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<br /> <br />.u~::\~W~~%\~~, · <br />~' l.GGJ <br /> <br />~~ Gel 2 ~ '=1_.~" _ .~,-' j JOHN B . CONNALLY SPEECH SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER <br /> <br />~\ \'11', \ ,_ ' ,. CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> <br />COLO'1\v~au~ft8wTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR FREE <br />CO~SE~ERPRISE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HAS PARALLELED THE DEVELOPMENT AND <br />USE OF THE NATION'S WATER RESOURCES, BEGINNING WITH THE EARLY USE <br />OF RIVERS FOR TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN PORT SETTLEMENTS AND THE IN- <br />TERIOR AND THE BEGINNINGS OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH WHEN WATER POWER WAS <br />HARNESSED TO PROVIDE ENERGY TO MILL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE <br />EAST THROUGH THE GREAT RECLAMATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THE <br />AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL OF THE ARID WEST, WATER HAS BEEN THE CRITICAL <br />FACTOR. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />""'~L... Y L-L.I <br /> <br />OCT 19 1918 <br /> <br />WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY OF VAST NATURAL RE- <br />SOURCES, 'FROM MINERALS TO PROVIDE THE RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRY, <br />TO 'sOILS.AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. FAVORABLE TO~CULTURAL PRODUC- <br />TIOlL SO GREAT HAS BEEN OUR NATURAL WEALTH THAT -OUR NATION HAS <br />LED THE WORLD IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY AND OUR FARMERS <br />HAVE PRODUCED FOOD. AND FIBER,GREATLY IN EXCESs OF OUR NATIONAL NEEDS. <br />THE MATERIAL QUALITY OF LIFE 'IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN UNMATCHED <br />IN THE WORLD. ' , <br /> <br />THE FUTURE COULD HOLD STILL GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS FOR OUR NATION <br />BUT IT COULD PROVIDE EACH OF US WITH A STERN TEST OF OUR WILL AND. OUR <br />RESOURCES FOR PROGRESS. THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER A FRONTIER AND NEW <br />WEALTH CANNOT BE HAD BY SIMPLY MOVING .WEST. . '.OUR ,SOCIETY MUST RECOG- <br />NIZE A NEW ETijIC....MULTIPLE USE .AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATURAL RE- <br />SOURCES THROUGH THE WISE USE AND REUSE OF OUR RENEWABLE RESOURCES. AND <br />THE EFFICIENT USE OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES. <br /> <br />COMPLACENCY IS THE ENEMY....A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT REDUCED PRO- <br />DUCTIVE CAPABILITY OF OUR INDUSTRIES AS INFLATION DRIVES UP THE COST <br />OF RAW MATERIALS AND LABOR.,..A WILLINGNESS TO STOP ECONOMIC GROWTH <br />AS OUR KNOWN MINERAL RESOURCES BECOME FINITE.. ..A WILLINGNESS TO AC- <br />CEPT THE COST OF A TOP-HEAVY REGUL~TORY BUREAUCRbCY....AND A WILLING- <br />NESS TO STOP THE DEVELOPMENT AND WISE USE. OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES! <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />WATER IS THE CRITICAL INGREDIENT TO THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DE- <br />VELOPMENT OF THIS NATION. IT IS A RESOURCE THAT IS BOTH FINITE AND <br />RENEWABLE; FINITE IN THAT ITS QUA"NTITY IS LIMITED'BUT RENEWABLE <br />THROUGH THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE WHICH FOREVER REPLENISHES THE WATER SUPPLY <br />FOR USE AND REUSE, WATER IS THE UNIVERSAL CATALYST WHICH WE MUST HAVE <br />IN ABUNDANCE AND IN QUALITY IF WE ARE TO UTILIZE OTHER NATURAL RE- <br />SOURCES OF THE NATION. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN OUR NATIONAL GROWTH, LEADERSHIP AT <br />EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT MUST BE BOLD AND CREATIVE, WITH EACH LEVEL <br />OF GOVERNMENT RESPECTING THE CAPABILITIES AND PREROGATIVES OF THE <br />OTHER. A STRONG FEDERAL ROLE, ESTABLISHING NATIONAL GOALS FOR WATER <br />RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION, IS NEEDED TO BRING AN END TO OUR <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />