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<br />'.', .~ <br /> <br />OD1883 <br /> <br />-17- <br /> <br />of the Colorado River than ;;e~ico was then E]a1~ing Houlcl be re- <br /> <br />cognized by the United States, Again California refused to join <br /> <br /> <br />in the effort, anc1 Arizona Ims on both occasions unable t9 per- <br /> <br /> <br />suade the State Department to give MexlBo any such notlce. <br /> <br /> <br />Finally, the people of Arizona recognized that Arizona <br /> <br /> <br />was in grave jeoparQY, mainly from the increasing and potentially <br /> <br /> <br />very large uses of ],'ater l,hich IIould be made in I'iexlco to the <br /> <br /> <br />financial profit of the Imperial Irrigation District of California, <br /> <br /> <br />and aiso by virtue of the fact that Arizona had been unable to, <br /> <br />secure the construction of any Hor':s in Arizona for the use of <br />any water of the Colorado River find California Has ouilding <br /> <br />Horks to tal~e more than the 4, 400,000 acre-feet of apl,ortioned <br /> <br /> <br />water to Hhich California hac~ forever limitec1 herself, lle <br /> <br /> <br />realized ''!:rat by virtue of the decision of the SU1'lreLie Court of <br /> <br /> <br />the United States in 298 U. S. 341, the rr.illion acre-feet of <br /> <br /> <br />III(b) water had be~n held to be apportioned Hater and hence no <br /> <br /> <br />part of the surplus, Therefore, by the California Se~f_L~mitation <br /> <br /> <br />Act California uas precluded from clai,.1ing any part of it, <br /> <br /> <br />Arizona recocnized thRt it 1Tould not be able to get any 1Tater or <br /> <br /> <br />to utilize ITater frOTu the main streaT,] of the Colorado River <br /> <br /> <br />under conditions laid <).01Tn by Congress until it rRtified the <br /> <br /> <br />ColoraQo River Compact. Arlzona desired to ma1~e the tri-state <br /> <br /> <br />compact bet\li'een Arizona, Californla, and IJevada authorized by <br /> <br /> <br />the Boulder Cunyon Project Act, Accor(int;ly, I helped urite <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 33 of the Session laTTs of Arizona of 1939, l'hich ITas <br /> <br />aclopted by the legislature and ar,:;roved by the Governor <br /> <br />..,...., <br />" , <br />