AZ vs. CA:11 California Exhibits, Vol. XI; Nos. 1001-1011; 1101-1109; 1201-1251; 1301-13431301-1343

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2. That this State has thereby become an object of adverse prejudice in the public mind to an extent wholly unjustified by the facts, and a tendency has developed to deny to her claims the fair consideration to which they are entitled. 3. That the arrogant attitude of the State of California, as reflected in its insistence upon and its evident determination to force special legislation for such development of the Colorado River as in the judgment of its spokesmen would best serve that State's interests, without regard or consideration for an equitable treaty between the States, not unnatu/rally aroused resentment on the part of Arizona's people and engendered a feeling of suspicion and distrust, if not of bitterness, which could not have proven otherwise than injurious to the cause of Arizona cooperation. 4. That whatever internal differences may have obstructed the path of agreement upon a constructive Arizona policy, they have been rendered immeasurably more difficult by the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph. Perhaps unwittingly, but none the less truly, the California attitude has lent itself more effectively than any other one thing, to discord and uncertainty in Arizona, over the Colorado River question. 5. Among the other and more important causes which have contributed to Arizona's hesitancy to become a party to an agreement between the States of the Colorado River Basin are: (A) The feeling, amounting to a conviction in the minds of many of Arizona's citizens, and given color by the policy which the State of California has persistently pursued, of a direct connection between the so-called Colorado River Compact and the legislative proposal, embodied in the bills which are the subject of this protest, to construct a high dam at Black or Boulder Canyon, without due consideration or proper investigation