arl\a:1s~s Project to Go Sanator ann l1ep- <br /> <br />resentati ve from california, both of whom '..;ore ver'J ir.fJ.\:ential <br /> <br />in the Interior and InsuJ.~r Affairs of both houses. The Con- <br /> <br />e;ressmon wore invited out by Con.sressn,en Aspina.J.l and Chono'.,eth. <br /> <br />The purpose viaS to show thenl th.e e;eogruphic area and then explui <br /> <br />the principles of the projoct, so they miGht unu0rstand it a <br /> <br />little more. <br /> <br />In July, 1954, tho ?ryine;pun-Arkansas :?ro,i ect Ho.S <br /> <br />passed out of the Interior and Insular Corn~ittee to the <br /> <br />Rules Committee. The Rulos Committee Is of' course u very <br /> <br />67 <br />13eise, p. 4, <br />68 <br />Interview with Charles Thomson, Pueblo, Colorafo, <br />Hoverober 4,1974, p. 1Sl.. <br />