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Show 112 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER enormous power of Senator Hay den in both the Ap- propriations and Rules Committees. Another was the political makeup of the Senate Interior Committee. There was no reason to doubt that four of the eight Republicans on the committee would vote against Cali- fornia. Senators Millikin, Robertson and Watkins had made clear their support of Arizona. Senator Ecton of Montana would align himself with them. Senator Ma- lone would vote with California. Senator Dworshak of Idaho was an unknown quantity. There were reasons to believe, as a result of past statements, that Senators Butler of Nebraska, the chairman of the full committee, and Cordon of Oregon would oppose Arizona. On the Democratic side of the committee, four of the five members were obviously in the Arizona camp. They were Senators Hatch, O'Mahoney, Murray of Montana, and McFarland. Senator Downey stood as a lone Demo- crat against Arizona. Thus, eight of the thirteen committee members stood in support of the project and against the court resolution. The situation was greatly different in the House. There would be no hearings on the project in the Eightieth Congress, but there would be hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on the Supreme Court resolution, and in it California had justification for enter- taining some hope of success. Five California Congressmen had introduced measures identical in purpose with SJR. 145.* Subcommittee Number Four of the House Judiciary Committee had been assigned to consider them, and Chairman Clifford P. Case of New Jersey had set May 17, 1948, a Monday, for the start of the hearings. The Senate hearings had concluded only the previous Friday.* * See Page 83. |