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~S::'3 FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO 53 aSSullle that without the Frying-pan-Arkansas project some, if llot all, of these job oppurtunities wi![ Dot be realized. The \lev!:'lopment of this project will enhance t.he recreational aspects or fish. ing and hunting in the area and thereby !Jecome more attractive as 11 tuurist attractio1l. It iF! common knowledge that tourism as all economic acti\'ity is be. coming illcrea~illgly important. It is anticipated that numerous job OIlportulli- tie8 ,,"ill he created IlS a result of increased tourist traffic resulting from project develofJment. . In additipll to the long-term €,wlJloyrnenl impllct~ in(lic<lted by the fOrf~going lliscllssion. there i~ n dbtind slwrr.-tf'rrn impact rel'>1Jlting frfln} the expeuditure of !~{)llstrl1dinn funds. The results of n llrelimiuary analy:-.;is of the impllcts (If \'mbtrlldion l;'xpentlitur(>8 at Glen Canyon Dam, when applied to the expelllli. tllre of $170 million ill the c:on~trlletion of the }'r~'in~pall-Al'kansns Ilroject, indi- cate that the f'fluh-alent of ::l.4,000 lllllll-yellrs. of tl)ta1 ellllllo:nuent would re~ult. ""(II'],; at the site tlf clJllstrndioll is 4~stimateLl to be fi,500 man-yenrs which would ~enerate all ndclitinnal 2.GOQ man.years of work ill 10('01 trade and service ucti\'i- tics. niT site ('llIpl(l~'llH~nt would l1g'g-reg-ate nhont 2G.200 man-yenTs of emIlloy" ll1ent ill ! he Hl.lUufar.ture of ulIltf'ri,lls :uHI 4o'quiVrnellt and tnlllspo("t:Ition to the constrllt"! ion ~ite. Tralle trflllsrlf:tinns among the industries iuvlIlved in the prlll"essing- Rlld rnanllfucture of the~e goods, Illus the l:onstruction payroll, would totnl flhllnt $:-143 million. In (;ull1lt'dillll witb lH"fljel~ted job opportunities, the TJ.~. Department of Labor has e.<;tilllfltetl that rlurillg' the next decade populatioll will increa~e nhout Vi per- (~(-'l1t litH the nUIllI)t'r i!f worker::; will inerense by nenrly 2(J pereellt nationnlly. The inc.:rease in the actunl number (If worker~ during the next decade will be tllP largp....t for allY 10-year I)erilltl in nur history awl :')U percent greater than during' the dC('IHle 1!1;,O-60. The denlopment and Cr.mstrucl.ioll of the Frying- pllll-Ark:1I1sn~ llrojeet will help illf;>ct this demand. !fr. HosnER. Thank you, ~fr. Langen. ~'1r. HOGERS. ~11'. Ln.ngen, leJ, me ask one que.stion of you. Did you want the charts to be included in the record or would it be satisfadory with you if t.hey prepared the chnrts and submitteu them for the file and then if it appeurs t,llf~'y ollght to go in t.he recol'a~ we can include them all at that time? Mr. LANm;". I would be satisfie,l if they were prepared for tl,,, file. Mr. ROGERS. But you will make them aTailable, Mr. Palmer? ~Ir. P.\L:"IlEH. Cl'-l'tainly,l\fr. Chnil'nmn. l\fr. HOSMER. There is one other thing I would like in those fi~ures. You have them for the. eight. 'Vestern States and I am quite sUl'e the inflnence of this project w1l1 not extend to all of t.hem and if yon could reduce your figures to the affected area, I think they would become much more meaningful. ~fr. P.\LMER. ",Ve can certainly reduce it to Colorlldo since we. use t.he figures developed by t.he censns. I am not. sure they ]h1Ye broken it (lown by cOllnties~ for example. :Mr. HOSMER. Make it. t.he ellst slope. I am certain it is not going to help much on t.he west. slope. :Mr. ROGEns. Mr. Saund. l\{r. S,\ UXD. Thank YOll, ~fr. Chairman. , ~rr. Chairman. as I understand t.he. first. communication of the Depa.l'tmellt in fe'goard t.o this project, it was sent to Congress in lD48. ". That was a. long t.ime ag-o. Since. thf'~t time this pl'ojeet, ha-~ been before five Congresses. ilwllldin:~ t.his one, S:}cl, 8-t-th, S;jt.hl BGth.. anr18'7tl[ Con- gresses. And as Mr. McFarlnnd brought to us, [in,licilting] here nre the hearings and~.._ ocuments in regard to this project which we ftre supposed to st.u.. . And just look at the number of pages. There are nt least 1,GOO p ges of small prlllt.