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Show A STACKED COMMITTEE 145 California. Mr. Ely would you please come forward." Watkins wanted to know how long it would take Ely to present his statement, and Ely told him it would take at least forty-five minutes. "I have taken about everything I can take today," said Watkins. He was spared further suffering by the unexpected appearance of Senator Anderson. Ely had spoken only a few words when Watkins turned the gavel over to Anderson, and walked out. His face was ashen and his shoulders drooped. Anderson, calm and composed, listened with interest to Ely's testimony.159 He was not affected by either the fanaticism or the emotion which disturbed Watkins, and he and Ely even came upon some areas of agree- ment. One of them was Ely's argument that the four Upper Basin states were necessary and indispensable parties to the Supreme Court case of Arizona us. Cali- fornia. "I thought we should all be in the suit in the begin- ning," Anderson said, "and I still think so, but that doesn't matter." 160 On the final day of the Senate hearings, July 3, 1954, Watkins, appearing somewhat refreshed after a night's sleep, again sat alone at the committee table. Cali- fornia Engineer Matthew was waiting to testify, and Watkins called him forward. It took Matthew hardly more than fifteen minutes to read the statement he had prepared. "Thank you," Watkins said in a cold tone. He had not interrupted Matthew, and he had no questions to ask of him, for he had no intention of permitting Cali- fornia's testimony to be spread on the record any more than was necessary. |
