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Show THE THREE-RING CIRCUS 153 of assisting any state to appropriate or to utilize the water of a stream system, wherever located, that may belong to other states." Senator Malone was a compe- tent engineer, but a poor prophet. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power engi- neer, Peterson, again delivered a technical statement illustrating the extreme infeasibility of the project.188 He was followed by Harold Conkling, a consulting engineer for the California Colorado River Board.189 It was his opinion that there was no water emergency in Arizona, as claimed, and that Arizona could salvage about "500,000 acre-feet from wastes of local water. This is sufficient to furnish a complete supplementary supply of good water to the 591,000 acres in the Pinal and Mari- copa units of the Central Arizona Project." McFarland denounced Conkling as a witness talking out of a clear sky, and Bureau Engineers Larson and Nielson were sent in turn back to the witness stand. They maintained that California's water figures were incorrect, and that their report on the project was com- plete and accurate, and they saw no reasons to revise it on the basis of California's claims.190 Following a parade of minor Arizona witnesses the legal star, Charles A. Carson, reappeared. He requested that a lengthy prepared statement be inserted in the record.191 Senator Anderson, sitting in the chair because of the absence of O'Mahoney, agreed. It was apparent that Carson did not want to spend a day or two reading testimony on a matter that was already settled. Bitterness was reflected in the voice of Senator Hayden when he spoke.192 "Sometimes," he said, "I think the way some people in California, and particularly the groups over in the Imperial Valley, try to twist the |