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<br />25 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />I <br />MR. KRAMER: Was the injunction 1n the case or <br />Elephant Butte issued by the Federal Court. <br />MR. BLISS: Yes. Judge Hatch issued a temporary <br />! <br />iqpnction they cannot withdraw Elephant BU1te below 15,000 <br />acre-reet. I <br />CHAIRMAN STONE: That whole thinJ is a serious <br />question that is gradually creeping up on 1s. You rind evi- <br />I . <br />dence of it many places and it is quite a Il\ovement which, if <br />carried far enough, would greatly restrictJthe use and <br />development of the water resources of the est. <br />MR. ERICKSON: I think it is timel for concerted <br />i <br />action against it, myself, because it is ani increasing move- <br />ment. It is just going everywhere, in all firections. <br />MR. MOEUR: One thing that got mel:' Here is the <br />United states Fish and Wildlife Service undlr the Department <br />of the Interior, and here is the Secretary b~ the Interior <br />contracting with his own outfit--my right h~d contracting <br />with my left hand. I don't know what the a~swer is. <br />MR. ERIOKSON: What did the geeseldo before that <br />situation occurred on theOolorado River dOfn there? <br />MR. MOEUR: This swat boy there w~th the blond hair, <br />I asked him that question, I said: "Well what did these geese I <br />do berore th~y built Parker Dam?" And he Sfid' "There was a <br />swamp along there all the time. I can brinr you all the Navaj <br />Indians you want to show there was a swamp ~here." Young <br />i <br />Maddock, spoke up and said, "I wouldn't go ~oo strong on that. <br />I <br />There weren't any Navajo Indians in that cOfntry at that time. <br />