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<br />40 <br /> <br />Subcommittee, was systematically introduced and referred to as "a friend of <br /> <br /> <br />Indians."l00 And regularly in the hearing record, he expressed concern that Navajo <br /> <br /> <br />rights were being infringed, either through the San Juan-Chama Diversion, or through <br /> <br /> <br />NIIP. He said so in 1960.101 And in 1961, he questioned Secretary of Interior Stewart <br /> <br />Udall about NllP. <br /> <br />Mr. Secretary, I want to ask you this direct question: In the construction and <br />operation of this project, is the Navajo Tribe of Indians going to be deprived <br />of any water rights that they now have or will this project in any way interfere <br />with the development of lands belonging to the Navajo Tribe?10~ <br /> <br />~"" <br />~~ <br /> <br />Stewart Udall replied that indeed "it will not." He went on to say that, on the <br />contrary, the project would "allow them to use and establish a water right."103 <br /> <br />^.~ <br /> <br />" <br />"f <br /> <br />Udall had previously expressed concern to the Senate Subcommittee over the <br /> <br />provision that became section 12(a); when the language first appeared in 1961, Udall <br />wrote "Senator Clinton Anderson, Chair of both the Senate Committee on Interior <br /> <br />,,:. <br /> <br />and Insular Affairs and of the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation, about the <br /> <br />section that became 12(a). Udall said that if it were merely intended to reaffirm <br /> <br />Article VII of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact--which charges to tbe state <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />100See. e.i., Wayne Aspinall's statement that "there bas been no better public servant <br />in behalf of the Indians tban the gentleman from Florida." House Hearing 1960. supra <br />note 41 at 30. <br /> <br />101Id. at 29-30. <br /> <br />10~House Hearing 1961. ~ note 14 at 92. <br /> <br />103Id. <br />