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<br />given in the commemts on Page 98. <br /> <br />"It is recommended that, since the proposed report <br />of the Secretary of the Interior is only a preliminary <br />progress report and does not constitute a basis for the <br />authorization of any new project therein mentl.oned, no such <br />project be authorized until hereafter reported upon in accordance <br />with Sectiolll 9 of the Redamation Project Act of 1939, and with <br />opportunity.to the affected States to submit comments pursuant <br />to the Flood Control Act, 1944, approved December Zl.. 1944 <br />(59 Stat. 887). <br /> <br />"In response to recommendation (2) set forth in paragraph <br />70 of the Regional Directors' report, which suggests a determin~ <br />ation of rights, it is recommended that negotiations be initiated <br />forthwith among the States of the Lower Basin, acti1lllg through <br />their respective Governors, for the purpose of deteX'mining the <br />rights of each of the States of the Lower Basin to the use of the <br />waters of the Colorado River System, in accordsl1lce with the <br />Colorado River Compact, the Boulder Carl'yon Project Act, and <br />re2"e'''ant statutes. dllldsions. and instlL'uments. ***" <br /> <br />MR. MATTHEW (CONTINUXNG)~ Reffn"E'ing again to <br />the Arizona comments, which state that, in their opillion, aU of these <br />rigl!.ts have been determined by the compact. and <br />then proceed to state what that determination is. I thbllk California, <br />in a measure, might agree with Arizoll'la that those documents have <br />determined it. but as to how it is determined, there's where the two <br />States diffel!'.~caUfornia's interpretation of those documents being <br />widely at variance with Arizona's interpretations; so tha,t California <br />recognizes that this matter of respective wights of Lower Basin States <br />to water has to be determined, and recommends that negotiations be <br />initiated immediately, directed to determining the respective rights of <br />the States of the Lower Basin. I might state right here. I think it's <br />a matter of general public knowledge that the Governor of '::alifornia <br />has actually written the Governors of Ar'iz.o1llla and Nevada suggesting <br />that negotiations be entered into to set up means of determining the rights <br />of respective States. <br /> <br />Paragraph 3 of the Recommendation states~ <br /> <br />"3. In response to recomm<lmda.tion (1) set forth in <br />paragraph 70 of the Regionall?irect(Jr's report, ..m.ieh invites <br />submission of projec:tsfor coll/ltruction, it is recommended: <br /> <br />A. That an immediate and intensive investigat- <br />ion and study be made and reported upon by the Bureau <br />of Rec1amatioll, in cooperation with illtell'ested agencies, <br />concerlling possible hydrodectric projects upstrii!1am from <br />L<l.ke Me<l,d 011 the f':olorndo R'!vI'J1:" 'NUh a v1e'>!" tc "".atholdzation <br /> <br />-52- <br />