The Goldendale Sentinel Goldendale, WA., July 18, 1957, page 1

SENATE APPROVES JOHN DAY FUNDS

     Last Friday the senate appropriations committee approved addition of $1,000,000 to the president's budget to begin construction of John Day Dam.
     The vote was a victory for northwest legislators, who had been pressing for a 1958 start on the project. The senate action must go before a senate house conference committee along with other senate additions to the appropriations bill passed by the house.
     No funds were included in the president's budget proposal for John Day Dam, and the house committee declined to insert funds for the project. Northwest salons in Washington, D.C. wanted $8,000,000 for starting the dam construction.

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