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Show THE WESTERN WEB 109 draft had never been submitted to the Budget Bureau, and the latter, therefore, did not know what it con- tained. Realizing that its hand had been exposed, the Interior Department quickly announced that a copy of the final Krug report would be sent forthwith to the Budget Bureau. Further investigation revealed that not only had Krug ignored and defied the Budget Bureau, but that the Justice Department had been guilty of omitting important instructions from the Budget Bureau in the letter, signed by Ford, which it had sent to the Millikin committee. Rep. Poulson placed in the Congressional Record the entire correspondence on the subject, as well as the re- ports submitted to Millikin by the Departments of Justice and Interior.107 "Secretary Krug had been told two important things by Director Webb," said Poulson, "(1) there should be no commitment as to authorization of a Colorado River project, and (2) that litigation in the Supreme Court would not halt developments on the river. "Secretary Krug called for authorization of the Central Arizona Project, and stated bluntly that liti- gation would injure development. "The Attorney-general's report on SJR. 145 left out the most crucial paragraph of the Budget Bureau ex- pression of the views of the President. Director Webb told the Attorney-general that the proposed legislation would be in accord with the program of the President if amended as suggested by the Attorney-general himself. "But the Attorney-general forgot to say that [to the Senate committee]." Before the Senate committee, Ely began rebuttal for |
