OCR Text |
Show -59- Mr. Hayden. There is no question about it, in the light of the statement I have just read, which was written to me in answer to a specific question which I propounded to Mr. Hoover. Now, I direct the attention of the Senate-and Senators will find on their desks a copy of my amendment-to the fifth and sixth items of it. The fifth item, beginning in line 22, reads: That the State of California shall and will further mutually agree with the States of Arizona and Nevada that none of said three States shall withhold water and none shall require the delivery of water, which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses. That is a mere repetition of language which appears in the Colorado River compact. In section (e), Article III, of the Colorado River compact, are found these words: The States of the upper division shall not withhold water, and the States of the lower division shall not require the delivery of water, which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses. I will state frankly that I placed that provision in my amendment after conferences with gentlemen representing the State of California, who thought it proper that there should be the same pledge as between the three States in the lower basin as is contained in the original compact with respect to the upper and the lower basins. I could see no harm in it; on the contrary, it might, in time, be a valuable provision for the benefit of some State which might otherwise be injured. If a provision of that character is found in the original compact, it would therefore be well to repeat it in any supplemental agreement between Arizona and Nevada. |
Source |
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. |