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<br /> <br />be said to be a minimum, porhaps eight, but cortainly not six. <br /> <br />MR. NORVIEL, Mr. Chairman, I am glad to hoar Hr. CaldvlOll <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />express himself. lilld that ic ono of tho things I have had in <br /> <br />mind all the timo. No matter how tho guaranty was made to the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />lowor states,- givon the continued statoment of one of tho uppor <br /> <br />members that the GXCOSS would como to us anyway as it is impossiblo <br /> <br />for them to use it all,- we now havo ono of tho mombors of tho <br /> <br />upper statos saying that thoir noeds will approach sovonty-fivo <br /> <br />porcent of tho flow of the rivor, that it is thoir wish and do- <br /> <br />siro, porhaps, to approach and to uso evory drop that is not <br /> <br />guaranteed and that wo havo a porfoct right to antioipato that <br /> <br />that oondition will continuo. Thoroforo wo must protoct ourselves <br /> <br />in somo sort of way on this proposition to havo an oQuitable <br />and not an inoQuitable apportionment <br />apportionment/to begin with. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />till. SCRUGH!JJ, Mr. Caldwell's statement merely confirms <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />the statement I made a few minutes ago. If theuppor basin will <br /> <br />only guarantee sixty-five million acro feot per year we might <br /> <br />as woll abandon tho discussion. <br /> <br />1m. S. :3. DL VIS, I think wo could say the samo thing of ti.1o <br /> <br />lowor states. If tho lowor states are sot on eighty-two million, <br /> <br />we might as well aband,on the discussion. <br /> <br />1m. 1I0RVIEL, That was your ovm suggostion, coming not from <br /> <br />us but from you, and we accepted that proposition <br /> <br />It didn't como <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from us. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />/;ffi. S. B. DAVIS, I think, I,lL Norviol, no propositicn VIas <br /> <br />made along tho line of eighty-two million acre feet. <br /> <br />109 <br /> <br />17th-S.F'. <br />21 <br />