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Show 176 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER California to interfere with the continued development of Arizona," he continued. "We are their nearest and potentially their greatest outside market. . . Eco- nomically speaking, Central Arizona is far more im- portant to the merchants and manufacturers of Southern California than is the Imperial Valley." April 4, 1949 Arizona had a new star legal witness for the House Interior Committee hearing. He was Cleon T. Knapp, a Tucson attorney, and he occupied the witness chair for more than two hours. Engle was obliged to be absent at the time to testify before the House Judiciary hearing on the court resolutions, but before he left he obtained assurance from Chairman Murdock that he would be permitted to cross-examine Knapp at a later time. Knapp dug into history for evidence which in his estimation substantiated the water claims of Arizona. He spoke at length on the original negotiations of the Colorado River Compact, and presented to the com- mittee these conclusions: 235 "(a) The compact commission, in adding Three-B^ one million acre-feet to the compact, did so for the sole benefit of Arizona, and in recognition of uses and estab- lished rights in the waters of the Gila and its tributaries in Arizona. "(b) The said million acre-feet of water is appor- tioned water and not excess or surplus water in which California has any legal right or interest. "(c) Arizona has a legal right to 2,800,000 acre-feet annually from main stream waters of the Colorado, plus one-half interest in any surplus water that may be di- |