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<br />. . s~ <br />.,.. U 1 lJ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER ASSOCIATION <br />417 South Hill Street <br />Los Angeles, California 90013 <br />Phone: 626-462l <br /> <br />[ffif'". ,: . <br />- I:' ,,': ~ . <br />Lk- _';. .; r <br />AP:; .. - ~066 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />APRIL 5, 1966 <br /> <br />CL._J. h,lt_,1 <br />EDITORIAL MEMoItQf;ttro~T1I);~ IlOAJU) <br /> <br />When the Reader's Digest magazine brought Eastern reporters to Grand <br />Canyon March 30-3l to "see for themselves" the extent which dams at Bridge <br />Canyon and Marble Canyon would affect the environment, Gov. Goddard of <br />Arizona was invited to address a message to the gathering. To deliver it, <br />Gov. Goddard asked Clayton Niles to attend the meeting. <br /> <br />The current April issue of the magazine contains an article making <br />adverse comment on the proposal to build the dams, an opinion reflecting <br />sentiments of the Sierra Club, a group which was represented at the meeting <br />by many members and by President David Brower. Officers of other groups <br />sympathetic with the Sierra Club objective of preventing development of the <br />water/power resource under the proposed Colorado River Basin Project bill <br />also were present. These joined the Sierra Clubmen in objecting to inclu- <br />sion on the program of Mr. Niles as well as of Congo Morris Udall and <br />Northcutt Ely, who represented Gov. Brown of California. All of these had <br />been invited by the magazine. <br /> <br />Following some discussion of the propriety of presenting only one <br />side of a controversial subject to the reporters present, the Reader's <br />Digest representatives, as hosts, ruled that their guests who favored the <br />legislation should have the same privilege as the wilderness groups had <br />expected to enjoy exclusively---that of being heard in their turn and to <br />answer questions. <br /> <br />The following text is the message from the Governor of Arizona which <br />Mr. Niles delivered: <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF HON. SAMUEL P. GODDARD, GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA <br /> <br />"I am deeply disturbed by the recent wave of unfounded, inaccurate <br />and irresponsible propaganda which has been launched against the construction <br />of Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon dams. <br /> <br />"The recent article in the Reader's Digest entitled "Ruin for the <br />Grand Canyon?" is perhaps the most graphic illustration of the t:(pe of <br />misinformation which is being disseminated to the American people. To imply <br />that construction of Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon dams would ruin Grand <br />Canyon is flagrant misinterpretation. <br /> <br />"In the first place, Marble Canyon dam would be located l2-1/2 miles <br />upstream from the upstream boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park. <br />Obviously, the reservoir is upstream from the dam. The flow of the River <br />upstream from the reservoir is already completely regulated by Glen Canyon <br />Dam. It follows that Marble Canyon Dam can and will have no conceivable <br />effect whatsoever upon any portion of the Grand Canyon National Park and to <br />imply that it will is untrue. <br /> <br />"Bridge Canyon Dam is located about 80 miles downstream from the <br />downstream boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park. Only the upper 13 <br />miles of the reservoir would affect the Park in any way. The upper 13 miles <br /> <br />---More <br />