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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 2403 Identification: ................ Admitted: Aug. 8, 1957 Letter-May 3, 1945, Mr. E. T. Hewes, Chairman of the Colorado River Board of California, to Governor Earl Warren. IX. Colorado River Board The story of the Colorado River Board activities, principally during the first half of this year, are outlined in the following report by Evan T. Hewes, Chairman of the Colorado River Board of California, to Governor Earl Warren: "May 3, 1945 "Honorable Earl Warren, Governor Capitol Sacramento, California "Dear Sir: "The Colorado River Board of California has directed me to submit to you the following summation of the proceedings before the United States Senate on the Mexican Water Treaty relating to the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and the Rio Grande. "This treaty was signed at Washington, D. C. on February 3, 1944, and was transmitted by the President of the Senate for its advice and consent. Upon receiving the text of the treaty, the Colorado River Board concluded that the treaty was dangerous to the interest of the State of California in the Colorado River, for the following major reasons: |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |
