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Show 202 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER The record had to be made, and senators would see that their names were in it. By being present for even as little as ten seconds, a senator could accomplish that, for the moment he entered the room, whether he spoke a word or not, the stenographer would duly note his presence. He might not show up again after that one brief visit, but no one could deny that he had been in attendance at the hearings. He also could insert in the record long statements. If he wanted to strain himself, he could ask a lot of involved questions of a witness, denounce or praise the answer he received, depending on his own feelings, and make the record look even better for him- self. Watkins looked smug and confident. The hearings would be a love feast. The California Philistines would be slain and the yapping conservationists would be drowned like unwanted cats in the waters behind Echo Park Dam. In the end, the testimony of the misguided opponents of the crsp would be rendered into unintel- ligible background noises. This was the Upper Basin's day, and nothing could halt the smashing drive of its steamroller. Of course, Watkins was right. In accordance with Anderson's injunction to witnesses to present only new material, Senator Goldwater, who had personally explored much of the western wilderness, came in to remark that Glen Canyon Dam reservoir would open the isolated Rainbow Bridge National Monument to tourists. Whereas, anyone wishing to see the bridge now had to ride a mule over miles of tortuous trail, after the dam was built it could be reached by boat.224 That was new material. Anderson repeated his admonition to move along, |