A COPY OF THIS LETTER IS GOING TO: SECRETARY UDALL, SENATOR GOLDWATER, CONGRESSMAN JOHN RHODES AND THE ORIGINAL TO SENATOR CARL HAYDEN, IN RESPECT TO HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO ARIZONA AND THE UNITED STATES. TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY LETTER RE: COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT AND THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THEREFROM.
"WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION A THOROUGH STUDY OF THE POWER TRANSMISSION SITUATION WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRIVATE UTILITY PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS TO CONSTRUCT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE NECESSARY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND CHARGE A PERPETUAL RENT (WHEELING FEE) FOR ITS USE, WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT AUTHORIZING ACT WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING CONSUMER POWER RATES. WHEN THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE EARLY THIS YEAR A REVIEW OF THE DECISION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PREVIOUS DECISION WAS REAFFIRMED."
"NEITHER THE HOUSE NOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HAS YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE REQUEST. - - - YOU MAY BE SURE THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WILL GIVE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO ALL TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO T."
Text JUNE 26, 1961 SENATOR CARL HAYDEN SENTOR BARRY GOLDWATER REPRESENTATIVE JOHN RHODES SECRETARY STEWART L. UDALL WASHINGTON, D. C. SIRS: A COPY OF THIS LETTER IS GOING TO: SECRETARY UDALL, SENATOR GOLDWATER, CONGRESSMAN JOHN RHODES AND THE ORIGINAL TO SENATOR CARL HAYDEN, IN RESPECT TO HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO ARIZONA AND THE UNITED STATES. TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY LETTER RE: COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT AND THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THEREFROM. THE REASON FOR MY CONTINUED WRITING IS THE VARIANCE OF YOUR ANSWERS, THE MOST DISTURBING BEING FROM SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AN ARIZONA MAN, STEWART L. UDALL. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM HIS LETTER: "WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION A THOROUGH STUDY OF THE POWER TRANSMISSION SITUATION WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRIVATE UTILITY PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS TO CONSTRUCT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE NECESSARY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND CHARGE A PERPETUAL RENT (WHEELING FEE) FOR ITS USE, WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT AUTHORIZING ACT WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING CONSUMER POWER RATES. WHEN THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE EARLY THIS YEAR A REVIEW OF THE DECISION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PREVIOUS DECISION WAS REAFFIRMED." CARL HAYDEN, YOUR LETTER FOLLOWS THE PATTERN SET OVER MANY YEARS. NO DOUST FORM LETTERS REDUCE COSTS AND TIME AND ARE COMMENDABLE ON THAT BASIS. I HAVE SEEN AND READ LETTERS WRITTEN BY YOU OVER A PERIOU OF MANY YEARS. IN ALL OF THEM AND IN MINE, YOU HAVE INTIMATED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT ELECTORS SHOULD NOT BOTHER THEMSELVES, NOR YOUR, SY WRITING TO YOU OF THEIR VIEWS. IN YOUR LETTER TO ME, YOU WROTE THIS ABOUT THE CRSP: "NEITHER THE HOUSE NOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HAS YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE REQUEST. - - - YOU MAY BE SURE THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WILL GIVE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO ALL TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO T."