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Show -13- Hunt, chairman, and Mulford Winsor, secretary of the Arizona Commission, appeared before this committee. Their testimony was elaborated and supplemented on subsequent days by Thomas Maddock and H. S. McCluskey, of the Commission, and an able legal argument was presented by John L. Gust of Phoenix, acting as a legal advisor to the Commission. These addresses appear in full in the published "Hearings before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, United States Senate, on S. 728 and S. 1274, January 17 to 21, 1928," pages 12-127, 260-273. Assistance from the States In support of the resolution adopted by the Governors of the Upper Division States at Denver, on December 19, which has been set forth in this report, and reflecting the results of the Denver Conference held during the months of August, September and October, a number of witnesses representing the States of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada, appeared before the House and Senate Committees, each giving some measure of support to the contentions and arguments advanced by the Arizona spokesmen. Among these witnesses should be mentioned Delph E. Carpenter, the personal representative of Gov. William H. Adams, and Interstate Water Commissioner of Colorado; Gov. F. C. Emerson of Wyoming; George W. Malone, State Engineer and Secretary of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada; and Gov. Geo. H. Dern of Utah. The Utah Position Failure of special reference to the Utah position on the subject of Colorado River development, as presented by the chief executive of that State, Gov. Geo. H. Dern, would |
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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] : California exhibits. |