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Show 166 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER "that the actions of those representing the state of Ari- zona appear to be one of delay." Byrne revealed that Senator McFarland had, indeed, sought a delay. "Senator McFarland called me on the telephone the other day, and said that he would ask respectfully for an adjournment [of the Judiciary Com- mittee] until after hearings had been had in Public Lands Committee [on the Central Arizona Project bill] and I told him that we were going to keep the matter open and offer an opportunity for both sides to be heard. . ." But the influence of the Arizona senators and their Upper Basin colleagues was quickly demonstrated. Although Byrne had stated the hearings would continue, he added: "We are going to hold meetings in the future, after today, and we will perhaps adjourn until the first of May." A delay of a month was exactly what Arizona wanted. "The effort seems to be," declared Hinshaw,206 "to get another bill reported from the Public Lands Com- mittee . . . and if Arizona can secure enactment of that legislation on the floor, they believe that this legislation [HJ. Res. 3] will be unnecessary." That Keating also had been approached by Arizona behind the scene was revealed by him. Keating said that he had been told by an Arizona spokesman that Arizona was not stalling, that any delay was very much in favor of California, for "California is now taking water and misusing it, and dumping it into some place, which I believe they called the Salton Sea." 207 "The Salton Sea, yes," said Byrne. |
