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Show THE WESTERN WEB 101 therefore, had accepted responsibility to see that the development of the river proceeded as rapidly as might be warranted by economic rules. Public lands of which the United States was proprie- tor were involved. Indian lands were involved. The United States was under obligation by international treaty to deliver certain quantities of water to Mexico. Furthermore, the United States was obligated: 1 - To protect its taxpayers and its Treasury. The expenditure of a billion dollars for a project for which there might be no water would not be in the interest of the nation.86 2 - To administer the river and the water supply, under delivery contracts made with the states. 3 - To exercise its privileges and functions under the commerce clause of the Constitution, with respect to flood control and navigation. Millikin had grown tired, and had departed after turning the chair over to Senator Ecton. When Shaw and McFarland got into a heated argument over the purposes and motives of the court resolution, Ecton declared: "I think we should not discuss motives." He then adjourned the hearing until the next morn- ing. California had only two more brief witnesses, and when Millikin reopened the hearing at ten a.m. on May 11, 1948, Shaw called on them. The first was G. E Arnold, director of the water department of San Diego.87 Pointing out that San Diego held the lowest priority on the river, it would, he said, be the first to be injured should water be taken from California for the Central Arizona Project. "San Diego," he reminded the committee, "is the |