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<br />.' . <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />4301 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas project is physically locatea in both the Fourth <br />and 'I'hird districts of Colorado, but most of the work actuully <br />being done on the project at this point is on the Western Slope <br />and in Lake county, both in Aspinall's district. <br /> <br />other projects which are in the construction stage that could <br />be jeopardized by Hayden's threat are the Curecanti damG in the <br />Gunnison country, for \1hich $6,000,000 has been provided for 1968 <br />in the House-passed public works funds bill; San Juan-Chama in <br />Colorado and New Mexico, $12,682,000, and Bostwid, Park in west- <br />central Colorado, $1,700,000. Elements of the transmission line <br />in the Upper Colorado project located in Colorado might also be <br />affected. The total earmarked for it by the House is $7,077,000. <br />Outside of Aspinall'G district two other projects are in jeopardy: <br />Trinidad reservoir, for ~,hich $1 million was allo\1ed by the House <br />and Chatfield reservoir near Denver, for which $10,725,000 was <br />allowed. Both projects are just getting under construction. <br /> <br />In addition, there are planning funds in the House-approved <br />1968 public \'/Or],s funds bill for a dozen Colorado projects, and <br />these line items in the appropriations bill are also in jeopardy <br />from the potential Hayden ale. <br /> <br />To Coloradoans, this type of threat appears to,be so monstrous <br />as to be difficult to comprehend. It has never loomed so large at <br />any time during the 25 years that this correspondent has lived in <br />Hashington, although He\', rIe:dco once too]c a s\'lipe at Colorado <br />appropriations. The new r~eldco threat "'as not carried out, but the <br />bitterness still carries over. It is one of the reasons ~my Aspin- <br />all is cool to Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, D-N.M. <br /> <br />But to the Washington committee members involved in the battle <br />of nerves now being carried out by Hayden and Aspinall, the sym- <br />pathy is almost entirely with Arizona's 89-year-old Hayden. As <br />sources outside of Colorado and Arizona intimately involved in the <br />conflict put it this past week, "Senator Hayden is 89 yearG old, <br />and Central Arizona Project is the last bill that he expects to see <br />go through Congress. He has worked for CAP for 45 years. He has <br />funded every Western reclamation project in modern history. He <br />has helped Colorado at every turn. Now all he ",ants Aspinall to <br />do is to bring his bill to a vote in the House Interior Committee, <br />so it can be voted up or dO"Ill. That's not too much to ask, and <br />Sen. Hayden doesn't have much more time. So he is pulling out the <br />stops, ",hich he has never done before." <br /> <br />Gov. Jac]c \'1illiams, R-Ariz., said he \'las surprised at Hayden's <br />bitterness this week. "He is an enraged old man," Williams said of <br />Hayden. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />copied: CI'ICB/lk 8/31/G7 <br />