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Show 206 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER peared to be exhausted, both physically and mentally, Watkins continued to expound on the great peril to California industry, on fallout, and on the idea of pro- viding great caves where the poor Californians could hide (the Upper Basin had them). Strangely enough, neither Peterson nor Watkins said anything about rockets with nuclear warheads which could be sent to any point in the Upper Basin by an enemy. After Peterson's appearance, Anderson decided that the hearings could move faster without jeopardizing either side, and he pushed the witnesses through in the manner of an assembly line. Little questioning was done, and he ordered statements submitted for the record instead of having them read. The decks were soon cleared for the opponents. The committee's strategy called for interrupting the testimony of the conservationists with California wit- nesses. The advantage of the maneuvering was not ascertainable. Whatever was said by the spokesmen from either contingent, or the order in which they ap- peared, would have no bearing on the outcome. But the prearranged program was followed, and Gen. U. S. Grant was summoned to the witness chair.236 When Grant had concluded, Watkins announced that he did not care to question him, since he had done so the previous year. Nor did any other committee mem- ber care to debate about Dinosaur with the distinguished engineer, and Dr. Richard C. Bradley, a Cornell Uni- versity physicist, was given time to state the opinion that Echo Park Dam was not needed to conserve water.237 Dr. Bradley's testimony also fell on deaf ears. Now it was California's turn. If Watkins, Anderson |