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Show 42 fornia, at a meeting held in Phoenix, Arizona, suggested that they would be willing to discuss with the representatives of Arizona the terms and conditions of an agreement by which there would be apportioned to Arizona not exceeding 1,000,000 acre feet per year of the water apportioned to the Lower Basin by the Colorado River Compact, plus the waters of the Gila. Said proposal was not acceptable to Arizona and thereupon negotiations were terminated. XXXIII The Question of Laches Arizona, perceiving California's purpose and intent to convert and appropriate to her own use Arizona's equitable share of the waters of the Colorado River in the manner hereinabove alleged, and being further aware of California's ability, by reason of her large, influential and active representation in the Congress, to obtain from the United States Treasury through various agencies of the Federal Government the necessary funds with which to carry her purpose into execution, has at all times sought in every legal manner to prevent the construction by the United States of the works and facilities on said river, including Boulder Dam, Parker Dam and Imperial Dam, which would enable California to effectuate her said purpose, and has from time to time, prior and subsequent to passage and approval of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, protested to the State of California and to the United States against the construction of said works. With that end in view, Ari- |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |