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Show THE WESTERN WEB 107 quested ten months before, and he read it before the hearing. In it Secretary Krug expressed the hope that the controversy might be settled without litigation, and wondered whether Congress had exhausted its authority to determine how the waters should be divided. Krug feared that litigation might prevent the Bureau of Reclamation from continuing the gigantic program for development of the basin. He did not miss the oppor- tunity to ask for authorization of scores of projects. The issues upon which California and Arizona dis- agreed, he declared, indicated that a justiciable con- troversy existed. However, should Congress be in doubt about this, there was one good way to settle it. That was by authorizing the Central Arizona Project. Krug declared that he had consulted with the Bureau of the Budget on the matter, and that it had advised him "that the enactment of SJR. 145 would not be in accord with the program of the President unless amended in such a way as: "(a) To waive the immunity of the United States to suit and permit the states to bring such actions; and "(c) To insure that in any such action the United States would have the right to defend and also to assert any affirmative claim which it may have or wish to assert in connection with the subject matter of any action filed pursuant to the legislation." Downey was suspicious of the authenticity of Krug's reference to the Budget Bureau, but without disclosing his feeling he asked Millikin: "Would it be appropriate for me to request the chairman to ask the Bureau of Reclamation to submit to this committee for its infor- mation the report of the Bureau of the Budget?" 104 Millikin had no objection, but McFarland did. Ex- |
