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Show -31- and respects existing water rights established under State law. Not only is this a specific requirement of the Reclamation Act under which the Bureau operates, but such a course is the only fair and just method of procedure. This basin report on the Central Valley is predicated on such a policy." (Senate Document 113, 81st Cong., 1st sess., p. 39.) The Regional Director's report was in turn recommended for approval by the Acting Commissioner of Reclamation on July 26, 1948 (ibid., p. 15) and approved by Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug on July 29, 1948 (ibid., p. 17). (3) Answers to certain questions in the so-called "Barnes Questionnaire." The so-called "Barnes Questionnaire" comprised a series of questions relating to the policies and program of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation with regard to the Central Valley Project, California. These questions were forwarded to the then Regional Director of Region II of the Bureau of Reclamation, the late Mr. Charles E. Carey, on June 9, 1944, by Mr. Harry Barnes, Chairman of the Central Valley Project Committee of the Irrigation Districts Association of California. These questions and their answers were the subject of consultation by the Regional Director with both the Commissioner of Reclamation and the Secretary of the Interior. In replying to Mr. Barnes' questions under date of July 18, 1944, Mr. Carey stated: "Because the answers to the questions which you have raised establish present and long-range policies of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation with respect to the Central Valley Proj- |
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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. |