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Show -70- Senator Butler. Th9y did not change a comma, nor dot an ni.ff Senator McOarran. All right. Senator Butler• The compact then came down here. Congressman Curtis and I employed the services of the Legislative Reference Bureau in clothing the compact with the'¦wording that precedes and follows the compact. I will assume all the responsibility for myself, if Congressman Curtis does not care to. So *the section 3 that my good friend Senator Reed objects to was not put in there by anybody representing the Federal Government, it was put in there by the Legislative Reference Bureau as a customary clause. In some compacts it is put on, and it is not put on in some compacts. It is immaterial« After ifre had presented this bill, the members of the Compact Commission were contacted and they made a few suggestions as to amendments* They suggest a different title to the one that is on the bill. The suggested change of the title is perfectly agreeable to us. ***** Then the one that was objected to by Senator Reed, the last two lines of the bill, section 3» Strike out "Sec. 3» The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this act is hereby expressly reserved." Senator* Me Car ran. In other words, the controversy that arose the last time on the floor has been eliminated, the question of the allocation of the waters to the respective States* Senator Millikin. All the States have agreed completely on the allocation of the waters of the basin. There is no question at all on that feature of it, Senator* Senator HcCarran. - Is there anything in the bill that attempts to give juris- diction over the waters of the river for other than navigable purpose's? Senator Millikin. No. The intention has been to draw a bill that would meet the objections of the Presidents veto, and at the same time to preserve the rights of the States. Senator McCarran. I do not need to tell you, Senator Millikin, that the arid and semiarid States are exceedingly jealous of the ownership and control of the v/aters of natural streams • Senator liillikin. Yes. |