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Show THE WESTERN WEB 99 Poulson knew that Stone had not registered. He con- tinued: "Judge Stone has a close working relationship with Charles A. Carson, a most bitter enemy of Cali- fornia. Judge Stone has a complex, a consuming desire to dominate the water affairs of the entire basin. His bitterness and activities against California are based on the fact that he has been unable to dominate California, as he dominates the Upper Basin states." Next Poulson turned his guns on Royce J. Tipton, a consulting engineer for the Colorado State Conserva- tion Board.82 Tipton had been a negotiator for the State Department on the Mexican Water Treaty. He had testified for the Central Arizona Project in the hearings on S. 1175. Poulson's comments were barbed: "Of course, there was a mitigating circumstance in regard to Tipton's testimony for the Arizona project. He was paid a thousand dollars by Arizona to testify. Tipton registered as a lobbyist, and this is on the record. Tipton is working furiously with Judge Stone, and I would like to know if his expert opinion changes with the fees he receives." Giving full support to the legal position outlined by Ely, Howard told the committee: "In the light of the brief submitted [to the Supreme Court] in 1930, it is sheer bigotry to say now that there is not enough sub- stance to the California position to justify judicial determination.'' Howard opened a new battlefront by telling how, after her long fight against the Colorado River Com- pact, Arizona, in 1944, had done an about-face, and had purported to ratify it.83 It was the word "pur- ported" that brought Senator McFarland up straight in his chair with the demand: "Do you contend that |