The people's voice., 1959-05-22


bit OF Montana history which showed
how YCC could accomplish even more
than CCC did.
81 recall that when I was chairman
of the Montana Advisory Board of the
Public Works Administration in
1885," said Murray, people from the
Flathead Valley area came to me
about getting Hungry Horse Dam
constructed. got in touch with Har-
old Ickes, the Secretary of the In
terror. He said he would like to help
build good dam like Hungry Horse.
but hadn't found any plans for it in
the files he inherited. Franklin D.
Roosevelt's predecessor had not ac-
cumulated the factual information
which must precede wise public in
vestment in timber and water man
agement. So we all got to work to
have the studies made, the plans
darwn up, and now Hungry Horse
Dam is recognized as one of the great
resource development accomplish
ments of this nation"
Murray said that today we have
a better understanding of the conser-
walton work that needs most be ac-
complished, like pruning and thinning
I'll million acres of National For
est land :. treatment of 1.3 million
acres for sheet erosion control. con-
struction of 535 flood prevention
structures, ITO stream pollution con-
troll projects {. More than four mil
lion acres of national forest range
need revegetation or control of nox-
ious plants"
YCC, said Murray, could supply
the manpower to build recreation
facilities in the national forests.
Overall, he said, YCC would create
many new jobs and additional in
come. ''It is possible to treble the
revenues from the national for
ests," he said, $50 that they alone
will bring in $3.50 million a year
from the sale of timber"
He offered the full cooperation of
the Senate Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs, of which he is
chairman, in marshalling the facts {
and information needed and conduct
ng reviews of natural resource pro- J
grams. l
Senator Mansfield drove home an t
'ther point for the YCC, saying it
would "step up the productivity of the
latural resources on many of our
indian reservations.
81 would like to urge" said Mans
ield, "that we even put some empha- a
is on utilizing reservations which o
ave been permitted to run down." (
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS s
Later in the week both Montana q
enators went before the Interior l
appropriations subcommittee and, be- v
veen them, made the Montana dele B
atoms case for the following items:
Benton Lake National Wildlife
efuge, near Great Falls, $895,O0O h,
, put this project "over the hump, 81
| Murray's words. The Administra- .,
on asked for $4,000. This project g.
hen completed, will regularly pro- ce
lce unexcelled nesting areas. for G,
lcks and geese. n,
Camas Creek cutoff road in Gla-
er National Park: $225,000 to mi d
ate construction. Senator Mans
eld, who last year pushed through tn
e Senate a resolution urging con- WI
ruction of this link between Water fiji
n Lakes National Park and Glacier M
ational Park, pointed out that the
administration promised the road of
ould be built this year; then didn't sic
Idget any money for it.
Indian vocational training: $3.5 an
llion, instead of $2.8 recommended ca
Administration, so more of the ize
ndreds of Indian applicants now co
liting can start training for indus a I
al work. De
Indian school construction: Senator De
ansfield called particular attention SUI
the need on the Northern Cheyenne fic
servation and the communities of tic
me Deer, Busby and Birney.
Anderson Metcalf Reforestation in
t: Senator Mansfield asked for eg;
million increase. ito
Senator Murray asked for develop an,