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<br />-10- <br /> <br />10. Compact Ga:;inr, Stations. Both the Arkansas Compact Adminis- <br />tration and the Upper Colorado River Commission have adopted resolutions <br />urging the appropriation of Federal funds for the purpose of installing, <br />maintaininG and operating gaging stations required for administration of <br />the Arkansas River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Gompact. <br />These funds would be appropriated to the U. S. Geological Survey. The <br />Bureau of the Budget has approved sufficient funds for this purpose. The <br />Secretary of the Upper Colorado River Commission and the Director of the <br />Colorado ,'ater Conservation Board have taken active steps in Washington be- <br />fore committees and otherwise to aid in securing this appropriation. It is <br />believed that the amount recommended by the Bureau of the Budget will be <br />appropriated. It has been the practice in the past for the Congress to <br />appropriate money for gaging stations required to carry out interstate water <br />relations. <br /> <br />11. The President's Water Resources Policy Commission. As is <br />generally known, the President has appointed a temporary Water Resources Policy <br />Commission. This Commission has requested interested agencies of the state <br />of Colorado, including the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Fish and <br />Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health, <br />to file formal comments respecting Federal water policies. The Director <br />has contacted the other State agencies mentioned and arrangements have been <br />made whereby these agencies will attempt to coordinate the Colorado state- <br />ments. It is advisable that there should not be conflicting positions in <br />this respect taken by different a~encies of the State. A meeting of these <br />a~encies in the very near future for this purpose is planned. Such a state- <br />ment, when put in final tentative form, should be considered by the Colorado <br />".'ater Conservation Board. The Director has started the preparation of a <br />tentative draft for consideration in collaboration with the other state <br />agencies. <br /> <br />The Colorado A & ~ College, together with other land-grant cOlleges <br />of the country, has received a questionnaire from the President's liater Policy <br />Commission. The questions therein contained are searching in their nature <br />and cover matters of vital concern to the Colorado water program. The <br />Director and the Consulting Engineer and Attorney of the Board held a meeting <br />with the Committee appointed by President Morgan of the Colorado A & M College <br />to consider a draft of the answer to this questionnaire. Many suggestions <br />were made by these representatives of the Board to this committee and a draft <br />of comments recently received by the Director indicate that such suggestions <br />were largely followed. <br /> <br />The President's Commission will hold one of its conferences in Denver <br />on June 27 and 28, 1950. Mr. Carmody, an advance agent for the Commission, <br />was recently in Denver and conferred with the Director relative t;? a~~- <br />ments for these conferences. The Director had been previously {~llue$tea'l!lY <br />