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Show A STACKED COMMITTEE 135 Mr. x: "The best, the best. Didn't I see, with my own eyes on tv, those polygamists they rounded up in the canyons out west? I hope they never get dams or any- thing else that will help them until they abolish poly- gamy." Nurse: "If you find any lost marbles around here, I'll be glad to return them to their rightful owner." The dramatic star of the Upper Basin galaxy was the Denver lawyer, Jean S. Breitenstein. Something more had been added to Breitenstein since he appeared be- fore the House Committee to plump for crsp, and to interpret the laws of the river for the statesmen. He had been made a federal judge. This might have been something of an impediment to any other man except Breitenstein when it came to testifying in behalf of a former client in a public forum. But Breitenstein had taken care of things. He had got a letter permitting him to testify from the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals. The court let him go to Washington with the understanding that he was not going to get paid, and with the further reasoning that it did not matter whether he testified about the crsp because, as a judge, he would be disqualified from participating in cases in- volving the Colorado River.151 Congressman Harry R. Sheppard of California took a rather sour view of Breitenstein's appearance before the committee as both a "private citizen" and a federal judge, and spoke of him to Congress as a "man with two hats" which he wore at the same time, athough he had only one head. Breitenstein's testimony was almost entirely devoted to an attempt to refute the arguments presented by Northcutt Ely, attorney for the Colorado River Board |
