AZ vs. CA:12 California Exhibits, Vol. XII; Nos. 1350-1383; 1400-1446; 1501-1518; 1601-1603; 1701-1703

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-49- The Texas Amendment Section 20, as contained in the measure, in amended form, is what is known as the "Texas Amendment." It declares that nothing in the Act shall be construed as a denial or recognition of any rights, if any, in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colorado River system. It takes the sting, for Mexico, out of the provision contained in section 1, to the effect that waters stored behind the dam authorized to be constructed, shall be for "beneficial uses exclusively within the United States." It may completely nullify that provision. Conclusions Careful analysis of the Swing-Johnson bill automatically discloses Arizona's true course. There can be no other. Thanks to the splendid efforts put forth by Arizona's representatives in Congress, a number of improvements, tending in the direction of a greater measure of justice to this State, were in the closing hours of the fight, made to the measure. Unfortunately, these improvements were not adequate, and necessary fundamental changes were not effected at all. California was limited to the use of 4,400,000 acre-feet of water out of the 7,500,000 acre-feet allotted by the Colorado River Compact, to the three States of the Lower Basin, but this is still in excess of her rightful proportion, and the water division set-up, when taken as a whole, perpetuates the grave injustice to Arizona which California has proposed from the beginning. The opinion is expressed by Congress, through authorization of a three-State agreement, between the Lower Basin States, that Arizona is entitled to the exclusive