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Show -151- Experience has taught us during the past three years that representatives 'of a state in Congress will not, when subjected to powerful exeoutive pressure protect the states from such attacks. The states then must assume the burden of their own defense. (Francis Wilson, "Industrial and Labor Adjustments by Institute Compacts," 20 Marquette I+. Rev. 11 (December, 1935)0 Another compact in this classification is the New Jersey-Delaware Com- pact of 1907 which provided that the inhabitants of these two states should have and enjoy a common right of fishing in the waters of the Delaware River between the low water marks on each side of the river except so far as either state might have previously granted valid and subsisting rights of fishing* Forests The conservation of the forests of the nation which cross state lines was recognized twenty-five years ago as presenting an alarming problem. Congress by the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended March 3, 19^5* g&ve blanket consent in several instances to future agreements between states and the United States "for the purpose of conserving the forest and water supply of states entering into such agreements •" An interesting law which was enacted August 29, 1935* author- ized the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with of- ficials of the states for the purpose of acquiring forests in the name of the United States in order to stimulate the acquisition, development, management, and administration of state and national forests. Reclamation Reclamation is a matter that has been handled successfully through interstate compacts. The Colorado River Compact of 1922 is the outstanding ex- ample. It provided for the limitation of the use of the waters on any inter- state stream and -the equitable apportionment thereof. Seven states became parties. Each state retained under the compact its right to control the pro- portional use and distribution of water between its own boundaries. Other com- pacts of this type are enumerated in the list which is appended to this paper* The need for reclamation of arid territory increases in importance as the number of inhabitants in the United States increases. It is also a source of economy to put to productive use lands otherwise uninhabitable and unfit for crop raising. Pollution Through various departments and agencies of the government exhaustive studies of the eradication of pollution of rivers and streams, have been made* The National Resouroes Board has advocated interstate compacts to .this end. |