AZ vs. CA:13 California Exhibits, Vol. XIII; Nos. 1800-1842; 1901-1906; 2000-2044

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no one was present to represent Arizona. Nor was any application for power presented by your state. Yet, on November 14, after the hearing, I telegraphed you, saying that "there will be a period of some days before final determination will be made. Personally I cannot help but hope that the great significance of this project to the whole Southwest will bring everyone in the territory together." Arizona's refusal to assist in working out these problems, when asked three times, is difficult to reconcile with the present complaint that they have been worked out without her. In the meantime, I had sent you the engineering study upon which the power price was based and I had the pleasure of receiving your very courteous letter of November 16, stating that inasmuch as Arizona denies the validity of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, she "cannot consistently take any action which might assume the validity of it," and stating, further, "that since matters are now apparently progressing towards the early consummation of definite contracts covering these matters, Arizona's right to compact in relation thereto would be made valueless, and in that situation her only available recourse is to the Courts." (Underscoring supplied.) That was nearly six months ago. But to make plain to you that I had no intention of foreclosing Arizona, I forwarded to you on December 2 a transcript of the record of the November 12 hearing which closed with my following statement to the representatives present: "I propose not to complete these contracts before the second week in December, in the hope that we can bring Arizona into the picture, and I assign each of you and all of those who represent you as agents to make this, if possible, a seven state compact." I carried out that pledge. I waited not only until the second week in December but until the last week in February before initiating the contract negotiations, and even that step was not