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Show 104 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER the California position, and termed it a "general resolu- tion" which "had no specific application." After accusing California of seeking to delay a settle- ment of the controversy, Carson retired in favor of Fred E. Wilson, attorney for New Mexico, who announced that his state concurred in the position taken in the Upper Basin brief.95 W. J. Wehrli, Wyoming attorney,95 appeared to say that his state, while standing with the Upper Basin states, was opposed "separately and on its own accord to the resolution." Wehrli's statement was to be recalled two years later when Wyoming members of Congress were instrumental in blocking passage of the Central Arizona Project in the House. Next came Grover A. Giles,96 attorney-general of Utah, who echoed Wilson and Wehrli, and retired. Up to this point, the hearings on both S. 1175 and SJR 145 had been an all male show That record was broken by the appearance of Mrs Nellie T. Bush,97 an Arizona member of the Colorado River Basin States Committee, who began her testimony by telling the senators: "I practice law when I have to." Mrs. Bush did not practice law before the committee. Speaking on the subject of Arizona's refusal for fifteen years to ratify the Compact, even though the six other states of the basin had ratified it, she said: "Of course, being a woman, I'd like to make a comparison between the young lady, who, just because she refused the first offer of matrimony or several offers of matrimony, for that matter, gives no reason for the belief that when she has once accepted an offer, she is going to immediately sue for divorce, to get out of the responsibilities which come with the acceptance. Just so is Arizona." |