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Show -10- ler, Downey, Johnson of California, Langer, McCarran, Moore, Shipstead, Wheeler, Wherry and Young. "On the 18th of April, prior to the vote on the treaty, Senator O'Mahoney filed, for himself and Senators Mur-dock, Hatch, Chavez, Johnson of Colorado, Millikin, Robertson and Thomas of Utah, being all the Senators for the four upper basin states, Senate Bill 894, authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to construct, operate, and maintain reservoirs and related works in the upper basin of the Colorado River in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the Colorado River Basin now being developed by the Bureau of Reclamation. Upon the ground that such construction would "support and facilitate the administration of the water utilization treaty with Mexico/' such works are to be constructed under the Reclamation Law, "except that the cost of construction of such reservoirs shall be borne by the United States as an expense of the administration of the water utilization treaty with Mexico." This bill for free development of the upper basin is regarded as an extremely hazardous measure so far as the interests of the lower basin are concerned. The factors chiefly contributing to the final vote on the treaty in the Senate appear to be the following: "1. The fact that the need of the Texas projects on the lower Rio Grande for conservation of the waters of the Rio Grande by international storage dams is immediate and pressing, was contrasted with the inescapable fact that many years there will be sufficient water in the Colorado River for all needs, and that only prospective uses in the Colorado River Basin will be adversely affected. It should be noted that such future uses in California are covered by contracts with the United States, under which California institutions have expended more than $500,- |
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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. |