AZ vs. CA:11 California Exhibits, Vol. XI; Nos. 1001-1011; 1101-1109; 1201-1251; 1301-13431301-1343

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__39__ General Activities Some twenty-odd formal meetings of the Commission have been held; conferences have been had with representatives of all of the States of the Colorado River Basin; visits have been paid by the Commissioners to the capitals of the several states and to other cities in pursuance of the purposes for which the Commission was created; trips have been made to different points of interest on the Colorado river; investigations by technical experts have been authorized and reports secured, and surveys, examinations and engineering investigations have been and are being made, to the end that Arizona may have all necessary information with which to support the policy of the comprehensive and economical development of the Colorado river. Attitude of the Commission The attitude of the Commissioners toward the responsibility by them assumed was expressed in a public statement which the secretary was authorized, at the first meeting of the Commission, to give to the press, as follows: "A preliminary discussion of general policies and methods of procedure was indulged in. The members of the Commission found themselves in satisfactory accord, and united upon the policy of working in unison for the welfare of the State of Arizona. "Essential facts will be agreed upon as the basis for discussions, and differences of opinions arising from their considerations will be ironed out in the meetings of the Commission, in order that the Commission, acting as a unit and presenting a solid front for the protection of the State's interest and the promotion of the Colorado's development, may typify a united people." Arizona Platform As a preliminary enunciation of fundamental principles which should guide the efforts of the Commission, the following platform was adopted at an early meeting: "1. The development of the Colorado river should be predicated upon a comprehensive plan by means of which the river's destructive floods may be curbed, and which ultimately will insure the utilization of all of the river's flow for irrigation or domestic uses and every foot of the river's fall for the creation of hydro-electric power. "2. Such a plan should contemplate and guarantee the use of all of the stored waters of the Colorado river on United States soil or for the use and benefit of American cities and towns, and if any rights to waters of the Colorado river shall hereafter be accorded to the Republic of Mexico, by treaty or otherwise, such rights should relate only to the unregulated normal flow of the main stream, and in amount not in excess of that which has been applied to beneficial use in that country.