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Show -41- requiring California to limit herself in her act of ratification, irrevocably and unconditionally, to a maximum consumptive use of 4,400,000 acre-feet. That divides the difference and is the amount fixed in the amendment I have proposed. It differs from the proposal of the Senator from Colorado by reducing California's claim 200,000 acre-feet. It differs from the amendment of the Senator from Arizona by increasing California's consumptive use by 200,000 acre-feet. I believe this is an equitable solution of the problem. It may not be entirely satisfactory to either State, but in my judgment it is the best compromise that is available at this time. Mr. Ashurst. Mr. President, for years, in some portions of the press and on the floor of the Senate, Arizona has been accused of being unwilling to extend the hand of amity, compromise, and friendship on this bill. The accusation is false. Arizona scorns all bribes and wears no chains. I am going to vote for the amendment just offered by the Senator from New Mexico, and by so doing Arizona makes another step looking toward a compromise of the differences surrounding this legislation. In making this advance looking toward some composition of our differences, and in hope of reaching some modus vivendi, I trust that Arizona shall no longer be accused of stubbornness. Mr. Johnson. Mr. President, the offer that has been made by the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Bratton] is, I take it, an offer by way of compromise. The Senator from New Mexico represents one of the States of the upper Colorado River Basin. He, of course, is intensely interested in what shall be done with the waters of the Colorado, just as the States of the lower basin are equally |
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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. |