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<br />31 <br /> <br />sharing provision and the authorized canal capacity for M&I purposes. He then went <br /> <br />on to say: <br /> <br />The Navajo Tribe has agreed to this manner of developing and using the water <br />[of the San Juan] by relinquishing its rights under the so-called Winters <br />doctrine for the water necessary to irrigate the Navajo Indian irrigation project <br />in order to provide a feasible and workable plan for the comprehensive <br />development of both the land and industrial resources of the San Juan Basin of <br />New Mexico.82 <br /> <br />This statement repeats nearly verbatim Navajo testimony at the hearings held in 1960 <br />and 1961. Paul Jones in 1960 said before the House Subcommittee on Irrigation and <br /> <br />Reclamation that: <br /> <br />The Navajo Tribe has consented to [share shortages], and relinquished its rights <br />under the Winters doctrine for the water necessary to irrigate the Navajo <br />Indian irrigation project, in order to provide a practicable plan for <br />comprehensive development of the resources and industrial potential of the Sa.'1 <br />Juan Basin. We have taken this step because it is necessary for our survivaJ.83 <br /> <br />Testimony by Maurice McCabe, Tribal Council Executive Secretary, before the Senate <br /> <br /> <br />Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation and the corresponding House <br /> <br /> <br />Subcommittee in 1961 involved precisely the same language.84 <br /> <br />82108 Congo Rec. H8876 (daily ed. May 22, 1962) (statement of Rep. Joseph <br />Montoya). <br /> <br />83House Hearin~ 1960, ~ note 41 at 64. <br /> <br />84Senate Hearin~ 1961..ml2Ol ntoe 17 at 36 and House Hearin~ 1961. .swa note <br />14 at 33. <br />