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<br />0.02893 <br /> <br />-28- <br /> <br />;ir, He-Tes stated on paGe 104;8 of' Volume 5 of the hearings, <br /> <br /> <br />in anS\'Ter to question by Senator Austin, that if the iiexic:m <br /> <br /> <br />~Jater Treaty uere not ratifiN1 the Ii:1per1al Irri~ation District <br /> <br />1/ould r';['.:~e GOQe s L1.ch arranGer,] ent "i th ;;e ):icQ , <br /> <br />In the 79th ConGress and in the 80th Concress California <br />interests introduced bills, ~'hich, in ny juc"i3Tlent E1nd in the <br />jud[!;i".lent of the ColorDdo River &.sin Stl',tes COLl!,;ittee and ~ <br />believe in the juc1[;r.Jent of the State De:,arklent and of the <br />Interior DepartfJent, "ouh1 he,ve the effect of renuerine; nuc;atory <br />and abro::;atL1e; the ;;ey..ictm ;Jat er Treaty, ,and thus releas ing <br />Iiexico from the all-time Ii:.li t ;'laced upon her clflir: to the <br />uaters of the River by that Treaty, <br /> <br />I e10 not !~no" lrhether such a bill has been introduc ed in <br /> <br />the 81st Concress; I am informec1, hOl'Tever, that the Imperial <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation District is tryinG to secure by other neans the <br /> <br /> <br />control of the runnin;:; of ~'ater throL1~h the A1I-A ,ericE\n Canal <br /> <br />to ;;exico, <br /> <br />In 1944 before the Co:.ittee of 14 ,me1 16 nnd in the <br />COf.Jmi ttee <br />hearinGs on the ;;exlcnn Treaty befol'e the Se:Jate ForeiGn Relations/ <br /> <br />in 1945, it ,:as openly a.rEued by SOfJe of the relJreGentatives of <br /> <br /> <br />Southern California inte:,es ts that if th2,t Treaty Here ratified <br /> <br />the;,' :lould brinG [',n action in the Sllyr<::1e Court of the United <br /> <br />States to set aside the Colorado River C~Jpact 2nd the California <br /> <br />Celf_Lln1tation Act, NO:Je of the represent2tives of the other <br /> <br />States believec1 <br /> <br />t'........~ <br />.l..l.~... <br /> <br />they cOLlIC be successful in any such actton, <br />