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<br />ARIZONA DAILY STAR
<br />Tucson. Arizona
<br />July 3. 1965
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<br />Colorado Has More r 0 Lose Than Gain
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<br />An historic frif-n(bh:p ht::twf:en Cnln-
<br />rado and Arilon~ frnm lht' ~tandpo;n! of
<br />division of ilw Co!nrado River COl1ld be
<br />hrnlf:1hi iO :H\ f"lld if lone hasty and JJ1
<br />cnllsidc1'('cJ ~-,t;-,-if(, of r"rme( Calm .'ldo
<br />Go\'. 1':0 .lohrFI;'-' tlJ his stale- LJ Sl:{' ()\.If'r
<br />the waters of thr. rivr.r ~,i-IOllh.! he fdl.
<br />lm..'cd. Cu;nr2tifl hf-l:'; l}l')r;' I',.! !().<a~ thar-
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<br />lcl ~;aill hy d ~,ui:
<br />The Cnlol';.d;1 Hivl'1' (O:llP,:,1,C, pJ 01f'(',tS
<br />b,lth basins uf ~Lr:' Colorado R.JVf'L ft fe..
<br />qllirc-'l {mty ih,{t the Uf,pcr B,.t-,lH, of
<br />which CoIOL~do i3 ,'-l ,Hi/'f. d,'iivt'r during
<br />~~{ch lO~y(~nr .pc.non 'IS il)i!Jinn ;}~re.f('ef.
<br />of \\'i.IfJ'" h ;h0 I.owel BflYii'\, of .....'hich
<br />1\ r jz,)l1 (1 I '> <~ p,~ 1'[ .
<br />If Uh-; Cnmfl;,ld i", \! {H,..ker; by Cola-
<br />f.1r10, Ih(' St:!lC li1,r.lf~ i'~'(ly ill lu.kf' advan,
<br />!.(u~e {,f it is C,.him'hie, on :l ;wior L:.'lC
<br />br,sis.. (';';\d.ill;; [hr- C(!m!;,,_d might be
<br />follov;cd by (T;l(~kll1~- the Mexican W;Htr
<br />Tn';lty, \vl,jeh Iwts ;t rrdillg Oll Mrxican
<br />Ij'lE'. With no c;'jjing, JVll-~X'"jcn iYljghl suc-
<br />:cessfully 11"1::tiot0_in tl,at she could use thl'
<br />whole noVo,' oJ the dV€l\. 'T!Slean \If 1 ~2
<br />,million (le1't.f('d Colet';1Qu wotlJrl be the
<br />biggest k-'Sei',
<br />An aCH,.fl'/oL OV the 'r\-'a),; .is About
<br />('~lOugh ",'1:1102,' J1ced('d tn cover r~n area
<br />'Ille :::1'1:0 of D. kf1tr--aU fJi::'Id one ((Jot. d€>pp.
<br />11. is :l (aane<tl'(l urdt (If j~~'~( IVBt.er
<br />rne<-l';i..lrCIl1cnt.
<br />If CfJlo?;-l:rl,) :.iH~'~, l:w snit CGuid he en.
<br />12rr..;rd, 1.:" tl~c' clhni:ie3 it .,"'-'ouid make,
<br />to C'b:\Ue'nw' the; tntn.;mnnt'~v! diver-
<br />fijons in Color:.;do, Adz()n~l thus far hisn
<br />toricaUy h:-lC tah.er. th-:- stMld that e:tch
<br />~\li.ltr ~,hnllld dctc)'mjnc 'lOW it will nsC its
<br />own w.-'t(~r. ,Ol,j ha3 refu,Scd tn a'::tet any
<br />tigt:~ en Calor,tdo'1")' diver:.;idns of Colo--
<br />rado Hlvcr water, whkh normally flows
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<br />i!1W the PacifjC Ocean. to Eastern Coler,
<br />tad" "nct the Atlantic watershed.
<br />There .re many political aspects to:
<br />qu<,t"r'eJr; over the Colorado River. The'
<br />plii!: i(',;~ af the river oftEn has been dev~ .'
<br />iou" ilnd dirty, What is needed through-
<br />(JUt the whole area drained and served
<br />by the Colot"do River is a realization
<br />that dirty and devious actions do not.
<br />f prve anyone's interest.
<br />"', t.ver,v state touched by the Colorado
<br />Rivet or its tributaries has" vita] stake
<br />In friendly cooperation, Even California;
<br />has seen th,;;. sfter many years of reo
<br />cakitrance. The problems of each state
<br />diffcr. No two states have projel;ts that
<br />are nlike. The era of fighting must come
<br />to an end.
<br />Colorado is the only slate wilh more
<br />water than she can use. She ha~ had tl).
<br />devise projects, including tunneling un.
<br />der the mountains, to use the \vater al.
<br />lotted to h~r. Arizona stood by COlorado'
<br />in every fight to let that state use water
<br />in bel' own way, ,
<br />It is time lor the seven states to go
<br />forward unitedly;' 10 authori3e the re-:
<br />lTIainder of the planned projects (induct- <
<br />ing the Central Arizona Project), and rof'
<br />have faIth in the vision and the work of'
<br />:.he great men who havc toiled fur more
<br />than a generation to brill/( crder into"
<br />Colorado River affairs, , '
<br />An attitude of "delay and grab" will ;'
<br />~"rve no (me and wiJI hurt almost everY':,
<br />one, The Colorado River is more t:ltan i
<br />water-it i.. the Mountain West's ,drea.m t',
<br />0f I" osperlty for the' future, Arizona'
<br />hop 1';; that Rep. Waync Aspinall wilI'
<br />show vision where former Gov. Ed
<br />Johnson has not, and will hasten Cen-
<br />tral Arizona Project hearings.
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