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Show THE WESTERN WEB 103 The committee was composed of representatives from all basin states, except California and Nevada, which had withdrawn sometime previously when it had become apparent that one of its major goals was to injure them in water matters. The committee was dominated by Judge Stone and Attorney Carson. The basin committee had prepared a brief against SJR. 145, and Howell submitted it for the record. It declared that the Upper Basin states were preparing to ratify a compact among themselves, and would be em- barrassed and handicapped by such litigation. More- over, there was no justiciable controversy to litigate. Present to bolster the Upper Basin stand was Jean S. Breitenstein, a Denver attorney, representing the Colorado Water Conservation Board.91 He felt that SJR. 145 "would be contrary to the maintenance of the integrity of the Colorado River Compact." As Breitenstein departed, Carson climbed into the Arizona saddle, admitting that most of what he had to say had already been said.92 He introduced more cor- respondence between Governors Warren and Osborn 93 in which the executives had a slight spat over who wouldn't meet with whom. Next, he asked that the testimony of E. B. Debler and R. J. Tipton,94 which had been given in the hearings on S. 1175, be placed in the record. Set in small type, the testimony, including nine- teen tables and maps, consumed forty-six pages. Milli- kin permitted it to go in, although it was available to anyone in the printed record of the S. 1175 hearings, held before the same committee. Carson also inserted eleven pages of his own testimony on S. 1175. He appeared to fear the resolution of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which supported |