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Show -47- has been going on for a long time. On the other hand, California contended that she had to have 4,600,000 acre-feet. Now, we have this situation: We have the committee, which adopted the Kendrick amendment, standing for 4,600,000 acre-feet. We have the four governors of the upper States who arbitrated, standing for 4,200,000 acre-feet. We have a difference of just 400,000 acre-feet out of a total of 7,500,000. I think the proposition of splitting that in two is going to accomplish more good and get rid of more disputes than anything else that can possibly be done. I believe that if the two Senators from Arizona vote for 4,400,000 acre-feet, in accordance with the amendment of the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Bratton],1 they will be able to go before their legislature and sustain that position, and I believe if they do go before the legislature and sustain the proposition, that Arizona will ratify the 7-State agreement. Mind you, this 6-State agreement is only an expedient. It is not what any of the seven States want. All of the seven States want a fair treaty between the seven States, and we have been striving to that end for several years. It looks to me as though we are on the eve of getting an agreement. I do not believe it is possible for the two Arizona Senators to pledge what the Arizona Legislature will do in this matter, but I believe that they have influence with it, and I believe when they go before the legislature and say "We stated on the floor of the Senate that this was a fair compromise, and we were representing the sentiment of the people of the State," the legislature will ratify it. JSupra, pp. 39-40. |
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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. |