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Show 5715 3722 165 not maintain them full at all times? A No, sir. They are irrigation dams, because the need is a need for irrigation. Q What about power? A Well, the same thing applies to power, too; On some streams the irrigation need and power need are coordi-bate; and that is generally true with regard to the Colorado River. Mr. Blackmar. That is all. The Witness. They do a good deal of winter irrigation. RECROSS EXAMINATION By Mr. Farnsworth: Q You say that the plan, as you understand it, was furnish water for irrigation of California lands? A California and, perhaps, Mexico, and Arizona lands, too, were in the project. Q And the power was designed to be used in California, too, was it? A no, sir. The power, of course, would be generated at these local dams. That would be available to whatever extent it could be transmitted. Q You have not been talking to Senator Johnson about |