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Show 236 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER no effect whatsoever on the official family of the White House. Hundreds of persons wired and wrote President Eisenhower to stop the destruction of Dinosaur. Oddly enough, they received in reply a copy of a slick paper brochure entitled Tomorrow's Playground for Millions of Americans." It was published by the Upper Basin publicity group, and mailed from Utah.292 The Council of Conservationists found a ray of hope, despite the Senate calamity. In the debate, Senator Neuberger had offered an amendment to remove Echo Park Dam from the bill. It had received thirty favorable votes, almost twice as many as had been expected. The conservationist leaders saw in this situation reason to be encouraged as they looked toward the House.293 The Reclamation Bureau's own figures once more had got it into trouble. They showed there was not enough water available in the Upper Basin to supply the projects contained in S. 500. The Bureau had re- ported: 294 Acre-feet Average virgin flow of Colorado at Lee's Ferry for past 25 years ............ 13,356,000 Under Compact, Upper Basin must let down each year .................................. 7,500,000 5,856,000 Water which must be let down each year for Mexico under treaty .................... 1,500,000 4,356,000 Present Upper Basin uses for previously authorized projects ............................ 2,500,000 1,856,000 Uses by projects in S. 500.......................... 1,510,000 346,000 Evaporation losses each year in reser- voirs authorized by S. 500 ................ 755,000 Deficit (-409,000) |