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Show 194 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER Carson did. Engle threw up his hands, and several committee members smiled. The Arizona presentation was ended, and Engle promptly made his motion to postpone further consider- ation of the project until the water rights controversy had been resolved. Vigorous objections to it were made by Murdock. The Engle motion was defeated by a vote of twelve to three.265 May 12, 1949 Opposition to the project was begun by Nevada's only congressman, Rep. Walter S. Baring, but he spoke as well to the committee for Senator McCarran, whose statement he presented.266 Thereupon, California be- gan the presentation made twice before in the Senate committe, and in a large part before the House Judiciary Committee. The printed Senate hearings were available to anyone interested in reading them. Except for a few matters, nothing new would be offered. It is those few matters, introduced at succeeding sessions, that will be set down here. May 13, 1949 Assistant Attorney-general Shaw and Engineeer Matthew repeated the testimony they previously had given, consuming the first two sessions of the time allotted to the opposition. A chairman of a congressional committee enjoys many prerogatives and advantages, not the least among them the right to direct the procedure of a hearing. In this case, Murdock was in command of the consideration of his own bill. He complimented Matthew for a "masterly state- |